Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-199.3
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Traumatic brain or spinal cord injury - Contracts for
Official statutory text
inpatient services - Study and recommendations - Service standards.
A. Subject to subsection C of this section, the Department of
Human Services is authorized to enter into contracts for the
provision of inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related
services which qualify as medical assistance under Title XIX of the
Social Security Act for eligible persons having a traumatic brain
injury or spinal cord injury.
B. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study in
consultation with the Advisory Council on Traumatic Spinal Cord and
Traumatic Brain Injury within the State Department of Health and
then make recommendations to the Commission for Human Services for
the establishment of a rate or other form of adequate payment for
contracts with facilities, other than general acute care hospitals,
providing inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related services
for persons having a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.
C. If the results of the study required by subsection B of this
section demonstrate that making such services available to said
persons would result in an overall lower cost for providing services
to this population than current service delivery practices, the
Department shall enter into contracts with specialized facilities
that meet such standards as the Board of Health shall require for
certificate of need and licensure under provisions of Title 63 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-850 et seq. and Section 1-1901 et
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 84
seq., respectively. Standards for licensure promulgated by the
Board of Health for specialized facilities serving persons with
traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury shall, to the maximum
extent feasible, correspond substantially to the standards of the
Council on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for such or
similar facilities and services.
A. Subject to subsection C of this section, the Department of
Human Services is authorized to enter into contracts for the
provision of inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related
services which qualify as medical assistance under Title XIX of the
Social Security Act for eligible persons having a traumatic brain
injury or spinal cord injury.
B. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study in
consultation with the Advisory Council on Traumatic Spinal Cord and
Traumatic Brain Injury within the State Department of Health and
then make recommendations to the Commission for Human Services for
the establishment of a rate or other form of adequate payment for
contracts with facilities, other than general acute care hospitals,
providing inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related services
for persons having a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.
C. If the results of the study required by subsection B of this
section demonstrate that making such services available to said
persons would result in an overall lower cost for providing services
to this population than current service delivery practices, the
Department shall enter into contracts with specialized facilities
that meet such standards as the Board of Health shall require for
certificate of need and licensure under provisions of Title 63 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-850 et seq. and Section 1-1901 et
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 84
seq., respectively. Standards for licensure promulgated by the
Board of Health for specialized facilities serving persons with
traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury shall, to the maximum
extent feasible, correspond substantially to the standards of the
Council on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for such or
similar facilities and services.
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