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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2065 By: Hardin
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to pediatric cancer; creating the
Pediatric Cancer Research and R esources Revolving
Fund; assigning Fund to State Department of Health;
establishing revolving fund characteristics;
authorizing certain u tilization of funds for grants;
limiting grant awards; limiting expenditures of
funds; providing budgetary and expenditure
procedures; requiring the promulgation of rules for
the administration of the acts provisions; 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 codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-580 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as f ollows:
A. 1. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
revolving fund for the State Department of Health to be designated
the "Pediatric Cancer Research and Resources Revolving Fund". The
fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal ye ar
limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated for depos it
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to the fund by law and any public donations otherwise eli gible for
deposit in such fund . All monies accruing to the credit of said
fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and e xpended by the
State Department of Health for the purposes of:
a. providing grants to entities engaging in re search
related to pediatric cancer, and
b. providing grants to entities assisting families
confronted with financial cha llenges associated with
pediatric cancer treatment.
2. Expenditures from said fund shall b e made upon warrants
issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by
law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and payment .
B. The State Department of Health shall establish eligibility
and application requirements for the award of grants authorized
under the provisions of this section. In no event shall the
Department award grants in excess of the unencumbered balance of the
Pediatric Cancer Research and Resources Revolving Fund.
C. The State Department of Health shall promulgate rules for
the proper administration of the Pediatric Cancer Research and
Resources Revolving Fund in accordance with the requirements of this
section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
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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 th is act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
59-1-7704 JM 02/23/23