Senate Resolution 71 Summary

• Clarifies that all Medicaid-covered psychiatric services provided to persons under age 21 who are admitted as inpatients in Oklahoma hospitals are classified as acute, inpatient hospital services.

• Establishes that this classification applies regardless of the level of state Medicaid reimbursement provided for such services.

• Aligns Oklahoma's Medicaid policy with federal law, which permits state Medicaid programs to cover inpatient psychiatric services to children under age 21.

• Directs distribution of the resolution to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.