Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-3200.2: Health Care Workforce Resources Board

A. There is hereby created the Health Care Workforce Resources

Board whose purpose shall be to govern the Health Care Workforce

Resources Center promoting the purposes for which the Health Care

Workforce Resources Center was created in the Health Care Workforce

Resources Act.

B. 1. The Board shall consist of nineteen (19) members as

follows:

a. two members of the Oklahoma State Senate. One member

shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate and one member shall be appointed by the

minority leader of the Senate,

b. two members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives and one member shall be

appointed by the minority leader of the House of

Representatives,

c. the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for

Higher Education or a designee,

d. the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and

Technology Education or a designee,

e. the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or a

designee,

f. the Secretary of Health or a designee,

g. the Commissioner of Health or a designee,

h. a representative of the Governor's Council for

Workforce and Economic Development,

i. a representative of the University of Oklahoma Health

Sciences Center, designated by the president of that

institution,

j. a representative of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services, designated by the Director of the

Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and

k. a representative of the Oklahoma State University

Center for Health Sciences, designated by the

president of that institution.

2. Six members shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:

a. one member of a statewide association representing

urban and rural hospitals,

b. one member of a statewide association representing

nurses,

c. one member of a statewide association representing

allopathic physicians,

d. one member of a statewide association representing

osteopathic physicians,

e. one member representing the long-term care industry

chosen from a list of at least three names submitted

by a statewide association representing urban and

rural nursing homes, and

f. one lay member who shall represent the general public.

3. All designated members shall serve at the pleasure of their

designators. The initial appointments of the Governor shall be for

the following terms:

a. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing urban and rural hospitals

shall be for a three-year term,

b. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing nurses shall be for a three-

year term,

c. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing allopathic physicians shall

be for a two-year term,

d. the initial term of the member of a statewide

association representing osteopathic physicians shall

be for a two-year term,

e. the initial term of the member representing the long-

term care industry shall be for a one-year term, and

f. the initial term of the lay member representing the

general public shall be for a one-year term.

4. After the initial terms, all other terms of members

appointed by the Governor shall be for four-year terms. Members

appointed by the Governor may be removed by the Governor for cause.

A vacancy of an appointed member shall be filled in the same manner

as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.

5. The Board shall elect from among its membership a chair and

a vice-chair and shall adopt procedures for the governance of its

operations. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of business. The Board shall meet at such times as it

deems appropriate.

6. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their

services but may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary travel

oard shall elect from among its membership a chair and

a vice-chair and shall adopt procedures for the governance of its

operations. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the

transaction of business. The Board shall meet at such times as it

deems appropriate.

6. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their

services but may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary travel

expenses incurred in the performance of their duties by their

respective legislative house or state agency pursuant to the

provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act. Members appointed

by the Governor shall be reimbursed by the Oklahoma State Regents

for Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel

Reimbursement Act.

7. Until such time as private or public funds become available,

administrative support for the Board, including, but not limited to,

personnel necessary to ensure the proper performance of the duties

and responsibilities of the Board shall be provided by the Oklahoma

State Regents for Higher Education and the Oklahoma Department of

Health. All represented agencies shall provide any additional

administrative support requested by the Board.

C. The duties of the Health Care Workforce Resources Board

shall include, but not be limited to, the hiring of, or contracting

for, an Executive Director of the Health Care Workforce Resources

Center as private or public funds become available. The Executive

Director shall report to the Board and be responsible for the hiring

of staff and activities of the Health Care Workforce Resources

Center as stated in the Health Care Workforce Resources Act. These

activities include contracting for services including, but not

limited to, data collection and analysis and Web support. Until

such time as private or public funds become available to hire an

Executive Director, the Board shall be responsible for activities of

the Health Care Workforce Resources Center.