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33	28		ENGROSSED HOUSE
34	29		BILL NO. 1012 By: Bush of the House
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38	33		Garvin of the Senate
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43		-	[ public health - Oklahoma Health Care Authority
44		-	contracts - transportation - statewide mobility
45		-	management program - codification - effective date ]
	38	+	An Act relating to public health; stating policy;
	39	+	prohibiting certain Oklahoma Health Care Authority
	40	+	contracts from having certain negative impacts;
	41	+	requiring certain contracts to purchase
	42	+	transportation through Oklahoma public transit
	43	+	systems and to respect certain jurisdictional
	44	+	boundaries; requiring certain contracted entities to
	45	+	collaborate with the entity implementing a statewide
	46	+	mobility management program; listin g provider
	47	+	requirements; providing for codification; and
	48	+	providing an effective date.
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51	54		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52	55		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
53	56		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sect ion 5009.7 of Title 63, unless there
54	57		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
55		-	A. It is the policy of this state that all state agencies with
56		-	an interest in public transit should ensure their programs are in
57		-	alignment with the Ok lahoma Public Transit Policy Plan as man dated
58		-	by Sections 322 through 324 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes and
59		-	that state policy and program direction related to public transit
60		-	and transportation should ensure a coordinated public transit
61		-	network that meets the mobility needs of all Oklahoma ns in a safe,
62		-	reliable, consistent and economical manner.
	58	+	A. It is the policy of the State of Oklahoma that all state
	59	+	agencies with an interest in public transit should ensure their
	60	+	programs are in alignment with the Ok lahoma Public Transit Policy
	61	+	Plan as mandated by Sections 322 through 324 of Title 69 of the
	62	+	Oklahoma Statutes and that state policy and program direction
	63	+	related to public transit and transportation should ensure a
	64	+	coordinated public transit network that meets the mobility needs of
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	91	+	all Oklahomans in a safe, reliable, consistent, and economical
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90	93		B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, in contracting for
91	94		nonemergency medical transportation for Medicaid or SoonerCare
92	95		participants, shall not allow any e xisting contract to have or award
93	96		any new contract that will have a negative impact on the financial
94	97		stability of the state's public transit network as envisioned by the
95	98		Oklahoma Public Transit Policy Plan.
96	99		C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall dire ct any entity
97	100		contracted to broker or schedule nonemergency medical transportation
98	101		for Medicaid or SoonerCare participants, whether such contract is
99	102		between the entity and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority or is an
100	103		entity subcontracted with an entity unde r contract with the Oklahoma
101	104		Health Care Authority, to purchase participants' transportation
102	105		through Oklahoma public transit systems, as defined by Sections
103	106		5307, 5310 and 5311 of Title 49 of the United States Code, in all
104	107		instances where public transit se rvices are available to meet the
105	108		participants' needs in as cost -effective a manner as other
106	109		transportation providers meeting the same state and federal
107	110		regulations, safety and cleanliness standards, and education and
108	111		training standards as prescribed in sub section E of this section.
109	112		In purchasing such nonemergency medical transportation, the Oklahoma
110	113		Health Care Authority and any contracted or subcontracted entity
111	114		shall first respect the jurisdictional boundaries of such public
112		-	transit systems as defined by the Office of Mobility and Public
113		-	Transit at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
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	141	+	transit systems as defined by the Office of Mobility and Public
	142	+	Transit at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
141	143		D. Any entity contracted to broker or schedule nonemergency
142	144		medical transportation for Medicaid or SoonerCare participants,
143	145		whether such contract is between the entit y and the Oklahoma Health
144	146		Care Authority or is an entity subcontracted with an entity under
145	147		contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, shall reasonably
146	148		collaborate with the entity implementing a statewide mobility
147	149		management program as envisioned by the Oklahoma Public Transit
148	150		Policy Plan and recognized by the publi c transit agencies in the
149	151		state to ensure such trips coordinate with public transit services
150	152		and human services transportation through the recognized statewide
151	153		mobility management program.
152	154		E. In order for any public transit provider or transportation
153	155		company to provide nonemergency medical transportation for Medicaid
154	156		or SoonerCare participants, such provider or company shall have a
155	157		valid certification from the Oklahoma Transit Association affirming
156	158		that the provider or company has met certain education and training
157	159		standards, adheres to all state and federal regulations, adheres to
158		-	industry safety and cleanliness standards and is based in ~~this~~
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	160	+	industry safety and cleanliness standards and is based in the State
	161	+	of Oklahoma.
160	162		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
161		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND TOURISM
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	189	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of March, 2021.
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	198	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
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