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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2749 By: Caldwell (Trey)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to intergenerational education;
creating the Intergenerational Education Rev olving
Fund; establishing the fund at the Oklahoma Health
Care Authority; establishing revolving fund
characteristics; deeming funds appropriated;
providing budgeting and expenditure procedures and
limitations; creating the Intergenerational Education
Program at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority;
establishing purpose; authorizing competitive grants;
authorizing and limiting the utilization of certain
funds; requiring the establishment of criteria,
processes, minimum standards, and awards; authorizing
awards in certain form; prohibiting award amounts
under certain condition; authorizing the promulgation
of rules and procedures as needed; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5029A of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows :
A. There is hereby cre ated in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to be designated the
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"Intergenerational Education Revolving Fund ". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies directed for deposit to the fund by law. All
monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated
and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority for the purposes described in subsection B of the section.
Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon warrants issued by
the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with
the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
approval and payment.
B. There is hereby created at the Oklah oma Health Care
Authority the Intergenerational Education Program. The Program
shall be a competitive grant program with the purpose of
facilitating improvements in nursing facilitates, to expand the
number of intergenerational education programs in this state,
embodying collaboration between nursing facilities participating in
Oklahoma's Medicaid program and public school districts in this
state. The Authority shall utilize funds available from the
Intergenerational Education Revolving Fund created in subsection A
of this section to implement the Program.
C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall establish grant
eligibility criteria and an associated application process. Such
criteria shall establish minimum standards for facility eligibility,
and award amounts.
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D. Grant awards authorized under the provisions of this act,
may be awarded in the form of rate adjustments to qualifying nursing
facilities participating in Oklahoma 's Medicaid Program.
E. No amount of award shall be authorized under this ac t that
would exceed the cumulative total of funds directed for deposit to
the Intergenerational Education Revolving Fund created in subsection
A of this act.
F. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority may promulgate rules and
adopt policies and procedures as n ecessary to implement the
provisions of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. 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 and approval.
60-1-13235 JM 03/06/25