Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1908.1: Funding source for temporary managers, state monitors

or receivers – Nursing Facility Administrative Penalties Fund.

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall amend the state

Medicaid plan to provide a funding source for payment of temporary

managers, state monitors or receivers in facilities certified to

provide long-term care services under Medicaid, upon request of the

State Department of Health, pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A., Section

1396r(h)(z).

B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the State Department of Health to be designated the

“Nursing Facility Administrative Penalties Fund”. The fund shall be

a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall

consist of all monies received by the State Department of Health

from administrative penalties imposed under the Nursing Home Care

Act. Monies collected as a result of administrative penalties

imposed under the Nursing Home Care Act shall be deposited into the

fund. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby

appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for

the protection of health or property of residents of nursing and

specialized nursing facilities that have been placed under temporary

managers, state monitors or receivers requested by the Department,

including, but not limited to, the following purposes:

1. Relocation expenses incurred by the Department, in the event

of closure of a facility;

2. Maintenance of facility operation pending correction of

deficiencies or closure, such as temporary management, state monitor

or receivership, in the event that the revenues of the facility are

insufficient; or

3. The costs associated with informational meetings held by the

Department with residents, family members, and interested parties in

an affected community where the Department proceeds with appointment

of a temporary manager, state monitor or receivership petition.