Bill Text For HB3362 - Introduced

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 2|             2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)                |
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 3|HOUSE BILL 3362                      By: Williams                      |
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 7|       An Act relating to rural health; amending 63 O.S.               |
  |       2021, Section 1-2723, as amended by Section 5,                  |
 8|       Chapter 407, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section           |
  |       1-2723), which relates to the Health Care Workforce             |
 9|       Training Commission; removing the option to utilize             |
  |       excess funding; and providing an effective date.                |
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13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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14|    SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-2723, as     |
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15|amended by Section 5, Chapter 407, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025,    |
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16|Section 1-2723), is amended to read as follows:                        |
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17|    Section 1-2723.  A.  The Health Care Workforce Training            |
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18|Commission shall have the option of utilizing utilize available        |
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19|funding in excess of the amount necessary to fund the Oklahoma         |
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20|Medical Loan Repayment Program described in Section 1-2721 of this     |
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21|title to fund new or expanded primary care residency programs in       |
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22|rural and underserved areas of the state.  Such new or expanded        |
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23|primary care residency program funding shall include but not be        |
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24|limited to:                                                            |
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 1|    1.  Payments to hospitals or teaching health centers desiring to   |
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 2|establish new primary care residency programs.  Such payments shall    |
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 3|be made to cover the costs of salaries, benefits and educational       |
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 4|costs of residents in training at the facility; or                     |
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 5|    2.  Payments to hospitals or teaching health centers with          |
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 6|existing primary residency programs desiring to expand the number of   |
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 7|residents participating in those programs.  Such payments shall be     |
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 8|made to cover the costs of salaries, benefits and educational costs    |
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 9|of residents in training at the facility.                              |
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10|    B.  Provisions of this section shall be subject to the             |
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11|promulgated rules of the Commission.                                   |
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12|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.      |
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14|    60-2-15742     TJ     01/04/26                                     |
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