A freshman lawmaker has proposed taking a slice of alcohol tax revenue to spend on health care.

State Rep. Forrest Bennett, D-Oklahoma City, tweeted Thursday that he will file legislation to take a small portion of alcohol sales taxes and send it to services for the uninsured and underinsured.

His bill targets the mixed beverage tax, which now all goes into the state's general fund. Five percent would instead be put into an uncompensated care fund, which has been cut because of budget shortfalls.

In previous years, money from the fund would help health care providers that treated patients without enough insurance.