Oklahoma 2024 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1504 Amended / Bill

Filed 02/20/2024

                     
 
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION 
February 19, 2024 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR 
SENATE BILL NO. 1504 	By: Thompson (Kristen) and 
Garvin of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  McEntire of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to medical preceptorship training; 
defining terms; providing income tax credit for 
certain individuals who conduct a preceptorship 
rotation; providing amount of and basis for credit; 
providing limitations on credits allowed; prohibiting 
refundability of credit; authorizi ng the carry 
forward of credit; directing the State B oard of 
Medical Licensure and Supervision , the State Board of 
Osteopathic Examiners , and the Oklahoma Board of 
Nursing to award credit; limiting the amount of 
credit awarded to balance of certain revolving funds; 
authorizing allocation of partial credit; a uthorizing 
credits not allowed to be claimed in subsequent year; 
specifying eligibility for credit; directing the 
State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision , the 
State Board of Osteopathic Examiner s, and the 
Oklahoma Board of Nursing to deposit certa in fees in 
revolving fund for certain purpose; requiring 
submission of information; authorizing promulgation 
of rules; creating the Physician Preceptor Tax Credit 
Revolving Fund, the Physician Assistant Preceptor Tax 
Credit Revolving Fund, the Osteopathic Physician 
Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund , and the Advanced 
Practice Registered Nurses Preceptor Tax Credit 
Revolving Fund; specifying sources of funds; 
providing for transfer of monies to Oklahoma T ax 
Commission; requiring apportionment of monies; 
authorizing administrative expenditures; stating 
purpose; providing for codification; providing an 
effective date; and declaring an emergency . 
   
 
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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 2357.409 of Title 68, unless 
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  As used in this section: 
1.  “Faculty preceptor” means an allopathic physician, 
osteopathic physicia n, physician assistant, or advanced practice 
registered nurse licensed in this state and who is either a p rimary 
care physician or, with respect to a physician assistant or advanced 
practice registered nurse, is performing most of his or her 
professional services for a primary car e physician; 
2.  “Medical school” means a legally chartered medical school 
recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education ; 
3. “Medical student” means a student currently enrolled in a 
medical school in this state or a school or college of osteopathic 
medicine in this state; 
4.  “Physician assistant student” means an individual 
participating in a state-supported training program in t his state 
that is approved by the State Board of Medical Licensure and 
Supervision for the training of individuals to become physician 
assistants as defined in Section 519.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes;   
 
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5.  “Preceptorship rotation” means a period of preceptorship 
training of one or more medical students, residents, physician 
assistant students, or advanced practice registered nurses that in 
aggregate totals one hundred sixty (160) hours; 
6.  “Preceptorship training” means uncompensated training of a 
medical student, resident, physician assistant student, or advanced 
practice registered nurse enrolled in a training program in this 
state; 
7. “Primary care physician ” shall mean a physician practicing 
in family medicine, geriatrics, ge neral internal medicine, or 
general pediatrics; 
8. “Resident” means an allopathic physician or osteopath ic 
physician pursuing postgraduate medical education at a program 
supported by a medical school or a school or college of osteopathic 
medicine in this state; and 
9. “School or college of osteopathic me dicine” shall have the 
same meaning as provided by Section 631 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes. 
B.  1.  For tax years 2025 through 2034, there shall be allowed 
a credit against the tax imposed pursuant to Section 2355 of Title 
68 of the Oklahoma Statutes for a faculty preceptor who conducts a 
preceptorship rotation. 
2.  Except as provided for by subsection F of this section, 
credit shall be allowed for no greater than ten preceptorship   
 
