1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3978 By: Echols
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to county jails; amending 57 O.S.
7 2021, Section 38, which relates to county jail
7 reimbursement rates; increasing amount of
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 38, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 38. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse any
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15 county which is required to retain an inmate pursuant to
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16 subsection E of Section 37 of this title in an amount not to
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17 exceed Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00) Twenty-eight Dollars
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18 ($28.00) per day for each inmate during such period of
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19 retention, unless the actual daily cost as determined by the
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20 Department of Corrections Daily Rate as defined in this section,
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21 exceeds Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00) Twenty-eight Dollars
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22 ($28.00). If the actual daily cost as determined by the
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23 Department of Corrections Daily Rate exceeds Twenty-seven
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24 Dollars ($27.00) Twenty-eight Dollars ($28.00), the county shall
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 1 notify the Department of Corrections of the actual daily cost no
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2 later than September 30. If the county's actual daily cost is
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3 accepted by the Department that shall be the reimbursement rate
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4 for the county beginning the next fiscal year. If the
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5 Department rejects the county's actual daily cost application,
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6 then the actual daily cost reimbursement shall be determined by
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7 the State Auditor and shall be imposed beginning the next fiscal
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8 year. The Department shall distribute the reimbursement on a
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9 monthly basis upon receipt and approval of a billing statement
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10 from the county. The county shall use the reimbursement to
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11 defray expenses of equipping and maintaining the jail and
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12 payment of personnel. The provisions in this act shall be
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13 implemented by the Department to allow sufficient time for
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14 application to FY-2019. The Department of Corrections shall
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15 reimburse the county for the emergency medical care for physical
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16 injury or illness of the inmate retained under this act if the
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17 injury or illness is directly related to the incarceration and
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18 the county is required by law to provide such care for inmates
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19 in the jail. The Department shall not pay fees for medical care
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20 in excess of the rates established for Medicaid providers. The
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21 state shall not be liable for medical charges in excess of the
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22 Medicaid scheduled rate. The Director may accept any inmate
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23 required to have extended medical care upon application of the
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 1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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3 59-2-9467 GRS 12/29/23
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