Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.25: Powers and duties

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall, in consultation

with the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, designate

eligible hospitals for the creation of new residency training

programs to serve medically underserved areas.

B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is authorized to contract

with the Oklahoma State University of Osteopathic Medicine and the

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine to provide funding for

the establishment of new residency training programs created under

the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program Act.

C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall, with the

assistance of the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic

Medicine and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, provide

technical assistance and funding for the colleges' costs incurred in

supporting the programs to ensure that residency training programs

established pursuant to the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training

Program Act become funded by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare

Services. Any student who is a resident of this state or who is in

good academic standing with an accredited medical college in this

state shall receive priority consideration in the process of

assigning clinical rotations at a health care facility that accepts

state funding. For purposes of this section, "resident" means an

individual who resided in this state at the time of graduation from

an Oklahoma high school.

D. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall establish reporting

mechanisms for eligible hospitals for the monitoring of progress of

the new residency training programs.

E. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall present a report on

the operation of the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training Program to

the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives within one (1) month of the

beginning of each regular session of the Legislature which shall

include, but shall not be limited to, information on the progress

made in implementing the Oklahoma Hospital Residency Training

Program Act.