1. A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority in cooperation with the State Department of Health, a statewide organization of the elderly, representatives of the Health and Human Services Interagency Task Force on long-term care, and representatives of both statewide associations of nursing facility operators shall develop an incentive reimbursement rate plan for nursing facilities that shall include, but may not be limited to, the following:

   1. 1. Quality of life indicators that relate to total management initiatives;
   2. 2. Quality of care indicators;
   3. 3. Family and resident satisfaction survey results;
   4. 4. State Department of Health survey results;
   5. 5. Employee satisfaction survey results;
   6. 6. CNA training and education requirements;
   7. 7. Patient acuity level;
   8. 8. Direct care expenditures pursuant to subparagraph e of paragraph 2 of subsection I of Section 1-1925.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
   9. 9. Other incentives which include, without limitation, participation in quality initiative activities performed and/or recommended by the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality in capital improvements, in-service education of direct staff, and procurement of reasonable amounts of liability insurance.
2. B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall negotiate with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include the authority to base provider reimbursement rates for nursing facilities on the criteria specified in subsection A of this section.

Laws 2006, HB 2842, c. 315, § 5, emerg. eff. June 9, 2006.