Title 56 — Title 56 — Poor Persons

community-based services — OHCA prohibited from utilizing certain audit methods — Development and refinement with DOH of audit methodology. A. As used in this section: 1. "Error rate" means the percentage of dollars of audited claims found to be billed in error; 2. "Extrapolation…

Complex Physical Disabilities Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Commitment to Care for People with Complex Physical Disabilities Act". Added by Laws 2015, c. 324, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

As used in the Commitment to Care for People with Complex Physical Disabilities Act: 1. "Complex physical disability" means a diagnosis or medical condition that results in significant physical impairment and/or functional limitation. Such term shall include, but not be limited t…

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall take into consideration the unique medical and functional needs of members with complex physical disabilities when preparing or adjusting its budget. B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall provide coverage for specialty provider se…

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall establish focused regulations and policies for CRT products and services. These focused regulations and policies shall take into consideration the customized nature of CRT and the broad range of services necessary to meet the unique medica…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Consumer Protection for Wheeled Mobility Act”. Added by Laws 2008, c. 410, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008.

As used in the Consumer Protection for Wheeled Mobility Act: 1. “Assistive technology practitioner” or “ATP” means a for- service provider who is involved in analysis of the needs and training of a consumer in the use of a particular assistive technology device; 2. “Assistive tec…

purchases. A. Contingent upon the availability of funding, for Medicaid claims with dates of service on or after April 1, 2009, on all purchased wheeled mobility, the patient shall either have: 1. A specialty evaluation that was performed by a licensed or certified medical profes…

Medicaid-eligible individuals. A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall study and recommend coverage for prosthetic devices and orthotic devices for Medicaid- eligible individuals. The study shall include the review of payment rates necessary to provide the benefit. The study …

A. Sections 1 through 5 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act”. B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Choices for Long-Term Care Act is to make long-term services and supports for citizens easily accessible, cost-effective and of hig…

The Legislature finds that: 1. Oklahoma has a successful home- and community-based services program known as the ADvantage Waiver Program for the frail, elderly and adults with physical disabilities age twenty-one (21) and over who do not have an intellectual disability nor a cog…

To be eligible for the ADvantage Waiver Program, a person shall: 1. Qualify financially for Medicaid; 2. Be sixty-five (65) years of age or older or be a physically disabled adult as determined by the Social Security Administration, age twenty-one (21) years or older without an i…

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is directed to create a system of enrollment, Medicaid eligibility, and certification for home- and community-based services provided by the ADvantage Waiver Program that provides for presumptive Medicaid eligibility and certification that is…

A. On or before January 1, 2012, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall initiate a Request for Proposal (RFP) which shall outline specific expectations and requirements of suppliers to competitively bid on administrative agent services for the ADvantage Waiver Program. The RFP …

older. A. As used in this section, "Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)" means a full risk-bearing program that provides comprehensive health services for individuals age fifty-five (55) and over who are sufficiently frail to be categorized as nursing home eligib…

A. As used in this section: 1. “PACE” stands for programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly; and 2. The terms “PACE program agreement”, “PACE organization”, “participant” and “state administering agency” have the same meaning as provided by 42 C.F.R., Section 460.6. B. The Ok…

only. A. As used in this section, "contracted community-based service provider" means any entity contracted by the Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, or any private person providing the support, or promotion of support, for a service recipient to re…

Gifts. A. The Director of the Department of Human Services shall, within the constraints of funding appropriated to the Department, establish and maintain a community-based program of services that includes, but is not limited to, establishment of foster care and supported living…

56 O.S. § 1021 Repealed by Laws 2005, c. 108, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005

For the purposes of Sections 1025.2 through 1025.4 of this title: 1. “Administrative information” means information reported to or obtained by the Department of Human Services regarding the community services provider during the investigative process that may be appropriate for i…

worker applicants, Medicaid personal care assistants and contractors. A. 1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection C of this section, before any community services provider or Medicaid personal care services provider makes an offer to employ or to contract with a community se…

A. The Director of Human Services shall promulgate rules to establish and maintain a community services worker registry. Such rules may include, but need not be limited to: 1. A procedure for notation in such registry of a final investigative finding by the Office of Client Advoc…

Any violation of the provisions of Sections 11 through 13 of this act shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), but not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.0…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Human Services to be designated the “Developmental Disability Services Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monie…

A. The Department of Human Services may, upon its own initiative or at the request of an owner, operator or resident of any agency providing residential services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, or at the request of a resident's guardian or relative, petition the co…

