§56-3500. 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. Added by Laws 2025, c. 288, § 1.