{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-152.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-152.2","heading":"Agreements with charitable health care providers - Care","body":"for medically indigent persons - Rules - Claims not to affect\n\ninsurance rates.\n\nA. 1. The State Department of Health, or a city-county health\n\ndepartment, may enter into agreements with charitable health care\n\nproviders in which the provider stipulates to the State Department\n\nof Health, or a city-county health department, that when the\n\nprovider renders professional services to a medically indigent\n\nperson in a free clinic as provided in Section 32 of Title 76 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, or when a patient is referred from a free clinic\n\nto another charitable health care provider for medical services,\n\nsuch services will be provided gratuitously;\n\n2. The State Department of Health shall adopt rules which\n\nspecify the conditions for termination of any such agreement, and\n\nthe rules shall be made a part of the agreement. A city-county\n\nhealth department shall utilize the same rules as adopted by the\n\nState Department of Health for administration of the provisions of\n\nthis section; and\n\n3. A charitable health care provider, for purposes of any claim\n\nfor damages arising as a result of rendering professional services\n\nto a medically indigent person, which professional services were\n\nrendered gratuitously in a free clinic as provided in Section 32 of\n\nTitle 76 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or when a patient is referred\n\nfrom a free clinic to another charitable health care provider for\n\nmedical services, at a time when an agreement entered into by the\n\ncharitable health care provider with the State Department of Health,\n\nor a city-county health department, pursuant to this section was in\n\neffect, shall be considered an employee of the state under The\n\nGovernmental Tort Claims Act.\n\nB. The State Department of Health shall adopt rules on\n\neligibility criteria for determining whether a person qualifies as a\n\nmedically indigent person. A city-county health department shall\n\nutilize the same rules as adopted by the State Department of Health\n\nfor administration of the provisions of this section.\n\nC. Any claim arising from the rendering of or failure to render\n\nprofessional services by a charitable health care provider brought\n\npursuant to The Governmental Tort Claims Act shall not be considered\n\nby an insurance company in determining the rate charged for any\n\nprofessional liability insurance policy for health care providers\n\nnor whether to cancel any such policy.","path":["OK Code","Title 51"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os51.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f3f763b69d229d1d0fded4fedbc6f16c5d2a33a57d9a791009453e6097b91e16","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-152.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-51-51-152.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}