A. The Department of Human Services may establish an encumbrance and preaudit system for settlement of claims relating to public assistance, social service benefits and medical benefits to or for persons eligible under applicable federal laws and rules, Oklahoma Statutes, and policies established by the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services. The following programs shall be eligible for this procedure:
1. Aid to Families with Dependent Children;
2. Aid to Aged, Blind and Disabled;
3. Medical Assistance;
4. Day Care;
5. Refugee Resettlement;
6. Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance;
7. General Assistance;
8. Crippled Children;
9. Social Services under Title XX of the U.S. Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 301 et seq.;
10. Adoption Subsidies;
11. Foster Care;
12. Medical Examination;
13. Area Agencies on Aging;
14. Any contract for service for which the Office of Management and Enterprise Services has approved as qualifying for a fixed and uniform rate pursuant to Section 85.7 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
15. Sheltered Workshops;
16. Contracted Group Homes;
17. Rehabilitative Client Interpreters;
18. Rehabilitative Client Drivers; and
19. Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.
B. Prior to inclusion in this procedure, the Department of Human Services shall provide to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, for approval, detailed listings of the type of payments to be made for each of these programs specified in subsection A of this section.
C. The Department of Human Services shall provide the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services a daily report of the dollar amount of claims settled and checks or warrants issued, the dollar amount of checks or warrants canceled, and the dollar amount of checks or warrants canceled by statutes.
D. The Department of Human Services and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall jointly establish a system for the settlement of claims, except for payroll, by the Department of Human Services. The settlement system shall include policy, procedures and performance criteria for participation.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 441, § 52, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 397.
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