Legislative Alert

Health, Health Care and Health Insurance
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

HB1026Paraphrase:defines "covenant marriage" as a marriage between a man and a woman that is entered into with the understanding and agreement that it is a lifelong relationship. It requires parties of a covenant marriage to obtain counseling. It allows unmarried and married couples to obtain a covenant marriage designation. The bill sets forth the requirements for a declaration of intent to contract a covenant marriage. It also sets forth the circumstances under which a court may grant a divorce for a covenant marriage. The measure directs the administrative director of the courts to develop and print an information pamphlet entitled "Guide for Covenant Marriages."
 Principal Authors:Jason Nelson (H), John A. Wright (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:09/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1028Paraphrase:directs an insurer to list a provider as payee on any payment instrument sent to the insured for payment if the insured elected to receive medical treatment from a provider outside of a preferred provider organization network.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1034Paraphrase:allows school district employees to elect to have a dependent or dependents covered under the health insurance plan offered by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board or the self-insured plan offered by the school district. It establishes the flexible benefit allowance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, at not less than 100 percent of the premium amount for the HealthChoice Hi option plan plus 25 percent of the premium amount for the Hi option plan for covered spouses and dependents of support personnel and certified personnel. It increases the allowance for dependent coverage for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, to 50 percent of the Hi option plan and 75 percent of the Hi option plan for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.
 Principal Authors:Fred Jordan (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1038Paraphrase:authorizes health carriers to offer one or more standard health benefit plans to individuals under age 40 that do not provide state-mandated health benefits. It requires carriers that offer such plans to also offer at least one accident or health insurance policy with state-mandated health benefits. It directs the health carrier to file, for informational purposes, the rates to be used for a standard health benefit plan with the Oklahoma Insurance Department
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1039Paraphrase:modifies language related to processing insurance claims. It requires the insured and the health care provider to be notified within 45 days after receipt of a claim if it is determined that the claim has defects or improprieties. It states that a nonelectronic claim by a physician or a health care provider is a clean claim if it is submitted using specific Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forms. The bill also states that unless an insurer has requested additional information, the insurer must make a determination of whether a claim is payable and, if the insurer intends to audit a claim submitted, must pay charges submitted at 100 percent of the contracted rate within 45 days of receiving a nonelectronic clean claim or 30 days within receiving an electronic clean claim. It also sets forth guidelines regarding an insurer’s preauthorization process.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1043Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Medical Loan Repayment Program to provide, subject to the availability of funds, educational loan repayment assistance of up to $25,000 per year for five years for up to six Oklahoma licensed primary care physicians per year who agree to establish a practice in a community approved by the Physician Manpower Training Commission. In the Senate, the bill was amended to add qualifications for physicians who participate in the loan program.
 Principal Authors:Earl Sears (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1051Paraphrase:creates the Protection Against Sexual Exploitation by Mental Health Services Provider Act, which makes a mental health services provider liable to a patient or former patient for damages for sexual exploitation if the patient suffers a physical, mental or emotional injury caused by sexual conduct with the patient, sexual exploitation of the patient or therapeutic deception of the patient. It also extends liability to the employer of the mental health services provider if he/she failed to inquire about sexual exploitation occurrences with former employers of the provider or if he/she knew the provider engaged in sexual exploitation of the patient and failed to report or take action to stop the behavior. The bill also contains language regarding the liability of mental health services providers who are members of the clergy. The measure stipulates reporting requirements and states that persons who make good faith reports as required are immune from civil or criminal liability resulting from the report.
 Principal Authors:John Carey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1055Paraphrase:adds to the list of actions that constitute an unfair claim settlement practice under the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act to include failing to pay or requesting a refund of payment for health care services preauthorized or precertified by an insurer. The measure also provides definitions of "health benefit plan," "preauthorization" and "verification of eligibility." It also requires the Oklahoma insurance commissioner to develop, by rule, an affidavit to be presented to patients by health care providers prior to rendering nonemergency services. The affidavit must be designed to seek information from the patient to further determine the eligibility of the patient for benefits under the patient's insurance policy, and the report states that making false statements on the affidavit shall carry the same penalties under law as perjury. The report also creates the State Employee Health Insurance Review Working Group and establishes membership and guidelines.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H), Bill Brown (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/27/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1075Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Access to Health Care Act, directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to be responsible for receiving an appropriate state share of funds to be matched by federal funds to address access to health care services under existing state programs and stability in provider reimbursement.
