| HB1312 | Paraphrase: | creates Nick's Law, requiring any individual or group health benefit plan, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, that is offered or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for the treatment of an autistic disorder. The bill limits treatment to that which is prescribed by the insured individual's treating physician in accordance with a treatment plan. The bill requires a diagnosis of an autistic disorder by a licensed physician or behavioral practitioner to be eligible for benefits and coverage. It limits coverage to persons under age 21. It sets a maximum benefit of $50,000 per year for behavioral therapy. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mike Brown (H), Jay Paul Gumm (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/03/2009 | Current Status: | House Committee - Do Not Pass | |
| Committee: | Economic Development & Financial Services (H) | |||
| HB1512 | Paraphrase: | exempts certain schools meeting certain standards from liability for not providing necessary services to a "child receiving special education." It removes related duties of the school in providing education services to children with special needs. It states that the school is to be the sole determiner of the methodology in which to provide services for the child, as long as the child is receiving some educational benefit. In the Senate, language was added that requires a school to use methodologies that provide the maximum possible educational benefit for special needs students. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Gus Blackwell (H), Mike Johnson (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 04/22/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1841 | Paraphrase: | creates Nick's Law, requiring any individual or group health benefit plan, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, that is offered or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for the treatment of an autistic disorder. The bill limits treatment to that which is prescribed by the insured individual's treating physician in accordance with a treatment plan that encompasses the curriculum of the National Institute on Developmental Delays. The bill requires a diagnosis of an autistic disorder by a licensed physician or behavioral practitioner to be eligible for benefits and coverage. It limits coverage to persons under age 21. It sets a maximum benefit of $75,000 per year for behavioral therapy. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Wallace Collins (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1968 | Paraphrase: | creates the Autism Services Improvement Act. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Chris Benge (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1969 | Paraphrase: | creates the Autism Services Act. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Chris Benge (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB2027 | Paraphrase: | requires persons wishing to practice as a licensed behavior analyst or a licensed assistant behavior analyst to apply to the Developmental Disabilities Services Division within the Department of Human Services. It establishes criteria for licensure and license fees. It directs the Department of Health to use funds for specialized training for providers in the Sooner Start program to acquire skills necessary to treat children with autism spectrum disorders. The measure also directs the University Hospitals Authority to use funds for primary care provider evaluation training for providers in the Sooner SUCCESS program to acquire skills necessary to evaluate children with autism spectrum disorders. It directs the Developmental Disabilities Services Division to establish an applied behavioral analysis research pilot project and requires DHS to provide the Legislature and the governor a report by Jan. 1, 2014, about the project. The measure also directs the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to establish a program modeled after Early Foundations, an outreach program that provides early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism. In the Senate, the bill was amended to encourage the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to provide funding for the autism training program at the University of Central Oklahoma. In the Senate, the bill was amended to require the state's Health Insurance High Risk Pool to cover the screening, diagnosis, testing and treatment of an autism spectrum disorder with no dollar limits, visit limitations, deductibles or co-insurance provisions that are less favorable to an insured individual than the dollar limits, visit limitations, deductibles or coinsurance provisions that apply to the primary plan. It was also amended to provide other definitions and coverage directives related to the plan. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Kris Steele (H), Ron Justice (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 04/15/2009 | Current Status: | Senate Amendments - Read | |
| HB2699 | Paraphrase: | authorizes the Oklahoma Tax Commission to design and issue the Oklahoma Blood Institute license plate. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Randy McDaniel (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HJR1068 | Paraphrase: | proposes a constitutional amendment requiring health insurance providers to cover autism. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mike Brown (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | / / | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0001 | Paraphrase: | creates Nick's Law, which requires any individual or group health benefit plan, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, that is offered or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for the treatment of an autistic disorder. The bill limits treatment to that which is prescribed by the insured individual's treating physician in accordance with a treatment plan. It states that coverage must include all therapies, treatments, diagnoses, testing, medicines and supplements prescribed by a licensed physician, including behavioral therapy. It sets a maximum benefit of $75,000 per year for behavioral therapy. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jay Paul Gumm (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0046 | Paraphrase: | requires any individual or group health benefit plan, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, that is offered or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for the treatment of an autistic disorder. It states that coverage is subject to a diagnosis of an autistic disorder by a licensed physician or behavioral practitioner. The bill limits coverage to individuals under age 21. It states that coverage must include all therapies, treatments, diagnoses, testing, medicines and supplements prescribed by a licensed physician, including behavioral therapy. It sets a maximum benefit for behavioral therapy of $75,000 per year for three years, unless clinical progress reports demonstrate that the child is in a period of steady skill acquisition. The bill prohibits an insurer from denying or refusing coverage, terminating coverage or restricting coverage for an individual solely because he/she is diagnosed with an autistic disorder. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mary Easley (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0971 | Paraphrase: | modifies language related to the development of professional development programs, allowing related services personnel, as identified in policies for special education by the Department of Education, to be provided with the opportunity to participate in training applicable to their field that will enable them to maintain professional licensure. | ||
| Principal Authors: | John Sparks (S), Colby Schwartz (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 04/22/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1269 | Paraphrase: | requires any individual or group health benefit plan, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, that is offered or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for the treatment of an autistic disorder. The bill limits treatment to that which is prescribed by the insured individual's treating physician in accordance with a treatment plan. The bill requires a diagnosis of an autistic disorder by a licensed physician or behavioral practitioner to be eligible for benefits and coverage. It limits coverage to persons under age 21. It sets a maximum benefit of $75,000 per year for behavioral therapy. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mary Easley (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1296 | Paraphrase: | modifies language related to discrimination in employment, replacing "handicapped person" with "person with a disability" and expanding the definition to include a person with autism spectrum disorders. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jay Paul Gumm (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1316 | Paraphrase: | modifies language related to the Health Insurance High Risk Pool Act, requiring that the primary plan offered under the act provide coverage for the screening, diagnosis, testing and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. It limits coverage to generally recognized services and treatments that are prescribed by the insured individual's treating physician in accordance with a treatment plan. The bill states that such coverage is not subject to dollar limits, visit limitations, deductibles or co-insurance provisions that are less favorable to an insured individual. It establishes a $36,000 per year maximum benefit for coverage of applied behavior analysis therapy. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jay Paul Gumm (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1336 | Paraphrase: | requires professional development programs established by districts' boards of education to allow related services personnel to be provided the opportunity to participate in training applicable to their field that will enable them to maintain professional licensure. | ||
| Principal Authors: | John Sparks (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2010 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1344 | Paraphrase: | authorizes the Oklahoma Tax Commission to design and issue an Oklahoma Rifle Association license plate. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jerry Ellis (S), Dennis Ray Bailey (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 04/08/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1361 | Paraphrase: | authorizes the Oklahoma Tax Commission to design and issue buffalo soldier license plates. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Judy Eason McIntyre (S), T.W. Shannon (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 04/08/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1657 | Paraphrase: | requires individual and group health insurance policies that provide medical and surgical benefits to provide the same coverage and benefits to any individual under the age of 18 who has been diagnosed with an autistic disorder as it would to an individual under the age of 18 who has not been diagnosed with an autistic disorder. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jay Paul Gumm (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |