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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 567 By: Montgomery
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public assistance prog rams;
creating the Automated Community Co nnection to
Economic Self Sufficiency (ACCESS) Act; providing
short title; requiring Oklahoma Health Care Authority
and Department of Human Ser vices to collaborate for
universal eligibility and enrollment application for
specified programs; describing appl ication; directing
promulgation of rules; and provi ding an effective
date.
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 2100 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the
“Automated Community Connection to Economic Self Sufficiency
(ACCESS) Act”.
B. The Oklahoma Health Care Author ity and the Department of
Human Services shall collaborate to provide for a universal
eligibility and enrollment application for:
1. The state Medicaid program;
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2. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program;
and
3. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
C. The universal eligibility and enrollment application shall
be provided in an electronic format on a cloud -based, commercial-
off-the-shelf, software-as-a-service system with native mobile iOS,
Android, and web applications.
D. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board and the Director of
the Department of Human Services may promulgate rules as necessary
to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023 .
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