{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-38.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-38.3","heading":"Reimbursement and payment for medical care and treatment","body":"A. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Emergency care\" means the medical or surgical care\n\nnecessary to treat the sudden onset of a potentially life- or limb-\n\nthreatening condition or symptom;\n\n2. \"Dental emergency\" means acute problems in the mouth\n\nexhibiting symptoms of pain, swelling, bleeding or elevation of\n\ntemperature; and\n\n3. \"Mental health emergency\" means a person exhibiting behavior\n\ndue to mental illness that may be an immediate threat to others or\n\nhimself or herself that renders the person incapable of caring for\n\nhimself or herself.\n\nB. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse health care\n\nproviders for medical care and treatment for inmates retained in\n\ncounty jails after a certified copy of a judgment and sentence has\n\nbeen entered pursuant to the provisions of Section 980 of Title 22\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to the provisions of Section\n\n988.12 or 991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Health care\n\nproviders that are in the network established by the Department of\n\nCorrections in conjunction with the State and Education Employees\n\nGroup Insurance Board shall be reimbursed according to the fee\n\nschedule established for that network. Health care providers that\n\nare out of network shall be reimbursed according to the Oklahoma\n\nMedicaid Fee Schedule. Prior to obtaining nonemergency care outside\n\nthe county jail facility, authorization must be received from the\n\nDepartment of Corrections. For any emergency care, dental emergency\n\nor mental health emergency care obtained outside the county jail\n\nfacility, the Department of Corrections must be notified within\n\ntwenty-four (24) hours. The Department of Corrections is hereby\n\nauthorized to reject claims if proper notification has not been\n\nprovided.\n\nC. The sheriff shall be responsible for providing and paying\n\nfor medical, dental and mental health care screening when an inmate\n\nis admitted, routine sick calls within the county jail and access to\n\non-site physician services as is routinely provided for all inmates\n\nin the custody of the sheriff and as provided by Section 52 of this\n\ntitle.\n\nD. The Department of Corrections shall pay the pharmacy\n\nprovider for medications provided to inmates retained in county\n\njails after a certified copy of a judgment and sentence has been\n\nentered pursuant to the provisions of Section 980 of Title 22 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes or pursuant to the provisions of Section 988.12 or\n\n991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If the pharmacy\n\nprovider is a Medicaid provider, the pharmacy provider must bill the\n\nDepartment at Medicaid rates. The county jail shall be responsible\n\nfor paying for any medications that are not listed on the Department\n\nof Corrections formulary, unless the county jail receives a written\n\nexception from the Department.\n\nE. Dental and mental health care shall be provided through the\n\ndesignated host facility of the Department of Corrections for\n\ninmates retained in county jails after a certified copy of a\n\njudgment and sentence has been entered pursuant to the provisions of\n\nSection 980 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes or pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 988.12 or 991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. Each county jail is encouraged to work with local\n\ncommunity mental health centers to provide necessary medications and\n\nemergency services that would be reimbursed pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this subsection.\n\nF. The sheriff shall be responsible for transportation and\n\nsecurity of inmates to all outside health care appointments\n\nincluding host facilities of the Department of Corrections.\n\nG. Neither the Department of Corrections nor the sheriff shall\n\nbe responsible for the cost of health care while an inmate is on\n\nescape status or for any injury incurred while on escape status.\n\nH. The Department of Corrections shall not be responsible for\ntransportation and\n\nsecurity of inmates to all outside health care appointments\n\nincluding host facilities of the Department of Corrections.\n\nG. Neither the Department of Corrections nor the sheriff shall\n\nbe responsible for the cost of health care while an inmate is on\n\nescape status or for any injury incurred while on escape status.\n\nH. The Department of Corrections shall not be responsible for\n\npayment of health care of inmates housed in the county jail under\n\nthe following circumstances:\n\n1. Prior to entry of a certified judgment and sentence pursuant\n\nto the provisions of Section 980 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes;\n\n2. When an inmate is detained in the county jail pursuant to a\n\nwrit of habeas corpus;\n\n3. When an inmate is detained in the county jail for additional\n\ncases pending after a certified copy of the judgment and sentence\n\nhas been entered;\n\n4. When an inmate is detained in the county jail and his or her\n\nstatus is on hold for another jurisdiction; or\n\n5. When an inmate is detained in the county jail and the inmate\n\nis sentenced to county jail time only.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"6b32f6157eef9333f12128f78aed65d1e01a8b91616af2fa7bb005dbc02d08ae","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-38.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}