Oklahoma § 63-3207 - University Hospitals Authority - Creation - Powers and

§ 63-3207. University Hospitals Authority - Creation - Powers and

authority - Status - Membership - Terms of office - Qualifications Removal of member - Vacancies - Compensation and expenses - Quorum Other laws.

A. There is hereby created the University Hospitals Authority,

an agency of the State of Oklahoma, a body corporate and politic,

with powers of government and with the authority to exercise the

rights, privileges and functions as specified in the University

Hospitals Authority Act. The University Hospitals Authority is an

agency of the State of Oklahoma covered by the Governmental Tort

Claims Act.

B. The Authority shall consist of six (6) members as follows:

1. One member shall be appointed by the Governor, with the

advice and consent of the Senate;

2. One member shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore

of the Senate;

3. One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives;

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4. One member shall be the Administrator of the Oklahoma Health

Care Authority, or his or her designee;

5. One member shall be the Provost of the University of

Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; and

6. The Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospitals

Authority who shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member.

C. Each member of the Authority, prior to appointment, shall be

a resident of the state and a qualified elector.

D. Each appointed member shall serve at the pleasure of his or

her appointing authority and be removed or replaced without cause.

Members serving on November 1, 2019, shall continue serving unless

and until another appointment is made by the appointing authority.

Any vacancy occurring on the Authority shall be filled by the

original appointing authority.

E. The members of the Authority shall serve without

compensation but may be reimbursed for all actual and necessary

travel expenses incurred in performance of their duties in

accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement

Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

F. All members of the Authority and administrative personnel of

the Authority shall be subject to the Rules of the Ethics Commission

and the provisions of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission Act, Section

4200 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. A quorum of the Authority shall be three (3) voting members.

Members shall elect a chair and vice chair for the Authority from

among its members. The chair must be an appointed member of the

Authority.

H. The Authority shall be subject to the Open Meeting Act,

Section 301 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and the

Open Records Act, Section 24A.1 et seq. of Title 51 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, except as otherwise provided by this act. Any information

submitted to or compiled by the Authority except for budgetary

information related to appropriations or the appropriations process

with respect to the marketing plans, financial statements, trade

secrets, research concepts, methods or products, or any other

proprietary information of the Authority, persons, firms,

associations, partnerships, agencies, corporations, institutions of

higher education, nonprofit research institutions or other entities

shall be confidential, except to the extent that the person or

entity which provided such information or which is the subject of

such information consents to disclosure. Executive sessions may be

held to discuss such materials if deemed necessary by the Authority.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 7, emerg. eff. June 8, 1993. Amended

by Laws 1994, c. 283, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 174, §

2, emerg. eff. May 8, 1997; Laws 2019, c. 495, § 4, eff. Nov. 1,

2019.

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