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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL NO. 2874 By: Wallace of the House
and
Thompson of the Senate
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to the Unive rsity Hospitals Trust;
requiring certain annual reports be provided to
certain state officials; requiring certain
information be included in reports; providing
reporting procedures; requiring certain annual
confirmation and verifications; requiring increas ed
funding to meet certain position category benchmarks
by certain fiscal years; and providing an effective
date.
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 3229 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
With respect to the provisions of paragraph 30 of Section 1356
of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes as amended by Enrolled Senate
Bill 79 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the
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University Hospitals Authority shall report the total value of the
sales tax exemption from the prior fiscal year to the Governor, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tem pore
of the Senate, the Chair of the House Appropriations and Budget
Committee or successor committee, and the Chair of the Senate
Appropriations Committee or successor committee as part of its
annual budget and performance review materials submitted for t he
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and for fiscal years thereafter.
The Authority shall further report the total number of filled
resident positions and the number of nursing graduates of the
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center compared to t he
baseline numbers for fiscal year 2021 as part of the same report
each year. The University Hospitals Trust shall confirm for each
fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2023 that any nonprofit entity
which has entered into a joint operating agreement wit h the Trust
and is subject to the provisions of paragraph 30 of Section 1356 of
Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes has budgeted an amount equal to or
greater than the baseline amount for fiscal year 2021 for physician
and nursing workforce development, and the Trust shall verify that:
1. The nonprofit entity subject to these provisions has
increased funding to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center College of Medicine in a sufficient amount to support seventy
(70) additional medical residency pos itions by fiscal year 2025 than
the baseline amount supported in fiscal year 2021;
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2. The nonprofit entity subject to these provisions has
increased funding to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center College of Nursing in a sufficient amount to support fifty
(50) additional Nurse Practitioner graduates by fiscal year 2026
than the baseline amount supported in fiscal year 2021; and
3. The nonprofit entity subject to these provisions has
increased funding to the University of Oklahoma Health Scien ces
Center College of Nursing in a sufficient amount to support one
hundred ten (110) additional Registered Nurse graduates by fiscal
year 2024 than the baseline amount supported in fiscal year 2021.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effect ive November 1, 2021.
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