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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1991 By: Caldwell (Trey) of the
House
and
Kidd and Montgomery of the
Senate
[ public health - Oklahoma Critical Access Revolving
Fund - State Department of Health – hospitals –
rules - effective date -
emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in
the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5061 of Title 63, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
for the State Department of Health to be designated the "Oklahoma
Critical Access Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing
fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of
all monies designated for deposit to the fund by law. All monies
accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may
be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Health for the
purpose of improving rural access to health care as described in
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Section 2 of this act. Expenditures from said fund shall be made
upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for approval and pay ment.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5062 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Limited to the unencumbered balance of the Oklahoma Critical
Access Revolving Fund, any rural hospital that would qualify as a
Critical Access Hospital pursuant to Sections 485.601 through
485.647 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations but for its
proximity to an out-of-state facility, shal l be eligible to receive
up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per fiscal year from the
Oklahoma Critical Access Revolving Fund.
B. The State Department of Health shall promulgate rules
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act sha ll take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate