Req. No. 8306 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2899 By: Wallace and Hilbert of the House and Thompson and Hall of the Senate COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to the Department of Hum an Services; limiting applications for certain home - and community-based services; requiring the promulgation of rules; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2005 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Applications for Home and Community Based Med icaid Waiver Services for the Community Waiver, In -Home Supports Waiver for Adults, and In-Home Supports Waiver for Children operated by the Department of Human Services shall not be made until an applicant has been a resident of Oklahoma for five (5) year s prior to the date Req. No. 8306 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 of application. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation and administration of the provisions of this section. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021. SECTION 3. 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 shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage a nd approval. 58-1-8306 MKS 05/14/21