Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1314.5: Procurement of supplemental health insurance - Self-

insurance.

A. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission shall attempt to

obtain the supplemental health insurance described in Section 1314.4

of this title through competitive procurement under The Central

Purchasing Act. If the Commission does not obtain such supplemental

health insurance in this manner, it shall contract with the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority for such coverage or the Commission may

provide the supplemental health insurance through a self-insurance

program.

B. If the Commission decides to contract with the Authority for

the supplemental health insurance coverage, the Authority is

expressly authorized and directed to enter into such a contract and

administer the supplemental benefit in such manner to cause the

least disruption to its systems and daily operations. The

supplemental benefit does not have to be offered as a supplemental

plan but can be combined with the state plan to be administered and

actuarially rated as a single plan. If this option is chosen, all

dependents of employees or former employees currently eligible for

the supplemental health insurance shall be included in the plan,

regardless of whether or not the dependents were previously included

in the plan, and this subsection will prevail over the provisions of

Section 1314.3 of this title. The Commission shall pay the full

actuarial cost to be determined by the Authority and all reasonable

administrative costs for such coverage, if provided by or through

the Authority. The Authority may consider the utilization

experience of the group participating in the benefit when

calculating the rate for providing the benefit. The Authority shall

maintain separate reserves for said coverage.

C. If the Commission decides to provide supplemental health

insurance through a self-insurance program, the Commission shall be

authorized to contract with a private company to provide claims

adjusting services for the supplemental health insurance claims

adjusting and processing.