Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-2530.9

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the State Department of Health to be designated the "Trauma

Care Assistance Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing

fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of

all monies received by the State Department of Health from monies

apportioned thereto for purposes of this section. All monies

accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may

be budgeted and expended by the Department as follows:

1. Ninety percent (90%) of such monies shall be used to

reimburse recognized trauma facilities, licensed ambulance service

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providers and physicians for uncompensated trauma care expenditures

as documented in the statewide emergency medical services and trauma

analysis system developed pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-

2511 of this title. In lieu of or in combination with reimbursement

for uncompensated care, monies from the fund may also be used to

support readiness costs incurred by recognized trauma facilities

associated with ensuring a stable trauma care system with

availability of twenty-four-hour physician services for the

provision of trauma care. Any monies used for the treatment of

Medicaid-eligible patients that are subsequently used to establish

federal matching fund requirements shall also be reimbursed to

eligible trauma facilities, licensed ambulance service providers and

physicians; and

2. Ten percent (10%) of such monies shall be used by the

Department in the furtherance of its powers and duties set forth in

the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Development Act.

B. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants

issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by

law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services for approval and payment.

C. The State Board of Health shall establish by rule a formula

and procedure for the distribution of funds for uncompensated trauma

care and/or readiness costs that shall provide for the allocation of

funds to hospitals, ambulance service providers and physicians.

D. Annually, monies accumulated in the fund may be transferred

to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, by order of the State

Commissioner of Health, to maximize Medicaid reimbursement of trauma

care. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall use these funds with

federal matching funds to reimburse hospitals, ambulance service

providers and physicians for trauma care provided to severely

injured patients who are participants in Medicaid.

E. An annual report detailing the disbursements from the fund

shall be provided on January 1 of each year to the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

and the Chair of each health-related committee of both the House of

Representatives and the Senate.