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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 777	By:	Burrage

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to Medicaid; directing the state to expand certain program; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to take certain actions; providing that the Oklahoma Health Care Authority is the lead agency; authorizing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek certain assistance; directing  state agencies and entities to provide certain assistance; directing the Legislature to provide adequate funding; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 164 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The state shall expand the Medicaid program to provide assistance to all persons who apply and who are determined to be eligible for such assistance and for whom federal matching funds are available to the state under the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Public Law 111-148, March 23, 2010) as amended by the "Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010" (Public Law 111-152, March 30, 2010).
B.  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is hereby directed to take any and all steps necessary to implement the Medicaid expansion program as provided for in subsection A and shall be the lead agency for the implementation.  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is authorized to seek assistance from any state or federal agencies or entities to implement the program, and all state agencies or entities shall provide such assistance as requested by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
C.  The Legislature shall annually appropriate adequate funding to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for the purpose of implementing and operating the Medicaid expansion program pursuant to this act.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 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.

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