1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) | | | 3|HOUSE BILL 3066 By: Pogemiller | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to the Health Care Workforce Training | | Commission; providing purpose and intent; creating | 8| the Rural Health Transformation Revolving Fund; | | providing for promulgation of rules; providing for | 9| codification; providing an effective date; and | | declaring an emergency. | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 15|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 697.18.1 of Title 70, unless | | | 16|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 17| In furtherance of its mission to increase access to health care | | | 18|workers in the rural and underserved areas of Oklahoma, the Health | | | 19|Care Workforce Training Commission shall be authorized to receive | | | 20|appropriations from the State Legislature; accept federal funds and | | | 21|grants, and use the same in accordance with federal requirements; | | | 22|and receive and accept donations, grants, contributions, and gifts | | | 23|from any public or private source. | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 14405 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 2|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 697.18.2 of Title 70, unless | | | 3|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 4| A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving | | | 5|fund for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be | | | 6|designated the "Rural Health Transformation Revolving Fund". The | | | 7|fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year | | | 8|limitations, and shall consist of all available monies: | | | 9| 1. Received by the state as Rural Health Transformation Program | | | 10|Funds pursuant to, including but not limited to, the One Big | | | 11|Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, Section 71401 of P.L. 119-21; | | | 12| 2. Directed to the state by the federal government for the | | | 13|purposes of recruiting and retaining clinical workforce talent to | | | 14|rural areas, with commitments to serve rural communities for a | | | 15|minimum of 5 years, or any other lawful purposes established by the | | | 16|One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025; | | | 17| 3. Derived as an interest and income from deposits and | | | 18|investments of fund assets; and | | | 19| 4. Designated for deposit by law. | | | 20| B. 1. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are | | | 21|hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expanded by the Health | | | 22|Care Workforce Training Commission for authorized purposes as | | | 23|provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection. Expenditures from said | | | 24|fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer | | | Req. No. 14405 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the | | | 2|Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and | | | 3|payment. | | | 4| 2. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund shall be | | | 5|utilized for the purpose of recruiting and retaining clinical | | | 6|workforce talent to the rural and underserved areas of Oklahoma or | | | 7|any other lawful purpose established by the One Big Beautiful Bill | | | 8|Act of 2025, including the costs and expenses of operating such | | | 9|programs. | | | 10| 3. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be | | | 11|budgeted, expended, and transferred in strict accordance with | | | 12|applicable state and federal law and guidance providing for a | | | 13|limiting the utilization of such funds. | | | 14| C. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall be | | | 15|authorized to promulgate any additional rules necessary for | | | 16|implementation of the Rural Health Transformation Program. | | | 17| SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026. | | | 18| SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 19|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 20|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 21|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 22| | | | 23| 60-2-14405 TJ 01/09/26 | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 14405 Page 3