 Principal Authors:Lucky Lamons (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1090Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to study the use of pressure ulcer preventative methods in Medicaid-funded facilities. It directs the authority to submit a plan to the Legislature and the governor by Sept. 30, 2010, that provides for the funding of prevention and reduction methods for pressure ulcers, provides a funding source for prescription medication for prevention of pressure ulcers not covered by Medicare Part D and includes a study of the cost savings for using prevention methods in the Medicaid population.
 Principal Authors:John Trebilcock (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1093Paraphrase:creates the Public Health Care Improvement Act.
 Principal Authors:John Trebilcock (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1102Paraphrase:makes an appropriation to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1299Paraphrase:modifies language related to subsequent driving under the influence offenses. It states that being arrested for a second offense within 10 years rather than being convicted of such offense is a felony. It also removes reference to acts of driving while impaired or under the influence within 10 years of a previous conviction of second-degree murder or first-degree manslaughter and states that any person convicted of driving under the influence or while impaired after a previous conviction of second-degree murder or first-degree manslaughter is guilty of a felony.
 Principal Authors:Fred Jordan (H), Dan Newberry (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1306Paraphrase:directs municipal employees to complete a basic police courses offered by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, if required by the municipality for code enforcement.
 Principal Authors:Ken Luttrell (H), Harry Coates (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1316Paraphrase:modifies language related to grandparent visitation rights.
 Principal Authors:Charles Ortega (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1332Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act to be administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, making it unlawful for a person to sell, give away or transfer a cumulative total of 35 or more dogs or cats, or combination thereof, in any calendar year directly to any person without first obtaining a pet quality assurance license. It directs the state veterinarian to appoint a rule advisory committee to act as advisors to the State Board of Agriculture in the formation of rules under the Oklahoma Pet Quality Assurance and Protection Act. It exempts municipal and county animal shelters from the licensing provisions of the act, but allows them to voluntarily obtain pet quality assurance licenses. It requires any person holding such license to conspicuously display the license on the premises where the dogs or cats are kept and sold. The bill directs the State Board of Agriculture to promulgate rules to implement the act and charge fees for licenses. It also authorizes the board to enter any premises or form of transportation during reasonable hours to implement the act. It makes records received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry under the act open records and available for public inspection. It prohibits a pet quality assurance license from being issued under certain circumstances. The bill also creates the Pet Quality Assurance Enforcement Fund. It states that noncompliance with the act's requirements or enacted rules can constitute grounds for denial of a license or license renewal, imposition of a fine or license suspension or revocation. It states that when a pet quality assurance license is revoked, suspended or not renewed, a district court can order the seizure and impounding of dogs and cats in possession or care of the licensee. It prohibits pet quality assurance licensees from selling, giving away or transferring ownership of any dog or cat unless it is six weeks old. It requires licensees to maintain certain records.
 Principal Authors:Lee Denney (H), Cliff Branan (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/21/2009Current Status:Senate Amendments - Pending
HB1335Paraphrase:requires health benefit plans, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, offered or renewed after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for colorectal cancer exams and laboratory tests for cancer for nonsymptomatic individuals. It directs the third-party reimbursement rate for nonsymtomatic screening to be at the greater of the existing Medicare or Medicaid rate. It also requires such plans to provide coverage for ovarian cancer exams and laboratory tests for cancer, including nonsymptomatic individuals and establishes the third-party reimbursement rate at the greater of the existing Medicare or Medicaid rate.
 Principal Authors:Lee Denney (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1336Paraphrase:provides an annual $25,000 income tax deduction for health care providers who work full-time in medically underserved areas for up to five years.
 Principal Authors:Dennis Ray Bailey (H)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1339Paraphrase:requires all individual and group health insurance policies that provide coverage on an expense-incurred basis, all individual or group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation, including the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board, to provide coverage for mammography or other breast cancer screening. It states that women under age 40 are entitled to coverage for mammography or other breast cancer screening once every five years or annually if the treating physician determines that the woman is at high risk for breast cancer.
 Principal Authors:Dennis Ray Bailey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1342Paraphrase:modifies the benefit schedule for members of the Teachers' Retirement System for health insurance premiums.
