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§ 3240.3. Community Hospitals Authority--Purpose, establishment and duties--Indigent care servi...

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 62A. Community Hospitals Authority Act
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 3240.3
§ 3240.3. Community Hospitals Authority--Purpose, establishment and duties--Indigent care services--Appropriation--Reimbursement
Currentness
A. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that care of medically indigent persons and the needs of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa) will be enhanced through the establishment of the Community Hospitals Authority. The purpose of the Community Hospitals Authority is to provide maximum utilization and efficient administration in order to deliver health care services to medically indigent persons and to promote the teaching and training of physicians.
B. The Community Hospitals Authority shall:
1. Support the missions of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa) with regard to:
a. teaching and training for medical students,
b. conducting medical and biomedical research, and
c. medical care for indigent and nonindigent populations;
2. Act as a vehicle for securing funding that is in addition to existing state Medicaid Program appropriated funding for education and indigent care and graduate medical education; provided, however, under no circumstance shall funds secured pursuant to this provision be used to supplant such existing state Medicaid Program appropriated funding; and
3. Coordinate the delivery and efficiency of medical service across Northeast Oklahoma including, but not limited to, all counties located totally or partly in the Tulsa Metropolitan Area.
C. The Authority may contract for indigent care services with participating health care systems.
D. In the event the Legislature enacts a statewide program to reimburse hospitals for the cost, or a portion thereof, of providing indigent health care, the Legislature shall ensure that such reimbursement shall be made to all hospitals providing indigent care within the state.

Credits

Laws 2002, c. 374, § 5, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 412, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 410, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 3240.3, OK ST T. 63 § 3240.3
Current with legislation of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) effective as of October 1, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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