Reimbursement of receiver - Liability for debts - Competitive bidding not required. A. The court shall hold a hearing within five (5) days of the filing of the petition. The petition and notice of the hearing shall be served by the petitioner on the owner, administrator or design…

The Department of Human Services shall have a lien against the owner of the agency for any such reimbursements made during the receivership under the same terms, procedures, and conditions as provided for long-term care facilities pursuant to Section 1-1914.2 of Title 63 of the O…

approval of certain expenditures required - Termination of receivership - Technical assistance. A. Before a receiver is appointed, a nominee shall be sworn to faithfully perform the duties of a receiver. At the initial hearing, the receiver shall seek and obtain court approval of…

The board of county commissioners of the counties throughout the state shall have power to erect buildings upon land occupied by county indigent care facilities for the isolation and treatment of all indigent persons who are afflicted with an illness or disease which makes it nec…

The board of county commissioners shall provide for and supervise the treatment of said patients residing in the indigent care facility in a manner provided by law and under such restrictions as the board of county commissioners shall consider most advantageous for the interests …

Said board of county commissioners shall be permitted to accept public donations in aid of the construction, upkeep and maintenance of said buildings and support of patients therein. Added by Laws 1923, c. 39, p. 52, § 3.

The board of county commissioners shall be authorized to employ a suitable person or persons to care for such patients and quarters, upon such terms and conditions as provided by law, and under such restrictions as the board of county commissioners shall consider most advantageou…

The board of county commissioners of any county of this state is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey any real estate deeded to or held by such county for the purpose of indigent care facilities, when in the opinion of the board of commissioners such real estate is …

Before any such sale or conveyance shall be made, the board of county commissioners, in regular or special session, shall adopt a resolution declaring that said real estate is not needed for indigent care facility purposes, or is unsuitable or inconvenient for such purpose, or th…

Upon the return of the appraisement as provided for in Section 2 of this act, the board of county commissioners shall give notice of such sale by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county for a period of thirty (30) days. Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. …

Bids for said real estate shall be in writing, sealed and delivered to the county clerk of such county and by him preserved unopened, until the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, at which time said board shall open such bids and award the said real estate …

attesting - Prima facie evidence. If such sale be by the judge of the district court approved and confirmed, he shall direct and order the chairman of the board of county commissioners to execute a deed to the purchaser thereof, which shall be signed and acknowledged by the chair…

Proceeds derived by a county from any sale of real estate deeded to it or held by it for use as indigent care facilities shall be credited to the county's building fund. Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 173, § 6. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 25, § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1969; Laws 1994, c.…

care facilities - Sales not restricted. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to hold, own, or use for any other lawful county purpose, or lease for any other lawful purpose, any real estate deeded to or held by such coun…

Before any real estate deeded to or held by any such county for the purpose of county indigent care facilities shall be held, owned, or used for any other lawful county purpose, or leased for any other lawful purpose, the board of county commissioners in regular or special sessio…

1986.

56 O.S. § 141 Repealed by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1994

The allowance to each of such women shall not exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) a month when she has but one child under the age of fourteen (14) years, and if she has more than one child under the age of fourteen (14) years, it shall not exceed the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) a month …

Such allowance shall be made by the county court and only upon the following conditions: (1) The child or children for whose benefit the allowance is made must be living with the mother of such child or children; (2) The allowance shall be made only when in the absence of such al…

Whenever any child shall reach the age of fourteen (14) years any allowance made to the mother of such child for the benefit of such child shall cease. The county court may, at its discretion, at any time before such child reaches the age of fourteen (14) years, discontinue or mo…

Should the fund herein authorized be sufficient to permit an allowance to only a part of the persons coming within the provisions of this law, the county court shall select those cases in most urgent need of such allowance. Added by Laws 1915, c. 183, § 5.

The provisions of this law shall not apply to any woman whose husband is not dead or who is not confined in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary or other prison in this state, or is in a state institution for the insane in this state, and in the two latter cases it shall not apply unl…

Any person procuring or attempting to procure any allowance for a person not entitled thereto shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00…

In each case where an allowance is made to any woman under the provisions of this act, a judgment entry to that effect shall be entered upon the records of the county court making such allowance, and it shall be the right of any taxpaying citizen at any time to file a motion to s…

(a) When used herein, the term "State Department" shall mean the State Department of Public Welfare; (b) The term "Commission" shall mean the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission; (c) The term "county board" shall mean the county board of public welfare; (d) The term "Director" sha…