Oklahoma Code § 56-1011.8

lieu of emergency room services.
A.  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the State Department
of Health, subject to the availability of funds, may develop and
administer a program to encourage the timely and appropriate use of
primary care services in lieu of emergency room utilization.  The
Authority and the Department may collaborate with city-county and
county health departments and other relevant stakeholders in the

development of the program.  The program may include, but not be
limited to, the implementation of:
1.  Educational strategies to increase health literacy for
participants in the Oklahoma Medicaid Program;
2.  Technology-based monitoring;
3.  Co-payment structures and other payment arrangements; and
4.  Other policy proposals to improve the delivery of health
care services to Medicaid enrollees.
B.  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority may develop a pilot
program utilizing state-licensed health care professionals to
perform educational interventions with consumers who highly utilize
emergency room services or to perform other services to reduce
unnecessary emergency room visits.
C.  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop and
implement a telephone information health line pilot program under
which physicians are available by telephone twenty-four (24) hours a
day to answer medical questions and provide health information for
the Medicaid population.  If the Health Care Authority determines
that the pilot program reduces unnecessary emergency room visits and
the pilot program demonstrates a net cost-savings, the Health Care
Authority shall expand the program into a statewide initiative.
D.  The Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the State Department
of Health shall evaluate and report findings relevant to the
provisions of subsection A of this section to the Governor and the
Legislature by January 1, 2019.

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