Oklahoma § 63-2065 - School Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund

§ 63-2065. School Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the State Department of Health to be designated the "School

Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all monies designated for and eligible for deposit under law. All

monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated

and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Health

to facilitate the implementation of a pilot program as described in

subsection B of this section including but not limited to the

distribution of such funds through grants administered by the

Department or in coordination with the Department. Expenditures

from said 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.

B. The State Department of Health shall utilize funds deposited

to the School Nurse Pilot Program Revolving Fund for the purpose of

implementing a pilot program to deliver school nurse services that

address health, mental health, and social services needs of students

and families to promote the ability for students to have the best

opportunity to learn and be successful in their public school

district. Such pilot program shall include the following criteria

and limitations:

1. Encompass a contiguous three-county area with no more than

twenty percent (20%) of the area's school districts having

enrollments greater than three thousand (3,000) weighted average

daily membership as calculated by the State Department of Education

the year of the pilot program's inception; and

2. Have consolidated implementation coordinated by a single

nonprofit provider.

C. The State Department of Health may promulgate rules and

adopt policies and procedures as required to administer the

provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 328, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.