An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4466 By: Wallace, Martinez, and
Lawson of the House
and
Thompson and Hall of the
Senate
An Act relating to the Department of Human Services;
requiring that certain funds be utilized for certain
purpose; requiring certain funding be used as
additional or supplemental funding; requiring certain
funding be maintained at certain levels; requiring
certain joint approval prior to certain actions;
requiring certain tran sfers to certain funds;
appropriating certain federal funds for certain
program; authorizing early allocation of funds under
certain conditions; auth orizing certain transfers;
requiring the maintenance of certain records;
providing budgeting and expenditure limitations and
procedures; providing for lapse of fu nds under
certain conditions; and requiring and prohibiting
certain budget procedures .
SUBJECT: Department of Human Services
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF T HE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. From the funds appropriated to the Department of
Human Services in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1040 of the 2nd Session
of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Thirty-two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Doll ars ($32,500,000.00) shall be used for
providing Home and Community -Based Waiver services for persons with
developmental disabilities. These funds shall be used to provide
additional services and programs for pers ons with developmental
disabilities in order to eliminate the Developmental Disabilities ENR. H. B. NO. 4466 Page 2
Services Division Waiting List fo r all people waiting as of May 1,
2022, and to implement a twenty-five percent (25%) increase in rates
for all services within the Home and Community-Based Services
Waivers to ensure access to services for people with developmental
disabilities and those ser ved through the ADvantage Waiver. Such
funds shall be used to supplement rather than replace existing
resources and programs.
SECTION 2. From the funds appropriated to the Department of
Human Services in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1040 of the 2nd Session
of the 58th Oklahoma Legis lature, the sum of Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ( $2,500,000.00) shall be used to maintain
the funding levels from the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, of
Senior Nutrition programs in rural communities across Oklaho ma. The
Oklahoma Legislature requires joint approval from the President Pro
Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma
House of Representatives before any Senior Nutrition sites may be
closed due to declining attendance or increased operational costs
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 20 23.
SECTION 3. From the funds appropriated to the Department of
Human Services in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1040 of the 2nd Session
of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of One Million One
Thousand Eight Hundre d Six Dollars ($1,001,806.00) shall be used to
fund debt service obligations for the renovation and construction of
the Robert M. Greer Center located in Enid, Oklahoma.
SECTION 4. From the funds appropriated to the Department of
Human Services in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1040 of the 2nd Session
of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of One Million One Hundr ed
Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00) shall be used for a nutrition
incentive program that helps low-income families purchase fresh
fruits and vegetables.
SECTION 5. From the funds appropriated to the Department of
Human Services in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1040 of the 2nd Session
of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the Department of Human Services
shall transfer Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,800,000.00) to the credit of the Child Abuse Multidiscipli nary
Account established in Section 1-9-103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma
Statutes, which shall be distributed according to Section 1-9-104 of
Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 6. There is hereby appr opriated to the Department of
Human Services all federal monies received by the state during the ENR. H. B. NO. 4466 Page 3
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, from the Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families Block Grant and the Child Care and Development Fund
Block Grant to meet the p rovisions of federal law relating to such
grants.
SECTION 7. The Director of the Department of Human Services may
request through the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services the early transfer by the Oklahoma Tax
Commission of tax collections to the General Revenue Fund for the
purpose of early allocation to the Department's disbursing funds to
alleviate cash-flow problems.
SECTION 8. A. The Director of the Of fice of Management and
Enterprise Services s hall transfer monies appropriated f rom the
General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services' disbursing
funds in the amounts and ratios r equested by the agency except that
the cumulative amount transferre d shall not exceed the cumulative
amount of equal monthly allotments of the app ropriations from the
General Revenue Fund.
B. Monies appropriated or collected for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2023, may be transferred to these disbursing funds for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, to satisfy e ncumbrances and
obligations of the f iscal year; provided , that monies equal in
amount are transferred from appropriations or collections for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, to the disbursing funds for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to satisfy encumbrances and
obligations of the fiscal year. All transfer requests shall be in
writing to the Director of the Office of Management and Ente rprise
Services.
C. The Department of Human Services shall maintain re cords of
such interyear transfers.
SECTION 9. The Director of Human Services may request the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to
transfer monies between the Dep artment of Human Services Support
Service Providers Grant Program Fund and the Human Services
Disbursing Fund or the Department of Human Service s Medical and
Assistance Fund, as needed for the expenditure of funds.
SECTION 10. Appropriations made by Enrolled Senate Bill No.
1040 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma Leg islature, not
including appropriations made for capital outlay pu rposes, may be
budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 (hereafter FY-23), ENR. H. B. NO. 4466 Page 4
or may be budgeted for th e fiscal year ending June 30, 2024
(hereafter FY-24). Funds budgeted for FY -23 may be encumbered only
through June 30, 2023 , and must be expended by November 15, 2023.
Any funds remaining after November 15, 2023, and not budgeted f or
FY-24, shall lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then
current fiscal year. Funds budgeted for FY-24 may be encumbered
only through June 30, 2024. Any funds remaining after November 15,
2024, shall lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then
current fiscal year. These appropriations shall not be budgeted in
both fiscal years simultaneously. Funds budgeted in FY-23, and not
required to pay obligation s for that fiscal year, may be budgeted
for FY-24, after the agency to which the fund s have been
appropriated has prepared and submitted a budget work program
revision removing these funds from the FY-23 budget work program and
after such revision has been approved by the Office of Management
and Enterprise Services.
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Passed the House of R epresentatives the 18th day of May, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 20th day of May, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _ ___________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock ______ _ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________