{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1320","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1320","heading":"Employment of administrator, director of internal audit,","body":"attorneys, and other personnel - Service contracts.\n\nA. For purposes of administering the Oklahoma Employees\n\nInsurance and Benefits Act, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the\n\nOklahoma Health Care Authority is authorized to hire and appoint an\n\nAdministrator who shall be in the unclassified service and shall\n\nserve at the pleasure of the CEO of the Oklahoma Health Care\n\nAuthority.\n\nB. The CEO of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority may hire a\n\ndirector of internal audit and one attorney licensed to practice law\n\nin this state. The attorney hired by the Oklahoma Employees\n\nInsurance and Benefits Board shall have not less than five (5) years\n\nof experience in matters related to the insurance industry. The CEO\n\nshall directly supervise the duties of the director of internal\n\naudit, and shall not delegate the supervision to the Administrator\n\nor any other employee. In addition to duties assigned by the CEO,\n\nthe director of internal audit is authorized to audit all records of\n\nhealth providers and pharmacists who enter into any contract with\n\nthe Board in order to ensure compliance with said contract\n\nprovisions.\n\nThe CEO shall employ such persons as are necessary to administer\n\nthe provisions of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act,\n\nthe State Employees Flexible Benefits Act and the State Employees\n\nDisability Program Act. The CEO may employ a maximum of two\n\nattorneys for purposes of administering the Oklahoma Employees\n\nInsurance and Benefits Act. The Administrator or one of the deputy\n\nadministrators shall have not less than seven (7) years of group\n\nhealth insurance administration experience on a senior managerial\n\nlevel.\n\nC. The CEO shall not contract for private legal counsel except\n\nfor extraordinary situations other than normal day to day\n\nsituations, and when approved by the Attorney General. The CEO may\n\ncontract with a nonemployee consulting actuary, a nonemployee\n\nmedical consultant and a nonemployee dental consultant subject to\n\ncompetitive bid at least every three (3) years. The CEO may\n\ncontract with health care providers for a level of reimbursement for\n\nthe payment of claims incurred by the plan participants. The CEO\n\nmay at its request use the services of the Office of the Attorney\n\nGeneral and the actuarial services of any actuary employed by the\n\nInsurance Commissioner and may also seek the advice and counsel of\n\nthe Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma or any employee\n\nof the Office of the Insurance Commissioner.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"92454412f86f132b07d9356230e59fc009a8f42035ca5f7c1640577a66feef5a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1318","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}