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rotations completed in a calendar year, and shall be equal to the 
following amounts: 
a. for a medical student or resident, Five Hundred 
Dollars ($500.00) each for the first, second, or third 
preceptorship rotatio ns and One Thousand Dollars 
($1,000.00) each for up to seven subsequent rotations, 
and 
b. for a physician assistant student or advanced practice 
registered nurse, Three Hundred Seventy-five Dollars 
($375.00) each for the first, second, or third 
preceptorship rotations and Seven Hundred Fifty 
Dollars ($750.00) each for up to seven subsequent 
rotations. 
C.  The credit authorized by this section shall not be used to 
reduce the tax liability of the taxpayer to less than zero (0). 
D.  To the extent not used, the cred its authorized by this 
section may be carried over, in order, to each of the five (5) 
subsequent tax years. 
E.  1.  The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision 
shall award the credit authorized by subsection B of this section to 
faculty preceptors for preceptorship rotati ons of: 
a. medical students enrolled in a medical school in this 
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b. residents who are allopathic physicians pursuing 
postgraduate medical education at a program supported 
by a medical school in this state, and 
c. physician assistant students. 
2.  The State Board of Osteopathic E xaminers shall award the 
credit authorized by subsection B of this section to faculty 
preceptors for preceptorship rotations of: 
a. medical students enrolled in a school or colle ge of 
osteopathic medicine in this state, and 
b. residents who are osteopathic physicians pursuing 
postgraduate medical edu cation at a program supported 
by a school or college of osteopathic medicine in this 
state. 
3.  The Oklahoma Board of Nursing shall award the credit 
authorized by subsection B of this section to faculty precept ors for 
preceptor rotations with respect to advanced practice registered 
nurses. 
F.  1. The credits awarded by the State Board of Medical 
Licensure and Supervision under subparagraphs a and b of paragraph 1 
of subsection E of this section for the tax year shall not exceed 
the amount deposited to the Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving 
Fund created in Section 2 of this act during the fiscal year ending 
on the June 30 date immediately pre ceding the date upon which the 
applicable income tax year begins .   
 
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2.  The credits awarded by the State Board of Medical Lic ensure 
and Supervision under subparagraph c of pa ragraph 1 of subsectio n E 
of this section for the tax year shall not exceed the amount 
deposited to the Physician Assistant Preceptor Tax C redit Revolving 
Fund created in Section 3 of this act during the fiscal year ending 
on the June 30 date immediately p receding the date upon which the 
applicable income tax year begins . 
3.  The credits awarded by the State Board of Osteopathic 
Examiners under paragraph 2 of subsection E of this section for the 
tax year shall not exceed the amount deposited to the Osteopathic 
Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund created in Section 4 
of this act during the preceding fiscal year ending on the June 30 
date immediately preceding the date upon which the applicable income 
tax year begins. 
4.  The credits awarded by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing under 
paragraph 3 of subsection E of this section for the tax year shall 
not exceed the amount deposited to the Advanced Practice Registered 
Nurses Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund created in Se ction 5 of 
this act during the preceding fiscal year ending on the June 30 date 
immediately preceding the date upon which the applicable income tax 
year begins. 
G.  Partial claims for credit may be awarded.  Credits e arned 
but not allowed due to the application of the limitation provided in 
this section shall be considered suspended and authorized to be used   
 
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in the subsequent tax year and applied to the next tax year ’s 
limitation. 
H.  In order to receive the credit pro vided pursuant to this 
section, a faculty preceptor shall: 
1.  Claim the credit for the tax year in which the preceptorship 
rotation was completed; 
2.  Certify that he or she did not receive payment during the 
tax year from any source for providing the tra ining; and 
3.  Supply supporting documentation a s may be required by the 
State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision , the State Board of 
Osteopathic Examiners, or the Oklahoma Board of Nursing. 
I.  1.  The State Board of Medical Li censure and Supervision 
shall reserve Five Dollars ( $5.00) of every annual licensu re fee 
received from allopathic physicians and shall deposit the sum to the 
Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund created in Section 2 
of this act for the purpose of providing funding for the credit 
authorized by this section. 
2.  The State Board of Medical L icensure and Supervision shall 
reserve Two Dollars ($2.00) of every annual licensure fee received 
from physician assistant s and shall deposit the sum to the Physician 
Assistant Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund cr eated in Section 3 
of this act for the purpose of providing funding for the credit 
authorized by this section.   
 
