OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The mayor of Oklahoma’s largest city publicly received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday and urged others in the state to do the same. “With most.
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Bill seen as threat to independence of health departments By: Paul Monies Oklahoma Watch March 10, 2021
ICU nurse Erica Arrocha talks with Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health Dr. Lance Frye before administering the state’s first COVID-19 vaccine at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City on Dec. 14, 2020. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
Local board members in Oklahoma and Tulsa counties are casting a skeptical eye at a House bill that would give the state health commissioner a voice on their local governing boards and veto authority over any future picks for executive directors.
House Bill 2504, by state Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, would give the state’s health commissioner one appointment on the nine-member governing boards of the independently run Oklahoma City-County Health Department and the Tulsa Health Department.