STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010)

SENATE BILL 1315	By:	Paddack

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to poor persons; amending 56 O.S. 2001, Section 205, which relates to the reimbursement or replacement of eyeglasses and contacts for certain employees; requiring the Department of Human Services to make certain replacement or reimbursement; expanding list of certain items; updating language; modifying language prohibiting certain reimbursement; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     56 O.S. 2001, Section 205, is amended to read as follows:
Section 205.  A.  The Department of Human Services is authorized to shall replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses, or contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices, durable medical equipment or mobility enhancing equipment, as such terms are defined in Section 1357.6 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, of any employee at the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, Hissom Memorial Center, and any other juvenile institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services, if said eyeglasses or contact lenses the items are damaged by a resident of said the schools, center centers or institutions while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
B.  The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is authorized to replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses or contact lenses of any employee at Central State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, Western State Psychiatric Center, the Community Mental Health Centers and Substance Abuse Services if said the eyeglasses or contact lenses are damaged by a resident of said the facilities while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
C.  The J.D. McCarty Center is authorized to replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses or contact lenses of any employee, if said the eyeglasses or contact lenses are damaged by a resident of said the facility while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties.  The eyeglasses or contact lenses shall be of comparable kind, quality and cost.
D.  The Department of Human Services, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the J.D. McCarty Center are not authorized to make payment or reimbursement for eye any examinations necessary for the replacement of or reimbursement for said eyeglasses or contact lenses the items listed in subsections A, B and C of this section.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

52-2-2907	JM	12/22/2009 4:06:20 PM