ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2178	By:	Sears and Martin (Scott) of the House

			       and
		
		Myers and Jolley of the Senate

An Act relating to the Physician Manpower Training Commission; amending 70 O.S. 2001, Section 697.7, which relates to the Hospital Residency Revolving Fund; deleting authorization for certain hospital agreements; modifying source of payments to the Fund; and modifying name of the Fund.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     70  O.S. 2001, Section 697.7, is amended to read as follows:
Section 697.7  The Physician Manpower Training Commission is hereby authorized to enter into contractual arrangements with any qualified hospital in any city or town in Oklahoma whereby the hospital would accommodate a resident physician to practice in the hospital during a six‑month elective phase of the residency training program which is conducted in an accredited free‑standing‑teaching hospital in cooperation with programs at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma‑Tulsa Medical College, and or the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, in order to enhance available funding for the training of primary care residents and.  The hospital accommodating said resident physician shall pay to the Commission such monies as may be required to cover the agreed amount to pay the cost of the salary stipend and expenses of the resident physician for the period of time spent in practice at said hospital the residency programs.  Monies received by the Commission from the participating hospital residency training program under the provisions of this section shall be deposited to, and disbursed from, the "Hospital Residency Revolving Fund" hereby created in the State Treasury.  The fund shall be a continuing fund not subject to legislative appropriation or fiscal year limitations.  Expenditures from said the fund shall be made on warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed by the Commission with the Director of the Office of State Finance for approval and payment.
Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of May, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2011.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate