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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1598 By: Simpson of the Senate
and
Townley of the House
[ veterans centers - legal description of property -
effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 72 O.S. 2021, Section 221, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 221. A. There is hereby established at Su lphur,
Oklahoma, on the site of the former Oklahoma State Veterans
Hospital, and the Oklahoma State Veterans Home of Sulphur. The
Oklahoma Veterans Commission is authorized to renovate and repurpose
the State Veterans Home of Sulphur to specialize in serv ices
supporting the long-term care needs of veterans who r equire both
nursing home care and specialized cognitive care. The Oklahoma
Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to ob tain such
licensure, certification, accred itation, partnerships, contract
services, infrastructure, or staffing as is beneficial or necessary
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to provide advanced services to veterans requiring specialized
cognitive care.
B. There is hereby established at Ardmore, Oklahoma, an
Oklahoma State Veterans Home in accordance with Section 229 .1 of
this title, on the site of the Oklahoma State Vet erans Home
Facilities, and at Norman, Oklahoma, on the site of the Veterans
Ward of the Griffin Memorial Hospital, further described as follows :
Starting at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarte r (NE
1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine ( 9) North, Range two
(2) West, of the Indian Meridian; thence North seventeen hundred
(1700) feet to a point on the East boundary of Section twenty -nine
(29), Township nine (9) North, Range two (2) West ; thence West six
hundred (600) feet; thence South eigh t hundred fifty (850) feet;
thence West three hundred twenty-five (325) feet; thence South four
hundred (400) feet; thence in a Southwest direction five hundred
forty (540) feet to a point on the South boundary of the Northeast
Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9)
North, Range two (2) West of the Indian Meridian; thence East a
distance of one thousand two hundred twenty -three (1,223) feet to
the point of beginning;
facilities to be known as the Oklahoma Veterans Centers (for the
purpose of securing special treatment or hospitalizati on the
adjoining facilities of Griffin Memorial Hospital shall be
considered an integral part of the Oklahoma Veterans Centers at
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Norman, and may be utilized to care for eligible veterans), which
shall be available for care of war veterans discharged other than
under dishonorable conditions located at the East Half (E 1/2) of
the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) and the West Half (W 1/2) of the
Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 28, Township 9 North, Range 2
West, Indian Meridian, Cleveland Coun ty, such tract containing 160
acres, more or less.
C. Further provided such centers The Oklahoma State Veterans
Homes established in this section shall be under the administration
and control of the Oklahoma Veterans Commissi on. No person
discharged from military servi ce under dishonorable conditions shall
be admitted to an Oklahoma State Veteran s Home established in this
section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS,
dated 04/06/2022 - DO PASS, As Amended.