Oklahoma § 74-1312 - Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 74-1312 — Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 74-1312. Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, all employee and
employer contributions, appropriations and dividend payments related
to the health and dental plans administered by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall be deposited in
a fund in the State Treasury which is hereby created and which shall
be known as the Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund. The money
in such fund shall be invested by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance
and Benefits Board in the manner specified in Section 1305.1 of this
title. Investment income of the fund shall be added to the fund.
Money payable to the claims administrator and all expenses in
connection with the plans shall be paid from the fund. The Board
shall have responsibility for management of the fund.
(2) All monies in the Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund
that are reserves for the life insurance plan administered by the
Authority shall be transferred to the Life Insurance Reserve Fund on
July 1, 1989.
Added by Laws 1967, c. 374, § 12, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967. Amended
by Laws 1970, c. 70, § 10, emerg. eff. March 17, 1970; Laws 1971, c.
297, § 1, operative July 1, 1971; Laws 1977, c. 261, § 8, emerg.
eff. June 17, 1977; Laws 1982, c. 263, § 4, emerg. eff. May 14,
1982; Laws 1982, c. 333, § 11, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982; Laws 1986,
c. 150, § 8, emerg. eff. April 29, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 165, § 11,
operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 318, § 9, operative July 1,
1989; Laws 1991, c. 263, § 9, operative July 1, 1991; Laws 2012, c.
304, § 953; Laws 2025, c. 379, § 16, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 74-1312 ("Health and Dental Insurance Reserve Fund") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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