Oklahoma § 56-4002.1

§ 56-4002.1.

Short title - Ensuring Access to Medicaid Act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Ensuring Access

to Medicaid Act".

Added by Laws 2021, c. 542, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2021.

§56-4002.1a. Legislative intent.

It is the intent of the Legislature to transform the state's

current Medicaid program to provide budget predictability for the

taxpayers of this state while ensuring quality care to those in

need. The state Medicaid program shall be designed to achieve the

following goals:

1. Improve health outcomes for Medicaid members and the state

as a whole;

2. Ensure budget predictability through shared risk and

accountability;

3. Ensure access to care, quality measures, and member

satisfaction;

4. Ensure efficient and cost-effective administrative systems

and structures; and

5. Ensure a sustainable delivery system that is a provider-led

effort and that is operated and managed by providers to the maximum

extent possible.

Added by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.