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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 904 By: Dossett (J.A.)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority; authorizing suspension of Medicaid
coverage under certain conditio ns; prohibiting
termination of coverage except under certain
condition; authorizing eligibility det ermination upon
release from custody of the Department of
Corrections; providing for reinstatement or
termination of coverage; requiring certain
notification; directing the Authority to seek certain
federal approval; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHO MA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sect ion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5029.1 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
When a recipient of the state Medicaid program enters the
custody of the Department of Corrections and b ecomes ineligible to
receive certain services through the state Medicaid program, the
Oklahoma Health Care Authority may suspend, but shall not terminate,
the coverage of the recipient under the stat e Medicaid program,
unless the recipient becomes ineligib le due to a reason other than
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solely being in the custody of the Department . Upon the release of
the recipient from the custody of the Department, the Authority may
conduct an eligibility determination and terminate coverage if the
recipient is found to no longer qualify. If the recipient is found
to qualify, the Authority shall fully reinstate the recipient’s
coverage under the state Medicaid p rogram. The Department shall
notify the Authority when the Department receives into its cu stody a
recipient of the state Medicaid program. The Authority shall seek
any federal approval necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effec tive July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the pre servation
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 a fter its passage and approval.
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