Oklahoma Health Care Authority; general appropriations; modifying certain date; providing for duties and compensation of administrators and employees. Effective date. Emergency.

An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1161 By: Hall and Haste of the
Senate

and

Caldwell (Trey) and Kane of
the House

An Act relating to the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority; amending Section 70 of Enrolled Senate
Bill No. 1177 of the 2nd Session of the 60th Oklahoma
Legislature, which relates to general appropriations;
modifying certain date; providing for duties and
compensation of administrators and employees;
authorizing payment of certain expenses; authorizing
certain transfers; requiring certain transfers;
authorizing certain early transfer requests;
authorizing the exemption of unanticipated federal
funds from expenditure and budgetary limitations;
providing procedures; requiring certain budget
procedures; prohibiting certain budget procedures;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.

SUBJECT: Oklahoma Health Care Authority

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 70 of Enrolled Senate Bill
No. 1177 of the 2nd Session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature, is
amended to read as follows:

There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the Health
Care Enhancement Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2025 June 30, 2027, the sum of Ninety-nine Million

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Four Hundred Ninety-four Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Dollars
($99,494,450.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to perform
the duties imposed upon the Authority by law.

SECTION 2. A. The duties and compensation of employees, not
otherwise prescribed by law, necessary to perform the duties imposed
upon the Oklahoma Health Care Authority by law shall be set by the
Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is authorized to:

1. Pay professional expenses of the Administrator of the
Authority including dues, licenses, professional memberships, and
continuing education classes conducted in this state; and

2. Pay professional expenses of any employee including dues,
licenses, professional memberships, continuing medical education
classes conducted in this state, and medical malpractice insurance
provided he or she is a full-time employee of the Authority in
accordance with subsection B of Section 5006 of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes and is utilizing those professional skills in the
performance of his or her job duties.

SECTION 3. A. In order to facilitate cash management of
federal grant receipts and disbursements, the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority is authorized to transfer appropriations, apportionments,
fees, fines, and other revenues received in any fund to Funds 200,
245, 340, and 425 as necessary to satisfy program expenditure
requirements. Such transfers shall be made at the direction of the
Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and shall be
subject to approval of the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services, except that the cumulative amounts transferred
shall not exceed the cumulative amounts of equal monthly allotments
of the appropriations from the General Revenue Fund and the Health
Care Enhancement Fund.

B. Monies appropriated or collected for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2027, may be transferred to these disbursing funds for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to satisfy encumbrances and
obligations of such fiscal year; provided, that monies equal in
amount are transferred from appropriations or collections for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to the disbursing fund for the

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fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, to satisfy encumbrances and
obligations of such fiscal year. All transfer requests shall be in
writing to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services.

C. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall maintain records of
the inter-year transfers.

SECTION 4. The Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority may request that receipt and expenditure of unanticipated
federal funds awarded after July 1, 2026, be exempt from expenditure
limitations and from budgetary limitations.

SECTION 5. The Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority may request, through the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services, the early transfer by the
Oklahoma Tax Commission of tax collections to the General Revenue
Fund for the purpose of early allocation to the agency’s disbursing
funds to alleviate cash flow problems.

SECTION 6. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.

SECTION 7. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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Passed the Senate the 14th day of April, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 16th day of April, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________