Because the Oklahoma Health Care Authority is still awaiting responses to the request for proposals, the agency is unable to say how the SoonerCare eligibility determination process would change.
From 2000 to 2017, pediatric firearm deaths in Oklahoma increased by 78 percent.
If Oklahoma’s case continues on its course to go to trial in May, eyes will be on the state. The case would be the first to go to trial among the hundreds of opioid lawsuits pending in state and federal courts across the country.
Prosecutors say the proposal could have far-reaching, unintended consequence and clog the courts with old cases.
Oklahoma did away with life without parole for drug trafficking in 2015, but the law change did little to help people still left in prison.
“I’ve always been concerned, mainly in the last couple of years, if the Victims Compensation Fund goes dry, without state funds, how are we going to pay for rape exams?”
Attorneys for the city met this week to discuss the Firstep men’s and women’s recovery program in response to a joint investigation by The Frontier and StateImpact Oklahoma.
In Tulsa County, Just 34 percent of child welfare workers met caseload standards midway through 2018, according to the report.
