Oklahoma § 56-64 - Exemptions from act - Duties of hospitals and clinics Reports and documentation

§ 56-64. Exemptions from act - Duties of hospitals and clinics Reports and documentation

A. The Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act shall not apply to

state or federally operated medical institutions except the State of

Oklahoma Medical Center and the George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute

of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.

Hospitals and clinics participating in the Oklahoma Indigent

Health Care Act shall have the following responsibilities:

1. Implement the screening criteria and procedures and comply

with such other eligibility criteria for participation in the

Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act established pursuant to the

provisions of Section 63 of this title.

2. In addition to or as part of other reports required by law

or by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health,

annually submit to the State Department of Health reports and data

documenting:

a.

the total amount of health care costs incurred by the

hospital or clinic for medical indigents,

b.

total patient charges by the hospital or clinic for

medical indigents,

c.

the patient mix including, but not limited to, the

number of indigent persons served as measured by

hospital patient days or clinic encounters as

appropriate, and

d.

such other information and in such form as may be

required by the State Department of Health pursuant to

the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act.

Such documentation shall indicate that the person served or the

party responsible for such person meets the criteria established by

the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. Such documentation shall

also be specific as to the county of residence of the person served.

These records shall be available to the public upon request.

B. Clinics shall submit to the Department of Human Services

necessary information to certify eligible clinic status pursuant to

Section 58 of this title.

C. The State Department of Health shall forward copies of such

documentation to the Department of Human Services as necessary for

use by the Department in determining the eligibility of a hospital

or a clinic for reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. The State Department of Health

and the Department of Human Services shall cooperate for the purpose

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of coordinating the reports and documentation required by the

Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act, and ensuring the timely

transmission of said reports and documentation between, said

agencies.

D. The State Department of Health may expand or modify the

reporting requirements of hospitals and establish reporting

requirements for clinics as necessary to complete the study required

by Section 66.2 of this title.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws

1987, c. 192, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 15, § 1, emerg.

eff. March 15, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 7, emerg. eff. July 13,

1988; Laws 1989, c. 227, § 4; Laws 1992, c. 312, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1992.