A. An agency or agencies may enter into a pay-for-success contract with a private entity or entities to receive up-front capital to fund a service or program. The agency or agencies may not enter into a pay-for-success contract until each state agency head entering into the contract determines with reasonable certainty that the contract will result in a public benefit to the state.
B. Each pay-for-success contract shall:
1. Require a private entity to underwrite or secure up-front capital from private funding sources, including foundations, financial institutions, businesses or individuals;
2. Identify the specific service or program to be funded under the contract;
3. Identify performance targets and outcome measures against which the service or program's success can be measured to determine whether the service or program has achieved quantifiable public benefits or monetary savings;
4. Require and specify an independent third-party evaluator to review and issue reports annually at specific times during the contract term specifying the degree to which the service or program has met the identified performance targets and outcome measures specified in the contract;
5. Identify the calculation or algorithm to be used by the agency or agencies in determining the amount and timing of reimbursable success payments to the private entity;
6. Contain a statement that the independent third-party evaluator will annually provide a report to the agency or agencies that includes data deemed relevant by the agency or agencies; and
7. State that the amount of funds to be reimbursed to the private entity is contingent upon the degree to which the service or program has met the performance targets and outcome measures as evaluated by the independent third-party evaluator.
C. No later than April 1 annually, the agency or agencies shall provide a report to the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees that contains the evaluation from the independent third-party evaluator.
D. Payments to private entities for the delivery of performance targets and outcome measures as authorized in this section shall be made only in accordance with the terms of the pay-for-success contract. Payments may be made utilizing the Pay for Success Innovation Fund created in Section 5 of this act or utilizing other appropriated agency funds in accordance with Oklahoma law.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 202, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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