The veterans cemetery known historically as the Union Soldiers Cemetery located on the corner of Northeast 36th Street and Martin Luther King Avenue in Oklahoma City shall remain under the supervision and care of the Adjutant General of the State of Oklahoma until such time as the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans […]
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act”. Added by Laws 2019, c. 23, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 2019.
A. 1. Any guardianship established under the authority of the Revised Uniform Veterans’ Guardianship Act and in existence on November 1, 2019, shall comply with the provisions of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes for guardianships for an incapacitated person or partially incapacitated adult person and shall remain in full force and effect unless modified […]
A. A guardian or limited guardian may be appointed for an incapacitated or partially incapacitated adult veteran by the court in accordance with the procedures and requirements in Section 3-101 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. A guardian shall be appointed as a general or limited guardian as defined by Section 1-109 of […]
A. The subject of the proceeding in a guardianship established pursuant to the Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act shall: 1. Meet the requirements of “veteran” pursuant to Section 2 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 2. Be a resident of this state; and 3. Be in receipt of a veteran’s disability compensation or pension from […]
A. Before the entry of an order appointing a person as the guardian or limited guardian of the property of an incapacitated or partially incapacitated veteran pursuant to the Veterans Volunteer Guardianship Act is submitted and before the letters of guardianship issue, the court shall require the person to be appointed to provide a bond, […]
A. If the guardian is appointed as a fiduciary by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to regulations adopted by the Department in any applicable part of Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the fiduciary accounting provided to the Department pursuant to Section 13.280 of Title 38 of the Code of […]
(1) Whenever, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for the commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or otherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his proper care, it is determined after such adjudication of the status of such person as may be required […]
The words “ex-service person”, “veteran”, or “war veteran” used in this act shall be construed to mean any person who: 1. Has served the full obligation for active duty, Reserve or National Guard service in the military, or received an early discharge for a medical condition, hardship or reduction in force; and 2. Has been […]
The State Veterans Homes shall be under the management and control of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs which shall: 1. Make all necessary rules, regulations and procedures for the operation and management of State Veterans Homes operated by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; 2. Ensure compliance with all federal and state statutes and […]
All recording of said discharges shall be done by the clerical force in the county clerk’s office, without charge and shall also furnish certified copies of said discharges without charge, and any clerk or other person who makes any charge for such service shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Laws 1919, c. 94, p. 147, […]
There is hereby established at Sulphur, Oklahoma, on the site of the Oklahoma State Veterans Hospital, and at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on the site of the Oklahoma State Veterans Home Facilities, and at Norman, Oklahoma, on the site of the Veterans Ward of the Griffin Memorial Hospital, further described as follows: Starting at the Southeast corner […]
Effective July 1, 1979, the responsibility for the operation and administration of the State Veterans Home, Norman, Oklahoma, shall be assumed by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. Thereafter, the State Veterans Home, Norman, shall operate as a separate institution under the direction and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The facility shall be […]
In addition to the State Veterans Homes established by Sections 203, 221, 221.1, 226 and 229 of this title, the facility known as the State Veterans Home, Claremore Division, since March, 1987, shall continue to be operated as a State Veterans Home by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; such property described as the real […]
Effective April 16, 1997, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs is directed within the availability and limitations of its revolving funds, not otherwise encumbered or specified, to proceed with the development of a new State Veterans Home facility at Lawton, Oklahoma. In addition to the State Veterans Homes established by Sections 203, 221, 221.1, 221.2, […]
A. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall develop and adopt procedures for competitively bidding an agreement for supplies and services under Medicare Part B as approved by the Director of Central Purchasing. B. Upon the effective date of this act, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall annually compile a list of Medicare Part B supplies […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be authorized to purchase products which are available through a General Services Administration contract. Such products shall not be required to be on a current state contract before a purchase can be made. Added by Laws 1996, c. 149, § 2, emerg. eff. […]
For the determination of compliance with limits set forth in the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, each division of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs that operates a State Veterans Home shall, if the division has a Certified Procurement Officer and makes purchases in compliance with internal purchasing procedures of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs […]
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to be known as the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Revolving Fund. The revolving fund shall consist of all funds and monies received by the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, its constituent institutions, and/or, the Oklahoma […]
A. The State of Oklahoma accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress of August 27, 1888, as amended, 1934 Edition U.S. Code, Title 24, Section 134, and of any other federal law or Act of Congress providing for the payment of funds to states for the care of, or support of, disabled soldiers and […]
