Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-1010.13
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Representatives of incompetent Medicaid beneficiaries
Official statutory text
A Medicaid beneficiary, including, but not limited to, a
beneficiary currently enrolled in a fully or partially capitated
managed care delivery model pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Medicaid Healthcare Options System, who is not medically or
legally competent may have another person act on the beneficiary’s
behalf for purposes of enrollment or reenrollment into any of the
managed care delivery models. A person so authorized shall be a
member of one of the following classes of persons:
1. An authorized representative pursuant to the provisions of
20 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Section 404.2021;
2. The beneficiary’s spouse;
3. The guardian of the person appointed pursuant to the
Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act;
4. The attorney-in-fact for health care decisions acting
pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney
Act or the health care proxy acting pursuant to the provisions of
the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently
Unconscious Act;
5. A child of the beneficiary who is at least eighteen (18)
years of age;
6. A parent of the beneficiary; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 226
7. A brother or sister of the beneficiary who is at least
eighteen (18) years of age.
beneficiary currently enrolled in a fully or partially capitated
managed care delivery model pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Medicaid Healthcare Options System, who is not medically or
legally competent may have another person act on the beneficiary’s
behalf for purposes of enrollment or reenrollment into any of the
managed care delivery models. A person so authorized shall be a
member of one of the following classes of persons:
1. An authorized representative pursuant to the provisions of
20 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Section 404.2021;
2. The beneficiary’s spouse;
3. The guardian of the person appointed pursuant to the
Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship Act;
4. The attorney-in-fact for health care decisions acting
pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney
Act or the health care proxy acting pursuant to the provisions of
the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently
Unconscious Act;
5. A child of the beneficiary who is at least eighteen (18)
years of age;
6. A parent of the beneficiary; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 226
7. A brother or sister of the beneficiary who is at least
eighteen (18) years of age.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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