Oklahoma § 63-5005 - Definitions

§ 63-5005. Definitions

For purposes of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Act:

1. "Administrator" means the chief executive officer of the

Authority;

2. "Authority" means the Oklahoma Health Care Authority;

3. "Board" means the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board;

4. "Health services provider" means health insurance carriers,

pre-paid health plans, hospitals, physicians and other health care

professionals, and other entities who contract with the Authority

for the delivery of health care services to state and education

employees and persons covered by the state Medicaid program; and

5. "State-purchased health care" or "state-subsidized health

care" means medical and health care, pharmaceuticals and medical

equipment purchased with or supported by state and federal funds

through the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Department of Mental

Health and Substance Abuse Services, the State Department of Health,

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the Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections, the

Department of Veterans Affairs, other state agencies administering

state-purchased or state-subsidized health care programs, the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of

Education and local school districts.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 332, § 3. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 109, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 1997.