Oklahoma § 56-59.1 - Income tax check-off for indigent health care - Indigent
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 56-59.1 — Income tax check-off for indigent health care - Indigent, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 56-59.1. Income tax check-off for indigent health care - Indigent
Health Care Revolving Fund.
A. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state
individual income tax return form for tax years beginning after
December 31, 2001, an opportunity for the taxpayer to donate from a
tax refund for the benefit of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care
Fund.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Department of Human Services, to be designated the
"Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the Department of Human Services
from:
1. Any state monies appropriated for the purpose of
implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care
Act; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons
2. Any monies collected pursuant to this section or any other
monies available to the Department of Human Services to implement
the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act.
C. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
appropriated and shall be budgeted and expended directly to eligible
clinics by the Department for the purpose of implementing the
Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. Expenditures from the fund shall
be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws
1987, c. 192, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 358, § 25, eff.
July 1, 2001; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 231.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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