Oklahoma § 63-5007 - Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board

§ 63-5007. Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board

A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Health Care Authority

Board which shall consist of the following nine (9) members:

1. Five members appointed by the Governor;

2. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives; and

3. Two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate.

B. Each member shall serve at the pleasure of his or her

appointing authority and may be removed or replaced without cause.

Any member of the Board shall be prohibited from voting on any issue

in which the member has a direct financial interest. The

Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall be an ex

officio member of the Board, but shall be entitled to vote only in

case of a tie vote.

C. The Board shall have the power and duty to:

1. Establish the policies of the Oklahoma Health Care

Authority;

2. Adopt and promulgate rules as necessary and appropriate to

carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Authority. The

Board shall be the rulemaking body for the Authority; and

3. Adopt, publish and submit by January 1 of each year to the

Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker

of the House of Representatives appropriate administrative policies

and the business plan for that year. All actions governed by the

administrative policies and annual business plan shall be examined

annually in an independent audit.

D. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a

quorum for the transaction of business and for taking any official

action. Official action of the Board must have a favorable vote by

a majority of the members present.

E. Members appointed pursuant to subsection A of this section

shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for

expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance

with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

F. The Board and the Authority shall act in accordance with the

provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Oklahoma Open

Records Act and the Administrative Procedures Act.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

Added by Laws 1993, c. 332, § 5. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 282, § 2,

eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 98, § 1, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws

1995, c. 204, § 7, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 143, § 1, eff.

July 1, 1998; Laws 2002, c. 375, § 13, eff. Nov. 5, 2002; Laws 2019,

c. 9, § 1, emerg. eff. March 13, 2019.