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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3978 By: Echols
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to county jails; amending 57 O.S.
2021, Section 38, which relates to county jail
reimbursement rates; increasing amount of
reimbursement rate; deleting obsolete implementation
requirement; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 38, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 38. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse any
county which is required to retain an inmate pursuant to
subsection E of Section 37 of this title in an amount not to
exceed Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00) Twenty-eight Dollars
($28.00) per day for each inmate during such period of
retention, unless the actual daily cost as determined by the
Department of Corrections Daily Rate as defined in this section,
exceeds Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00) Twenty-eight Dollars
($28.00). If the actual daily cost as determined by the
Department of Corrections Daily Rate exceeds Twenty-seven
Dollars ($27.00) Twenty-eight Dollars ($28.00) , the county shall
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notify the Department of Corrections of the actual daily cost no
later than September 30. If t he county's actual daily cost is
accepted by the Department that shall be the reimbursement rate
for the county beginning the next fiscal year. If the
Department rejects the county 's actual daily cost application,
then the actual daily cost reimbursement shall be determined by
the State Auditor and shall be imposed beginning the next fiscal
year. The Department shall distribute the reimbursement on a
monthly basis upon receipt and approval of a billing statement
from the county. The county shall use the reimbursement to
defray expenses of equipping and maintaining the jail and
payment of personnel. The provisions in this act shall be
implemented by the Department to allow sufficient time for
application to FY-2019. The Department of Corrections shall
reimburse the county for the em ergency medical care for physical
injury or illness of the inmate retained under this act if the
injury or illness is directly related to the incarceration and
the county is required by law to provide such care for inmates
in the jail. The Department shal l not pay fees for medical care
in excess of the rates established for Medicaid providers. The
state shall not be liable for medical charges in excess of the
Medicaid scheduled rate. The Director may accept any inmate
required to have extended medical ca re upon application of the
county.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9467 GRS 12/29/23