Oklahoma Code § 70-697.21b

Title 70. Schools: Health Care Workforce Development Revolving Fund
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A.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury until July 1,
2027, a revolving fund for the Health Care Workforce Training
Commission to be designated the "Health Care Workforce Development
Revolving Fund".  The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject
to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all available
monies:
1.  Received by the state as Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds pursuant to Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan
Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2;
2.  Directed to the state by the federal government for the
purpose of recruiting, educating, and stabilizing Oklahoma's health
care workforce;
3.  Derived as interest and income from deposits and investments
of fund assets; and
4.  Designated for deposit by law.
B.  1.  All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are
hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Health
Care Workforce Training Commission for authorized purposes as
provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection.  Expenditures from said
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.
2.  All monies accruing to the credit of said fund shall be
utilized for the purpose of recruiting, educating, and stabilizing
Oklahoma's health care workforce, including the costs and expenses
of operating such programs.
3.  All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be
budgeted or encumbered no later than December 31, 2024, and shall be
expended no later than December 31, 2026.
4.  All monies accruing to the credit of the fund shall be
budgeted, expended, and transferred in strict accordance with
applicable state and federal law and guidance providing for and
limiting the utilization of such funds.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 407, § 2.
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.

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