§ 70-697.10 — Contracts - Intern or resident salary and insurance

Oklahoma § 70-697.10

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 70: Schools

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liability costs - Intern and Residents Professional Liability Insurance Fund. A. The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is authorized to enter into contractual arrangements with individual hospitals and clinical programs for the reimbursement of intern or resident salary cost not to exceed the limits established by Section 697.2 of this title. Provided, that residency and internship positions created prior to the spring semester 1975 shall be eligible for participation in the cost-sharing program for internship and residency training as established by Sections 697.1 through 697.8 of this title, only if partial funding of said positions will allow the creation of additional positions in whole or in part at the participating hospital or clinical situation. The participating hospital or clinical situation shall document in a manner specified by the Commission the extent to which funding of a previously created and established position contributes directly to the creation of additional positions at the participating hospital or clinical situation. B. The Commission is authorized, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, to enter into contractual arrangements with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine for the reimbursement of intern and resident professional liability insurance cost which shall not be subject to the limits established in Section 697.2 of this title. Any and all intern and resident positions are eligible for reimbursement of intern and resident professional liability insurance cost. C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be designated the "Intern and Residents Professional Liability Insurance Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission for reimbursement of intern and residency professional liability insurance costs. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission for such costs. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1976, c. 212, § 8, emerg. eff. June 7, 1976. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 288, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 617; Laws 2022, c. 407, § 24. NOTE: In accordance with Article VI, Section 11, of the Oklahoma Constitution, House Bill 2776 became law without the Governor's signature. It was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on May 27, 2022.