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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 511 By: Stanley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to veterans; amending 72 O.S. 2021,
Section 221, as amended by Section 10, Chapter 83,
O.S.L. 2022 (72 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 221), which
relates to State Veterans Homes at Sulphur and
Ardmore; authorizing Oklahoma Veterans Commission to
renovate the home at Sulphur to provide specialized
care; permitting Oklahoma Department of Veterans
Affairs to obtain certain designations to provide
advanced services and care; prohibiting admission for
person dishonorably discharged from military service ;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE S TATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 72 O.S. 2021, Section 221, as
amended by Section 10, Chapter 83, O.S.L. 2022 (72 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 221), is amended to read as follows:
Section 221. A. There is hereby established at Sulphur,
Oklahoma, on the site of the former Oklahoma State Veterans
Hospital, and the State Veterans Home of Su lphur. The Oklahoma
Veterans Commission is authorized to renov ate and repurpose the
State Veterans Home of Sulphur to specialize in services supporting
the long-term care needs of veterans who require both nursing home
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care and specialized cognitive care. The Oklahoma Department of
Veterans Affairs is authorized to obtain such licensure,
certification, accredi tation, partnerships, contract se rvices,
infrastructure, or staffing as is beneficial or necessary to provide
advanced services to veterans requiring specialized cognitive care.
B. There is hereby established at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on the
site of the Oklahoma State Veterans 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 N ortheast Quarter (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, Ran ge two (2) West; thence West six
hundred (600) feet; t hence South eight 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 poi nt 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 beginni ng;
facilities to be known as the State Veterans Homes (for the purpose
of securing special treatment or hospitalizatio n the adjoining
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facilities of Griffin Memorial Hospital shall be considered an
integral part of the State Veterans Homes at Norman, and may be
utilized to care for eligible veterans), whi ch shall be available
for care of war veterans discharged other than under dishonorable
conditions. Further provided such centers shall be under the
administration and control of the Oklahoma Veterans Commis sion
pursuant to Section 229.1 of this title, the S tate Veterans Home of
Ardmore.
C. The State Veterans Homes establish ed in this section shall
be under the administration and control of the Oklahoma Veterans
Commission. No person discharged from military service with a
dishonorable discharge shall be admitted to the State Veterans Homes
established in this section. Any person adjudged to b e criminally
insane or in the custody of the Department of Corrections s hall not
be placed in the custo dy of a State Vetera ns Home.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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