Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-857.6

Transfer of funds, property, etc.

A. The Oklahoma Health Planning Commission is hereby abolished,

and the powers, duties and responsibilities exercised by such

Commission pursuant to law are hereby transferred to the State

Department of Health and the State Commissioner of Health. All

unexpended funds, property, records, personnel and any outstanding

financial obligations and encumbrances of such office are hereby

transferred to the State Department of Health and the State

Commissioner of Health.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services is hereby directed to coordinate the transfer of funds,

allotments, purchase orders, outstanding financial obligations or

encumbrances provided for in this section.

C. Any application for a certificate of need which was duly

filed with the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission prior to the

effective date of the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act or the

Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Facility Certificate of Need Act

shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved pursuant to criteria

and procedures in effect at the time such application was filed.

Any application for Certificate of Need not scheduled for review at

the regularly scheduled June, 1989, Commission meeting or by the

Director before July 1, 1989, shall be considered to have been duly

filed with the State Department of Health. In all appellate

matters, including but not limited to reconsideration and remand,

the Department shall be considered as the Commission.

D. The rules of the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission in

effect on July 1, 1989, shall be enforceable by the State Department

of Health and shall remain effective until the adoption of new rules

by the State Board of Health.

E. Any references to the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission in

the Oklahoma Statutes shall be construed to refer to the State

Department of Health.