Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2662 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2662 By: Steagall
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to veterans; amending 72 O.S. 2021,
41	41	Section 221, as amended by Section 10, Chapter 83,
42	42	O.S.L. 2022 (72 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 221), which
43	43	relates to State Veterans Homes at Sulphur and
44	44	Ardmore; authorizing Oklahoma Veterans Com mission to
45	45	renovate the home at Sulphur to provide specialized
46	46	care; permitting Oklahoma Department of Veterans
47	47	Affairs to obtain certain designations to provide
48	48	advanced services and care; prohibiting admission for
49	49	person dishonorably discharged from mili tary service;
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 72 O.S. 2021, Section 221, as
58	58	amended by Section 10, Chapter 83, O.S.L. 2022 (72 O.S. Supp. 2022,
59	59	Section 221), is amended to read as follows:
60	60	Section 221. A. There is hereby established at Sulphur,
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62	62	Hospital, and the State Veterans Home of Su lphur. The Oklahoma
63	63	Veterans Commission is authorized to renov ate and repurpose the
64	64	State Veterans Home of Sulphur to specialize in services supporting
65	65	the long-term care needs of veterans who require both nursing home
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92	92	care and specialized cognitive care. The Oklahoma Department of
93	93	Veterans Affairs is authorized to obtain such licensure,
94	94	certification, accredi tation, partnerships, contract services,
95	95	infrastructure, or staffing as is beneficial or necessary to provide
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97	97	B. There is hereby established at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on the
98	98	site of the Oklahoma State Veterans Home Facilities, and at Norman,
99	99	Oklahoma, on the site of the Veterans Ward of the Griffin Memorial
100	100	Hospital, further described as follows:
101	101	Starting at the Southeast corner of the N ortheast Quarter (NE
102	102	1/4) of Section twenty -nine (29), Township nine (9) North, Range two
103	103	(2) West, of the Indian Meridian; thence North seventeen hundred
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105	105	(29), Township nine (9) North, Ran ge two (2) West; thence West six
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107	107	thence West three hundred twenty-five (325) feet; thence South four
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110	110	Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9)
111	111	North, Range two (2) West of the Indian Meridian; thence East a
112	112	distance of one thousand two hundred twenty-three (1,223) feet to
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114	114	facilities to be known as the State Veterans Homes (for the purpose
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142	142	facilities of Griffin Memorial Hospital shall be considered an
143	143	integral part of the State Veterans Homes at Norman, and may be
144	144	utilized to care for eligible veterans), whi ch shall be available
145	145	for care of war veterans discharged other than under dishonorable
146	146	conditions. Further provided such centers in accordance with
147	147	Section 229.1 of this title, the State Veterans Home of Ar dmore.
148	148	C. The State Veterans Homes establish ed in this section shall
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151	151	dishonorable discharge shall be admitted to the State Veterans Homes
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153	153	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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