Oklahoma Code § 56-3500

Title 56. Poor Persons: Feasibility study for public assistance eligibility and
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enrollment system — Report.
A.  The Department of Human Services shall conduct a feasibility
study on the potential establishment of a unified and streamlined
eligibility and enrollment system for public assistance programs
administered by the state that would promote efficiency,
accessibility, and coordination of services across programs
including, but not limited to:
1.  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
2.  The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program;
3.  Child care subsidies;
4.  The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);
5.  The state Medicaid program; and
6.  The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
B.  As part of the feasibility study, the Department shall issue
a request for information on a unified and streamlined eligibility
and enrollment system to gather information about potential vendors
and their capabilities and to ascertain an estimate of the initial
and ongoing costs of the system.
C.  The Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority, and the State Department of Health shall coordinate to
conduct the feasibility study.
D.  At the conclusion of the feasibility study, the Department
of Human Services shall electronically submit a report to the

President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, the Speaker of
the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the Governor that
summarizes the findings of the feasibility study including, but not
limited to, information obtained through the request for information
required under subsection B of this section and cost estimates of
the unified and streamlined eligibility and enrollment system.

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