2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 56. Poor Persons
§56-59.1. Income tax check-off for indigent health care - Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund.

A. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state individual income tax return form for tax years beginning after December 31, 2001, an opportunity for the taxpayer to donate from a tax refund for the benefit of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Fund.

B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Human Services, to be designated the "Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Department of Human Services from:

1. Any state monies appropriated for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act; and

2. Any monies collected pursuant to this section or any other monies available to the Department of Human Services to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act.

C. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and shall be budgeted and expended directly to eligible clinics by the Department for the purpose of implementing the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. 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.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 358, § 25, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 231.