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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2899 By: Wallace, Hilbert, Lawson
and Davis of the House
and
Thompson and Hall of the
Senate
An Act relating to the Department of Human 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 OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifi ed
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 Medicaid 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) years prior to the date
of application. The Department of Human Services shall promulga te
rules as necessary for the implementation and administration of the
provisions of this section.
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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 and approval.
Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of May, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate