Okla. Admin. Code § 165:59-3-74

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 165:59-3-74 - Procedures for receiving funding for Special OUSF after the issuance of a determination

(a) Special Universal Service funding will be processed in the following manner:

(1) For cases that have requested a lump sum payment, the lump sum payment, as determined, will be paid in accordance with 17 O.S.§ 139.106.

(2) Any monthly payments, as determined in a Final Determination or Commission Order shall be paid in accordance with 17 O.S. § 139.106.

(3) The Administrator shall develop and post on the Commission's website Change Request forms necessary to indicate changes including, but not limited to a change in:

(i) bandwidth;

(ii) pricing for bandwidth; and/or

(iii) location of circuits and/or

(iv) receipt by a Beneficiary of alternative funding. The forms shall include, disconnection of service, upgrade and/or downgrade in connectivity speed, change in E-rate discount, or price, and other information necessary to reconcile the changes to the Special Universal Services initially approved.

(4) Within thirty (30) calendar days after the Eligible Provider is aware of a change, the Eligible Provider shall notify the Administrator and/or its contracted agent of the change(s) by submitting a Change Request form. The changes may be implemented pending the Administrator's approval of the Change Request, subject to true-up.

(5) The Administrator shall notify the Eligible Provider in writing of its approval or denial of the Change Request within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of the Change Request.

(6) If the Change Request is denied, funding shall continue at the amounts for Special Universal Services that were approved prior to the current Change Request. The Eligible Provider, as necessary, shall provide the Administrator and/or its contracted agent with a true-up calculation of the payments received from the OUSF.

(7) Monthly recurring amounts or other funding-related changes (e.g., level of bandwidth, changes in price, or changes in locations) will not be increased from the approved amount without supporting documentation being made available to the Administrator and/or its contracted agent via a submitted Change Request or by the filing of a new Request for OUSF Funding.

(8) Funding for eligible services, including but not limited to federal funding, shall not exceed actual eligible expenses.

(b) If the OUSF Beneficiary receives funding from another state or federal fund for an investment or expense already reimbursed by the OUSF, the OUSF Beneficiary shall notify the Eligible Provider, and thereafter the Eligible Provider shall submit a Change Request.

Okla. Admin. Code § 165:59-3-74

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 23, August 15, 2024, eff. 9/1/2024