Bill seeks to decrease medical costs for counties
Legislation to prevent counties from incurring expensive medical costs that could bankrupt them cleared the Senate 48-0 Wednesday.
The bill, written last year, now goes to the House. If passed there, it will go to the governor.
The legislation stems from a December Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that said counties are financially liable for jail inmates' medical care even when it includes medical conditions that ...
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