 Principal Authors:Neil Brannon (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1349Paraphrase:creates an 18-member Grandparent Caregiver Access to Services Task Force until Jan. 1, 2011, to study services provided to grandparents caring for grandchildren, study the ways other states provide information regarding available services to grandparents and make recommendations on how to help grandparents be better informed. It directs the task force to issue a report to the governor and the Legislature by Dec. 1, 2010.
 Principal Authors:Jeannie McDaniel (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1353Paraphrase:creates the Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act, directing the Department of Health or a contracted designee, in collaboration with community sexual assault programs and other relevant persons, to produce informational materials relating to emergency contraception for the prevention of pregnancy. It requires the materials to be used and distributed in all hospitals and health care facilities that provide medical care to rape victims. The bill establishes a standard of care for hospitals and facilities that provide medical care to rape victims that includes providing rape victims with medically and factually accurate and objective written and oral information about emergency contraception, informing the victim of her option to be provided emergency contraception and providing the complete regimen of emergency contraception to victims who request it. It directs the Department of Health to investigate complaints of noncompliance with the act and periodically visit hospitals to monitor compliance. The measure establishes a $5,000 administrative fine for incidences of noncompliance.
 Principal Authors:Jeannie McDaniel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1377Paraphrase:adjusts the schedule of benefits for health insurance to be paid to members of the Teachers' Retirement System.
 Principal Authors:Purcy D. Walker (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1384Paraphrase:modifies what constitutes "good cause" under the Employee Security Act of 1980 to include if a claimant moved to a new location with a spouse that is a member of the U.S. military, military reserve or National Guard; is on active duty within 90 days of the date of discharge; is discharged under honorable conditions; and takes up residence more than 50 miles away from the employer. The measure also relieves employers from a benefit wage charge includes wages paid to individuals who left employment to move with their spouse who was honorably discharged or was arrested by law enforcement and held, detained or incarcerated and found guilty or pleads nolo contendere to the charges against him/her. It authorizes the Employment Security Commission to release information to employees of the Southwestern Oklahoma State University School of Business under an agreement between the school and the commission but prohibits disclosure to the public. It also allows the disclosure of information to any financial institution the commission contracts with to provide debit cards or conduct automatic or electronic fund deposits to pay unemployment benefits.
 Principal Authors:Randy McDaniel (H), Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1394Paraphrase:allows a certified registered nurse anesthetist to order, obtain and administer drugs in consultation with a licensed medical doctor, osteopathic physician, podiatric physician or dentist. It also modifies the definition of "certified registered nurse anesthetist," stating that they accept responsibility to practice in accordance with nursing standards and functions.
 Principal Authors:Mike Jackson (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1403Paraphrase:requires all individual and group health insurance policies that provide coverage for a family member to include coverage for children of the insured up to age 24 if the child is covered as an unmarried child; remains unmarried up to age 24; and is enrolled as a full-time student at an Oklahoma institution of higher education.
 Principal Authors:Wes Hilliard (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1409Paraphrase:makes it unlawful to be under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance while in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on any public or private roadways, alleys or lanes that provide access to one or more one family or multi-family dwellings. It directs that any violation of the act be considered a misdemeanor punishable by five to 30 days in prison and/or a fine of $10 to $100.
 Principal Authors:Samson Ray Buck (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1410Paraphrase:increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the maximum acquisition allowed by state agencies conducting their own internal purchasing procedures. It increases from $10,000 to $100,000 the maximum acquisition allowed by state agencies with certified procurement officers. It also increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum allowable acquisition before state agencies are required to requisition to the state purchasing director. The measure authorizes the director of the Department of Central Services to set conditions for authorization of acquisition limits and establish the eligibility of suppliers. The bill also authorizes the state purchasing director to renegotiate existing contracts of incumbent suppliers for the purpose of obtaining more favorable terms for the state. It requires an annual report to the governor, speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate documenting the savings realized by each agency that results from the implementation of best spending practices, including mandatory statewide contracts, and documenting the reason for any failure to issue mandatory contracts for items totaling more than $5 million. It modifies language related to purchasing reporting by agency directors and modifies supplier certification requirements. In the Senate, the bill was amended to specify that the state purchasing director's annual report must also include the number of contracts issued to women and ethnic minority contractors pursuant to title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
 Principal Authors:Jason Murphey (H), Cliff Aldridge (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1412Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "false or bogus check or checks" to include electronic fund transfers. It also removes language referring to a five-day payment period for the amount due plus protest fees. It also expands penalties available for the court to administer to a person convicted of any false or bogus check violation during a suspended sentence to include imposition of a $25 fee to the victim for each check.
