{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-63","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-63","heading":"Department of Human Services - Responsibilities and duties","body":"A. The Department of Human Services shall have the following\n\nresponsibilities:\n\n1. Establish and review the eligibility standards and criteria\n\nfor:\n\na. participation by hospitals and clinics pursuant to the\n\nIndigent Health Care Act, and\n\nb. reimbursement to clinics for services through the\n\nIndigent Health Care Fund;\n\n2. Establish and review the screening criteria and procedures\n\nfor persons receiving services through participating hospitals and\n\nclinics in order to determine which persons are eligible for\n\nreimbursement pursuant to existing state and federal medical\n\nprograms and which persons are eligible for reimbursement pursuant\n\nto the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act;\n\n3. Review the documentation provided by participating hospitals\n\nand clinics;\n\n4. Determine the types of services offered by participating\n\nhospitals and clinics that shall be eligible for reimbursement or\n\nthe allocation of funds pursuant to state or federal medical\n\nprograms and the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act and that such\n\nservices have been approved by the proper regulatory agencies; and\n\n5. Disburse state monies to hospitals and clinics meeting\n\nrequirements of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act as provided by\n\nSection 66 of this title.\n\nB. The Commission for Human Services shall promulgate rules and\n\nregulations, as necessary and appropriate, to implement the\n\nprovisions of the Indigent Health Care Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 56"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os56.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0d325366aad6a15fbd6f273a62b2afaa67ccf14f100aabb5de15bca2a1239a2b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-625.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-64"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}