SECTION 340:2-23-15. Legal base

(a)   Quality control for federal entitlement and other Agency programs. The Department's federal and state legal authority for providing a systematic Quality Control process and administrative operation to ensure state accountability is vested in:

(1)   Article XXV of Oklahoma State Constitution 1-5 and Section 328 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the Medicaid program.

(2)   Section 241.244 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the Food Stamp program.

(3)   Article XXV of Oklahoma State Constitution, Section 161 and 319 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and opinions of the State Attorney General 9-11-57 and 10-18-60 for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program.

(4)   Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the Day Care program.

(b)   Federal QC policies. Policies issued by USDA and USDHHS define the requirements of the programs identified in (1) and (2) of subsection (a).

[Source: Added at 15 Ok Reg 1271, eff 4-1-98 (emergency); Added at 16 Ok Reg 1008, eff 4-26-99]