Oklahoma § 57-38 - Jail reimbursement rate - Reimbursement for medical

§ 57-38. Jail reimbursement rate - Reimbursement for medical

expenses.

The Department of Corrections shall reimburse any county which

is required to retain an inmate pursuant to subsection F of Section

37 of this title in an amount not to exceed Thirty-two Dollars

($32.00) per day for each inmate during such period of retention,

unless the actual daily cost exceeds Thirty-two Dollars ($32.00).

If the actual daily cost as determined by the county exceeds Thirtytwo Dollars ($32.00), the county shall notify the Department of

Corrections of the actual daily cost no later than September 30. If

the county’s actual daily cost is accepted by the Department, such

amount shall be the reimbursement rate for the county beginning the

next fiscal year. If the Department rejects the county’s actual

daily cost application, the actual daily cost reimbursement shall be

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories

determined by the State Auditor and Inspector and shall be imposed

beginning the next fiscal year. The Department shall distribute the

reimbursement on a monthly basis upon receipt and approval of a

billing statement from the county. The county shall use the

reimbursement to defray expenses of equipping and maintaining the

jail and payment of personnel. The Department of Corrections shall

reimburse the county for the emergency medical care for physical

injury or illness of the inmate retained under this section if the

injury or illness is directly related to the incarceration and the

county is required by law to provide such care for inmates in the

jail. The Department shall not pay fees for medical care in excess

of the rates established for Medicaid providers. The state shall

not be liable for medical charges in excess of the Medicaid

scheduled rate. The Department may accept any inmate required to

have extended medical care upon application of the county.

Added by Laws 1981, S.J.R. No. 14, p. 1291, § 3, emerg. eff. April

13, 1981. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25,

1992; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 76, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 51,

§ 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 24, eff.

July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 74, § 8; Laws 2015, c.

307, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 260, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

2017; Laws 2025, c. 394, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.