 Principal Authors:Jason Nelson (H), John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1416Paraphrase:stipulates that if a retired member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma experiences a health insurance premium increase while insured with the Education Employees Group Insurance Board, their retirement benefits shall increase by the same amount.
 Principal Authors:Edward Cannaday (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1430Paraphrase:creates Juli's Law and requires anyone 18 or older arrested on a felony complaint of any defined sex act to submit to DNA testing and provides rules for the testing. The bill also deletes an exemption of testing for a previously convicted felon whose DNA is already on file.
 Principal Authors:Lucky Lamons (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1432Paraphrase:prohibits licensed medical doctors hired by the State Medical Examiner from being hired as unclassified personnel.
 Principal Authors:Lucky Lamons (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1443Paraphrase:expands the scope of the Oklahoma Medicaid Program Reform Act of 2003 by raising the qualifying family income threshold from 250 percent to 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
 Principal Authors:Brian Renegar (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1448Paraphrase:removes the limitation of homicide crime scene cleanup for which individuals may seek funds from the Crime Victims Compensation Board for crime scene cleanup.
 Principal Authors:Ryan McMullen (H), Kenneth Corn (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1458Paraphrase:creates the Funeral Services Licensing Act. The bill allows the insurance commissioner to deny issuance of a funeral services license to organizations that present misrepresentations on applications and to organizations that fraudulently obtain licenses for others. The bill allows the commissioner to approve or deny an application if an organization does not meet all qualifications. The bill directs organizations to display licenses at all times on the organizations' premises and prohibits the display or use of a license by persons not authorized to represent an organization in contracting prepaid funeral benefits. The bill allows the commissioner to issue renewal permits to organizations prior to the one-year period expiration of the license if good cause is shown. The bill prohibits the transfer of permits and requires selling organization to notify the commissioner 45 days prior to transfer using a form provided by the commissioner. The bill allows the commissioner to waive notice requirement. The bill requires the acquiring organization to make permit application at least 30 days prior to transfer and must be issued a permit before the selling organization relinquishes control of the organization's trust. The bill prohibits acquiring organizations from accessing trust funds until authorized by the commissioner and can be denied transfer of the trust. The bill allows the commissioner to assume the role of acting trust conservator. The bill also requires the net value of a contract to be determined by adding the amount of all principal paid plus all payable interest less taxes and administrative fees and prohibits withdrawals or transfers less than the original principal collected prior to death except accounts with reduced principals caused by cash withdrawals. The bill requires selling organizations to forward to the acquiring organization the net value of a contract plus monies from the first funds collected if a request is made in writing. The bill directs to furnish a cash bond, letter of credit or fidelity bond approved by the commissioner in the greater amount of $25,000.00 or 15 percent of all funds collected. The bill requires prepaid funeral contracts negotiated after Nov. 1, 2009, to contain a price list of actual service costs at the time of delivery. The bill requires organizations to submit to the commissioner the name of an agent responsible for funds deposits at least 10 days prior to becoming subject to the act and to notify the commissioner of any agent changes at least 10 days prior to the change. The bill requires persons collecting money for an organization to deposit the funds within 10 days of receipt and makes violation a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and/or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than one month nor more than six months. The bill requires the commissioner to prescribe rules for steps required to convert prepaid funeral benefit contracts funded by a trust to prepaid funeral benefits funded by insurance. In the Senate, the bill was amended to require that each organization subject to the provisions furnish a bond in the form of a cash bond, letter of credit or fidelity bond to be approved by the insurance commissioner. It states the bonds must be of $25,000 for insurance only or $25,000, or 15 percent of all trust funds collected, for prepaid funeral benefits, not to exceed $600,000 for those that have trust-only or a combination of trust and insurance. It also strikes language stating that non-specified prepaid funeral benefit contracts negotiated after Nov. 1, 2009, are to contain a price list. It also states all such price lists reflecting the actual retail cost of funeral services and merchandise used at the time of the delivery of services must be retained for a period of at least three years. In the Senate, the bill was further amended to require insurance companies to provide coverage for colorectal examinations. The CCR replaces the previous language with language increasing from $15,000 to $20,000 the maximum amount of principal an organization may receive from any one individual under a contract for prepaid funeral benefits. It allows the maximum allowable amount of principal for subsequent years to be increased annually by a percentage equal to the previous year's increase in the national Consumer Price Index. It directs the insurance commissioner to determine the amount of the increase, if any, on April 1 of each year.
