Oklahoma § 56-199.3 - Traumatic brain or spinal cord injury - Contracts for

§ 56-199.3. Traumatic brain or spinal cord injury - Contracts for

inpatient services - Study and recommendations - Service standards.

A. Subject to subsection C of this section, the Department of

Human Services is authorized to enter into contracts for the

provision of inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related

services which qualify as medical assistance under Title XIX of the

Social Security Act for eligible persons having a traumatic brain

injury or spinal cord injury.

B. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study in

consultation with the Advisory Council on Traumatic Spinal Cord and

Traumatic Brain Injury within the State Department of Health and

then make recommendations to the Commission for Human Services for

the establishment of a rate or other form of adequate payment for

contracts with facilities, other than general acute care hospitals,

providing inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related services

for persons having a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.

C. If the results of the study required by subsection B of this

section demonstrate that making such services available to said

persons would result in an overall lower cost for providing services

to this population than current service delivery practices, the

Department shall enter into contracts with specialized facilities

that meet such standards as the Board of Health shall require for

certificate of need and licensure under provisions of Title 63 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-850 et seq. and Section 1-1901 et

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons

seq., respectively. Standards for licensure promulgated by the

Board of Health for specialized facilities serving persons with

traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury shall, to the maximum

extent feasible, correspond substantially to the standards of the

Council on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for such or

similar facilities and services.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 18, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.