{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-5015.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-5015.1","heading":"Legal division or unit","body":"A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall establish a\n\nlegal division or unit in the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. The\n\nAdministrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority may employ\n\nattorneys as needed, which may be on full-time and part-time basis.\n\nProvided the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall not exceed the\n\nauthorized full-time equivalent limit for attorneys as specified by\n\nthe Legislature in the appropriations bill for the Authority.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided by this section, such attorneys, in\n\naddition to advising the Board, Administrator and Authority\n\npersonnel on legal matters, may appear for and represent the Board,\n\nAdministrator and Authority in legal actions and proceedings.\n\nB. The Legislature shall establish full-time-equivalent limits\n\nfor attorneys employed by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.\n\nC. It shall continue to be the duty of the Attorney General to\n\ngive official opinions to the Board, Administrator and Authority,\n\nand to prosecute and defend actions therefor, if requested to do so.\n\nThe Attorney General may levy and collect costs, expenses of\n\nlitigation and a reasonable attorney fee for such legal services\n\nfrom the Authority. The Attorney General is authorized to levy and\n\ncollect costs, expenses and fees which exceed the costs associated\n\nwith the salary and benefits of one attorney FTE position per fiscal\n\nyear.\n\nD. The Board, Administrator or Authority shall not contract for\n\nrepresentation by private legal counsel unless approved by the\n\nAttorney General. Such contract for private legal counsel shall be\n\nin the best interests of the state.\n\nE. 1. The Attorney General shall be notified by the Board or\n\nits counsel of all lawsuits against the Authority, its officers or\n\nemployees that seek injunctive relief which would impose obligations\n\nrequiring the expenditure of funds in excess of unencumbered monies\n\nin the agency's appropriations or beyond the current fiscal year.\n\n2. The Attorney General shall review any such cases and may\n\nrepresent the interests of the state, if the Attorney General\n\nconsiders it to be in the best interest of the state to do so, in\n\nwhich case the Attorney General shall be paid as provided in\n\nsubsection C of this section. Representation of multiple defendants\n\nin such actions may, at the discretion of the Attorney General, be\n\ndivided with counsel for the Board, Administrator and Authority as\n\nnecessary to avoid conflicts of interest.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"10700e5c7763d44cc0faed0bbe2ff0e8cdf4aa62e26ccc64d53ef9a31444a865","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-5015","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-5016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}