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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 63. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

  § 63-5007. Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.  

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  • A.  There is hereby created the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.  On and after July 1, 1994, as the terms of the initially appointed members expire, the Board shall be composed of seven appointed members who shall serve for terms of four (4) years and shall be appointed as follows:

    1.  Two members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

    2.  Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

    3.  Three members shall be appointed by the Governor.  Two of the members appointed by the Governor shall be consumers.

    B.  Members appointed pursuant to this paragraph, with the exception of the consumer members, shall include persons having experience in medical care, health care services, health care delivery, health care finance, health insurance and managed health care.  Consumer members shall have no financial or professional interest in medical care, health care services, health care delivery, health finance, health insurance or managed care.  In making the appointments, the appointing authority shall also give consideration to urban, rural, gender and minority representation.

    C.  1.  As the terms of office of members appointed before July 1, 1995, expire, appointments made on or after July 1, 1995, shall be subject to the following requirements:

    a.              One member appointed by the Governor shall be a resident of the First Congressional District.  The term of office of the member appointed by the Governor and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 2003;

    b.              One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be a resident of the Second Congressional District and a consumer.  The term of office of the member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 1999;

    c.              One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be a resident of the Third Congressional District.  The term of office of the member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 2004;

    d.              One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be a resident of the Fourth Congressional District.  The term of office of the member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 2001;

    e.              One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be a resident of the Fifth Congressional District and a consumer.  The term of office of the member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 1998;

    f.              One member appointed by the Governor shall be a resident of the Sixth Congressional District and a consumer.  The term of office of the member appointed by the Governor and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 2000; and

    g.              The second consumer member appointed by the Governor shall be appointed at large.  The term of office of the member appointed by the Governor and serving as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1, 2002.

    2.  Appointments made subsequent to the effective date of this act shall not be restricted to any particular congressional district.  Appointments made after July 1 of the year in which a redrawing of a congressional district becomes effective shall be from the state at large.  However, no appointments may be made after July 1 of the year in which such modification becomes effective if such appointment would result in more than two members serving from the same modified district.

    D.  The terms of the members serving on the Board as of the effective date of this act shall expire on September 1 of the year in which the respective terms expire.  Thereafter, as new terms begin, members shall be appointed to four-year staggered terms which shall expire on September 1.  Should a member serve less than a four-year term, the term of office of the member subsequently appointed shall be for the remainder of the four-year term.

    E.  On and after July 1, 1994, any subsequently appointed administrator of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board.  The administrator shall have the training and experience necessary for the administration of the Authority, as determined by the Board, including, but not limited to, prior experience in the administration of managed health care.  The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

    F.  The Board shall have the power and duty to:

    1.  Establish the policies of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority;

    2.  Appoint the Administrator of the Authority;

    3.  Adopt and promulgate rules as necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Authority.  The Board shall be the rulemaking body for the Authority; and

    4.  Adopt, publish and submit by January 1 of each year to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives appropriate administrative policies and the business plan for that year.  All actions governed by said administrative policies and annual business plan shall be examined annually in an independent audit.

    G.  1.  A vacancy in a position shall be filled in the same manner as provided in subsection A of this section.

    2.  A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for taking any official action.  Official action of the Board must have a favorable vote by a majority of the members present.

    3.  Members appointed pursuant to subsection A of this section shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

    H.  The Board and the Authority shall act in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the Administrative Procedures Act.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 332, § 5.  Amended by Laws 1994, c. 282, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 98, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1995, c. 204, § 7, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 143, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 375, § 13, eff. Nov. 5, 2002.