2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 56. Poor Persons
§56-1011.11. Durable medical equipment retrieval program – Rules - Definition.
A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop and implement, as funds become available, a durable medical equipment retrieval program that will allow the Authority to:
1. Retrieve durable medical equipment, purchased with Medicaid funds, from the Medicaid consumers who no longer utilize the equipment; and
2. Donate such equipment to community-based programs that will distribute the equipment to individuals who are disabled or elderly.
B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate rules and establish procedures necessary to implement the program established in this section.
C. For the purpose of this section, “durable medical equipment” means equipment that is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose, can withstand repeated use and is appropriate for use in the home.
Added by Laws 2007, c. 270, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 2007. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 309, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
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