2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-5013.1. Persons providing Medicaid home- and community-based personal care services pursuant to contract with Authority.
A. An individual who only provides Medicaid home- and community-based personal care services, pursuant to a contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, shall be exempt from the provisions of the Home Care Act, Section 1-1960 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The Authority, with the assistance of the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services, shall develop qualifying criteria that comply with federal standards for personal care services under the Medicaid program for persons providing Medicaid home- and community-based personal care services pursuant to a contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Such criteria shall also include requirements for a criminal history investigation to be conducted on such persons pursuant to Section 1-1950.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 219, § 3, emerg. eff. May 19, 1997.
