1| SENATE FLOOR VERSION | | April 23, 2025 | 2| AS AMENDED | | | 3|ENGROSSED HOUSE | |BILL NO. 2754 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Pae of | 4| the House | | | 5| and | | | 6| Alvord of the Senate | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| [ public health - Grant Program - administration - | | procedures, criteria, and limitations - promulgations | 11| of rules and procedures - revolving fund - | | codification - effective date - emergency ] | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 16| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 17|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-299A of Title 63, unless there | | | 18|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 19| A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma | | | 20|Rural Hospitals Funding Assistance Grant Program Act of 2025". | | | 21| B. There is hereby established the Oklahoma Rural Hospitals | | | 22|Funding Assistance Grant Program. | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid16327777 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2754 SFLR Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| C. As used in the Oklahoma Rural Hospitals Funding Assistance | | | 2|Grant Program Act of 2025: "Adequate medical care facilities" means | | | 3|facilities that: | | | 4| 1. Would meet or meets the eligibility of a federally qualified | | | 5|critical access hospital; | | | 6| 2. Are located in a town or municipality with fewer than five | | | 7|thousand (5,000) population according to the most recent Federal | | | 8|Decennial Census; and | | | 9| 3. Is owned by a public trust organized under the laws of this | | | 10|state or by a town or municipality of this state. | | | 11| D. The State Department of Health shall administer the Oklahoma | | | 12|Rural Hospitals Funding Assistance Grant Program to support the | | | 13|state purpose of ensuring the health and safety of the residents of | | | 14|the state by facilitating adequate access to health care services in | | | 15|rural areas of the state. Such grant program shall embody the | | | 16|following procedures, criteria, and limitations: | | | 17| 1. The Department shall develop a rubric of analysis and | | | 18|accompanying application process to identify and prioritize rural | | | 19|areas for grant funding, where such populations are | | | 20|disproportionately impacted from accessing adequate medical care | | | 21|facilities, due to distance; | | | 22| 2. No grant amount shall be awarded by the Department under the | | | 23|provisions of this act that would exceed the cumulative total of | | | 24|funds directed for deposit to the Oklahoma Rural Hospitals Funding | | | arsid16327777 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2754 SFLR Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|Assistance Grant Program Revolving Fund created by Section 2 of this | | | 2|act. | | | 3| E. The State Department of Health is hereby authorized to adopt | | | 4|rules and procedures as necessary to carry out the provisions of | | | 5|this act. | | | 6| SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 7|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-299B of Title 63, unless there | | | 8|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 9| There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund | | | 10|for the State Department of Health to be designated the "Oklahoma | | | 11|Rural Hospitals Funding Assistance Grant Program Revolving Fund". | | | 12|The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year | | | 13|limitations, and shall consist of all monies directed for deposit to | | | 14|the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are | | | 15|hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State | | | 16|Department of Health in accordance with the provisions provided in | | | 17|Section 1 of this act. Expenditures from said fund shall be made | | | 18|upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as | | | 19|prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and | | | 20|Enterprise Services for approval and payment. | | | 21| SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025. | | | 22| SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 23|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 24| | | | arsid16327777 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2754 SFLR Page 3 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 2|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 3|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS | |April 23, 2025 - DO PASS | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| | | | 7| | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | arsid16327777 SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2754 SFLR Page 4