A. The duties of the Advisory Task Force on SoonerCare shall include:
1. Addressing methods of educating SoonerCare members regarding access to and proper utilization of emergency medical services provided by hospitals and other health care providers;
2. Reviewing the eligibility determination process of the Department of Human Services to ensure accuracy on physician assignments and adequacy of education regarding availability of and access to services;
3. Reviewing issues related to notification of participants by contracting providers as a condition of payment;
4. Actively promoting equitable reimbursement rates for emergency room screening; and
5. Addressing patient and provider educational endeavors necessary for expansion of SoonerCare to the Aged, Blind and Disabled and Title XXI populations.
B. The Task Force shall make recommendations to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than January 31, 2001.
Added by Laws 1999, c. 32, § 2, emerg. eff. April 5, 1999.