HB2171 Summary

• Amends Oklahoma income tax return forms (individual and corporate) to allow taxpayers to donate from their tax refund to support lupus-related causes.

• Changes the fund name and designation from the "Oklahoma Lupus Revolving Fund" to the "Lupus Fund for Oklahoma" administered by the State Department of Health.

• Requires all donations collected to be placed in a continuing revolving fund and appropriated for grants to the Oklahoma Lupus Foundation for lupus awareness, education, outreach, referral, research, and treatment.

• Allows taxpayers who donate in error to claim a refund within three years, with refund amounts deducted from the following year's donations.

• Effective date: January 1, 2014.