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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1188 By: Thompson (Roger) and Hall
of the Senate
and
Wallace and Martinez of the
House
An Act relating to the Health Care Workforce Tra ining
Commission; making appropriations; identifying
source; establishing amounts; providing purposes;
requiring and limiting the utilization of funds;
creating certain special ac counts; limiting duration
of accounts; requiring certain determination;
providing and limiting the nature of the accounts and
the funds within the accounts; authorizing agency to
submit request for certain deposits or transfers;
requiring certain compliance and verification s;
authorizing certain memora ndums of understanding;
limiting scope; prohibiting certain memoranda terms;
authorizing and limiting the promulgation of rules
and utilization of procedures; authorizing and
limiting the retention of mon ies for administration
costs; requiring certain repo rts and submissions to
certain entities; requiring appearance before certain
joint committee; limi ting duration of certain
requirements; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Health Care
Workforce Training Commission from any monies not otherwise
appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury
created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of One Million Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1,300,000.00) or so much thereof as may be
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necessary to establish a grant program with Northeastern Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical College for the purpose of recruiting,
educating, and stabilizing Oklahoma ’s health care workforce. Such
funds shall be utilized in a manner consis tent with the
recommendations adopted by the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief
Funding on May 11, 2023.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Health Care
Workforce Training Commission from any monies not otherwi se
appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasury
created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature , One Million Two Hundred Fifty-three
Thousand Dollars ($1,253,000.00) or so much thereof as may be
necessary to establish a grant program with Rogers State University
for the purpose of recruiting, educating, and stabili zing Oklahoma’s
health care workforce. Such funds shall be utilized in a manner
consistent with the recommendations adopted by the Joint Committee
on Pandemic Relief Funding on May 11, 2023.
SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Health Care
Workforce Training Commission from any monies not otherwi se
appropriated from the Statewide Re covery Fund of the State Treasury
created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature , the sum of Seven Million Dollars
($7,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to establish
a grant program with East Central University for the purpose of
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expanding nursing education capacity to be used for recruiting,
educating, and stabilizing Oklahoma’s health care workforce. Such
funds shall be utilized in a manner consistent with the
recommendations adopted by the Joint Committee on Pandemic Rel ief
Funding on May 11, 2023.
SECTION 4. There is hereby appropriated to the Health Care
Workforce Training Commission from any monies not otherwise
appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasur y
created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature , the sum of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary due to
increased costs of t he project funded in Section 1 of Enrolled
Senate Bill No. 1458 of the 2nd Session of the 58th Oklahoma
Legislature.
SECTION 5. There is hereby appropriated to the Health Care
Workforce Training Commission from any mo nies not otherwise
appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasur y
created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature , the sum of One Million Two Thousand Four
Hundred Seventy-one Dollars ($1,002,471.00) or so much thereof as
may be necessary due to in creased costs of the project funded in
Section 8 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1458 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature.
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SECTION 6. There is hereby appropriated to th e Health Care
Workforce Training Commission from any monies not otherwise
appropriated from the Statewide Recovery Fund of the State Treasur y
created in Enrolled House Bill No. 3349 of the 2nd Session of the
58th Oklahoma Legislature , the sum of Three Million Thirty Thousand
Three Hundred Nineteen Dollars ( $3,030,319.00) or so much thereof as
may be necessary due to increased costs of the project funded in
Section 1 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 8 of the 2nd Extraordinary
Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature.
SECTION 7. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
Statewide Recovery Special Account for the Health Care Workforce
Training Commission for each appropriation section of this act. The
duration of such accounts shall con tinue for the period of time that
monies related to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 are being
budgeted, expended, or managed in the state. The ending of such
period shall be determined by the State Treasurer and shall result
in the closing of such accounts as a matter of law. Such accounts
shall be continuing accounts as otherwise provided in this section,
not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall exclusively
consist of monies related to the relevant appropriations made in
this act and as otherwise directed by law. All monies deposited to
the credit of such accounts are hereby appropriated and may be
budgeted and expended by the Health Care Workforce Training
Commission in accordance with the provisions of this act.
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Expenditures from such accounts shall be made upon warrants issued
by the State Treasurer aga inst claims filed as prescribed b y law
with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and payment.
B. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is authorized
to request in writing that the monies appropriated by the provisions
of this act be deposited or transferred to the accounts created
pursuant to subsection A of this section. No later than seven (7)
calendar days from the date of such request, the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services sha ll comply with such
request and verify to the requesting agency that such deposit or
transfer has been comple ted.
SECTION 8. The Health Care Workforce Training Commissio n may
enter into memorandums of understanding with ot her agencies of the
State of Oklahoma for the auditing, documentation, evaluation,
implementation, oversight, reporting, and management of funds and
associated efforts related to the appropriations made in this act;
provided, no such memorandum of und erstanding shall require or
include, as an option or condition, the direct or practical transfer
or relinquishment of control by the agency appropriated such funds
to budget, expend, allocate, and request the distribution of the
funds appropriated by this act.
SECTION 9. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission may
promulgate rules, utilize existing rules, establish procedures, and
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utilize existing procedure s to implement the provisions of this act,
provided such rules and procedures do not conflic t with or impede
the provisions of this act.
SECTION 10. The Health Care Workforce Training Commissio n shall
retain no more than two percent (2%) of the funds appropriated in
this act to reimburse:
1. Costs incurred by the Health Care Workforce Training
Commission; or
2. Costs incurred on the agency’s behalf,
associated with the admi nistration of the ap propriated funds and
programming required by the Health Care Workforce Tra ining
Commission under the provisions of this act; provided, no funds
shall be retained that would be disallowable under the provisions of
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
SECTION 11. A. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission
shall:
1. Submit to the chairs of the Joint Committee on Pandemic
Relief Funding, or any successor Oklahoma State Senate or Oklahoma
House of Representatives legislative committee or joint committee,
as designated by the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives :
a. a written or electronic quarterly report detailing the
budgeting, expenditure, and management of all monies
appropriated in this act, and
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b. a copy of all memorandums of understanding and
contracts with third parties entered into by the
Health Care Workforce Training Commission to
facilitate, assist, or administer powers and duties
provided to the Health Care Workforce Training
Commission under the provisions of this act; and
2. At the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding’s request,
appear before the Joint Committee no later than six (6) months after
the effective date of this act, and as otherwise requested by the
Joint Committee to provide a status update regarding the
implementation of the provisions of this act.
B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall remain
applicable for the period of time that monies appropriated under
this act are being budgeted, expended, or managed in the state. The
ending of such period shall be determined by the State Treasurer,
and shall be reported to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the
Oklahoma State Senate, and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives.
SECTION 12. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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Passed the Senate the 17th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of ______ ____,
2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives