§ 63-5005. Definitions.
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For purposes of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Act:
1. "Administrator" means the chief executive officer of the Authority;
2. "Authority" means the Oklahoma Health Care Authority;
3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board;
4. "Health services provider" means health insurance carriers, pre-paid health plans, hospitals, physicians and other health care professionals, and other entities who contract with the Authority for the delivery of health care services to state and education employees and persons covered by the state Medicaid program; and
5. "State-purchased health care" or "state-subsidized health care" means medical and health care, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment purchased with or supported by state and federal funds through the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the State Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Veterans Affairs, other state agencies administering state-purchased or state-subsidized health care programs, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Education and local school districts.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 332, § 3. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 109, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.