A. The Oklahoma Health Planning Commission is hereby abolished, and the powers, duties and responsibilities exercised by such Commission pursuant to law are hereby transferred to the State Department of Health and the State Commissioner of Health. All unexpended funds, property, records, personnel and any outstanding financial obligations and encumbrances of such office are hereby transferred to the State Department of Health and the State Commissioner of Health.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is hereby directed to coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments, purchase orders, outstanding financial obligations or encumbrances provided for in this section.

C. Any application for a certificate of need which was duly filed with the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission prior to the effective date of the Long-term Care Certificate of Need Act or the Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Facility Certificate of Need Act shall be reviewed and approved or disapproved pursuant to criteria and procedures in effect at the time such application was filed. Any application for Certificate of Need not scheduled for review at the regularly scheduled June, 1989, Commission meeting or by the Director before July 1, 1989, shall be considered to have been duly filed with the State Department of Health. In all appellate matters, including but not limited to reconsideration and remand, the Department shall be considered as the Commission.

D. The rules of the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission in effect on July 1, 1989, shall be enforceable by the State Department of Health and shall remain effective until the adoption of new rules by the State Board of Health.

E. Any references to the Oklahoma Health Planning Commission in the Oklahoma Statutes shall be construed to refer to the State Department of Health.

Added by Laws 1989, c. 301, § 12, operative July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 486.