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3.  The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall r eserve Five 
Dollars ($5.00) of every annual licensure fee rece ived from 
osteopathic physician s and shall deposit the sum to the Osteopathic 
Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Re volving Fund created in Section 4 
of this act for the purpose of providing funding for the credit 
authorized by this section . 
4.  The Oklahoma Board of Nursing shall reserve Two Dollars 
($2.00) of every annual licen sure fee received from advanced 
practice registered nurses and shall deposit the sum to the Advanced 
Practice Registered Nurses Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund 
created in Section 5 of this act for the purpose of providing 
funding for the credit authorize d by this section. 
J.  With respect to each tax year for which any tax credit 
authorized by this section is awarded , the State Board of Medical 
Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, 
and the Oklahoma Board of Nursing shall electronically submit 
information to the Oklahoma Tax Commission , which shall include: 
1.  The number and amount of tax credits awarded; 
2.  The name of the taxpayers that were awarded credits; and 
3.  The amount deposited in the Physician Preceptor Tax Credit 
Revolving Fund created in Section 2 of this act , the Physician 
Assistant Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund created in Section 3 
of this act, the Osteopathic Physician Preceptor T ax Credit 
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Practice Registered Nurses Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund 
created in Section 5 of this act . 
K.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission, the State Board of Medical 
Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteop athic Examiners, 
and the Oklahoma Board of Nursing may promulgate rules to e ffectuate 
the provisions of this act. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codifie d 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 495i of Title 59, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, re ads as follows: 
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund 
for the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to be 
designated the “Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund”.  The 
fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year 
limitations, and shall consist of the monies received by the Board 
from a portion of licensure f ees received from allopathic physicians 
under subsection I of Section 1 of this act. All monies accruing to 
the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and the fund shall be 
used to make a transfer payment to the Oklahoma Tax Commission in an 
amount equal to the amount of tax cre dits awarded pursuant to this 
act.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall apportion monies transferred 
from the fund in the same manner as provided by Section 2352 of 
Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Monies in the fund which are not 
required for payment of adminis trative expenses, which shall not 
exceed five percent (5%) o f monies apportioned to the fund, or which   
 
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are not required to be transferred to the Ok lahoma Tax Commission as 
otherwise required b y this act to offset the revenue impacted by the 
use of the income tax credits awarded pursuant to Section 1 of this 
act may be used to implement programs required or authorized by law. 
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section o f law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 519.8a of Title 59, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads a s follows: 
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund 
for the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to be 
designated the “Physician Assistant Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving 
Fund”.  The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject t o fiscal 
year limitations, and shal l consist of the monies received by the 
Board from a portion of licensure fees received from physician 
assistants under subsection I of Section 1 of this act. All monies 
accruing to the credit of the fund are hereb y appropriated and the 
fund shall be used to make a transfer payment to the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission in an amount equal to the amount of tax credits awarde d 
pursuant to this act.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall apportion 
monies transferred from the fund in the same manner as provided by 
Section 2352 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Monies in the 
fund which are not required for payment of administrative expenses , 
which shall not exceed five percent (5%) of monies appo rtioned to 
the fund, or which are not required to be transferred to the 
Oklahoma Tax Commission as otherwise required b y this act to offset   
 
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the revenue impacted by the use of the inc ome tax credits awarded 
pursuant to Section 1 of this act may be used to implement programs 
required or authorized by law. 
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sec tion 645.1 of Title 59, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbe ring, reads as follows: 
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund 
for the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to be designated the 
“Osteopathic Physician Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund”.  The 
fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year 
limitations, and shall consist of the monies received by the Board 
from a portion of licensure fees received from osteopathic 
physicians under subsection I of Section 1 of this act. All monies 
accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and the 
fund shall be used to make a transfer payment to the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission in an amount equal to the amount of tax credits awarded 
pursuant to this act. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall apportion 
monies transferred from the fund in the same manner as provided by 
Section 2352 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Monies in the 
fund which are not required for payment of administrative expenses , 
which shall not exceed five percent (5%) of monies appo rtioned to 
the fund, or which are not required to be transferred to the 
Oklahoma Tax Commission as otherwise required b y this act to offset 
the revenue impacted by the use of the inc ome tax credits awar ded   
 
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pursuant to Section 1 of this act may be used to implement programs 
required or authorized by law. 
SECTION 5.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 567.31 of Title 59, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund 
for the Oklahoma Board of Nursing to be designated the “Advanced 
Practice Registered Nurses Preceptor Tax Credit Revolving Fund”.  
The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject t o fiscal year 
limitations, and shal l consist of the monies received by the Board 
from a portion of licensur e fees received from advanced practice 
registered nurses under subsection I of Section 1 of this act. All 
monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated 
and the fund shall be used to make a transfer payment to the 
Oklahoma Tax Commission in an amount equal to the amount of ta x 
credits awarded pursuant to t his act.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission 
shall apportion monies t ransferred from the fund in the same manner 
as provided by Section 2352 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes.  
Monies in the fund which are not required for paym ent of 
administrative expenses , which shall not exceed five percent (5%) of 
monies apportioned to the fund, or which are not required to be 
transferred to the Ok lahoma Tax Commission as otherwise required b y 
this act to offset the revenue impacted by the use of the income tax   
 
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credits awarded pursuant to Section 1 of this act may be used to 
implement programs required or authorized by law . 
SECTION 6.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. 
SECTION 7.  It being immediate ly 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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February 19, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS