Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 540 - Physician Manpower Training Commission
Chapter 55 - HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 540:55-1-1 - Purpose
The purpose of the Health Care Workforce Development Grant program is to use federal funds distributed to the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act, Pub. L. No. 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) ("ARPA"), to help recruit, educate, and stabilize Oklahoma's health care workforce. The Oklahoma Legislature designated the Health Care Workforce Training Commission ("HWTC") as a pass-through entity through which federal ARPA funding will be further distributed to grantees for specific health care workforce projects, including, but not limited to, capital improvements to nursing schools. See S.B. 1458, 58th Leg., 2d Reg. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B. 8xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B. 9xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B. 10xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); S.B. 17xx, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted); and H.B. 1025, 58th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess. (Okla. 2022) (enacted).