 Principal Authors:Daniel Sullivan (H), Harry Coates (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1462Paraphrase:allows the State Department of Health's vision screening advisory committee to serve as a sports eye-safety resource for Oklahoma kindergarten-12th grade public school districts and nonprofit community sports organizations by developing and providing educational materials to the school districts and organizations which detail the risk of eye injuries.
 Principal Authors:John Trebilcock (H), Jonathan Nichols (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/27/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1463Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption on ticket sales and complimentary tickets with a value equivalent to the charge that would otherwise been made to a performing arts event held by a tax exempt performing arts and visual arts events.
 Principal Authors:John Trebilcock (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1471Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption on sales of property or services to the American Legion.
 Principal Authors:Mike Sanders (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1476Paraphrase:creates the Twenty-four-hour Pilot Insurance Program for 36 months beginning after Jan. 1, 2010, to cover general health care for the purposes of general health insurance and workers' compensation. The bill states that the purpose of the program is to authorize an employer who provides health insurance coverage to employees and who chooses to participate in the pilot program to contract with a licensed health care service plan to be the exclusive provider of medical, surgical and hospital treatment for occupational and nonoccupational injuries and illnesses for its employees.
 Principal Authors:Eddie Fields (H)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1488Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "basic industry" under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act to include support, repair and maintenance service activities for the wind industry.
 Principal Authors:Dale DeWitt (H), Ron Justice (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1495Paraphrase:expands the definition of "severe mental illness" to include post-traumatic stress disorder as it relates to health benefits.
 Principal Authors:Wallace Collins (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1510Paraphrase:exempts two companies from the Oklahoma Insurance Code - LifeLock, which provides identity-theft protection and MediShare, which shares the cost of health care among Christians. The bill states that neither company shall be considered an insurance company.
 Principal Authors:Gus Blackwell (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1519Paraphrase:changes the Perspective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act to the Perspective Services for Vulnerable Persons Act and broadens sections and definitions of what constitutes a vulnerable person and what constitutes abuse, neglect or other mistreatment of that person. The bill also creates a criminal statute for anyone investigating a claim under the act who violates the act.
 Principal Authors:Scott Inman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1530Paraphrase:creates the Health Education Act and requires that school districts provide health education to students in either grade six, seven or eight. The measure allows the course to be taught in a separate semester health education course or integrated as part of other courses. It requires the teachers to be certified by the State Department of Education to teach health education, and the bill encourages school districts to work with community-based health organizations for the course. The measure also directs the health education instruction to be provided beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, but if a school does not employ a teacher certified to teach in health education that year, the school may delay implementation until the 2013-2014 school year.
 Principal Authors:Ann Coody (H), Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Bill Failed - House
HB1531Paraphrase:allows a court to assign an attorney as a guardian ad litem when a meaningful relationship between the attorney and a child cannot be possible owing to age or disability of the child.
 Principal Authors:Samson Ray Buck (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1535Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to study possible state and federal funding possibilities for the retrofitting and connection of portable generators at nursing and specialized facilities. The bill also provides circumstantial exemption for those facilities from liability during natural or manmade disasters.
 Principal Authors:Corey Holland (H), Don Barrington (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1538Paraphrase:authorizes qualified licensed health care professionals who provide services to victims of sexual assault to seek donations from any source for costs associated with services not covered by the Sexual Assault Examination Fund. It also provides an income tax credit equal to 50 percent of the amount of donation made to a non-profit organization with the primary purpose of operating one or more clinics for sexual assault victims.
 Principal Authors:Corey Holland (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1542Paraphrase:creates the Rural Emergency Medical Services Assistance Act of 2009.
 Principal Authors:Corey Holland (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1551Paraphrase:modifies the schedule of health insurance benefits of members of the Teachers' Retirement System.
 Principal Authors:Lee Denney (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1555Paraphrase:increases the maximum benefits payable by the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System for the cost of health care for a retired teacher.
 Principal Authors:Samson Ray Buck (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1569Paraphrase:requires that any person using the term "doctor" should designate the authority of his or her title and further defines nine main authorities under which a person can be registered as a doctor. The bill requires that any advertisement for health care services must identify the practitioner's type of license, and that each practitioner must display that information while practicing and also personally identify his or her license to any patient. The bill makes it unlawful for any medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, doctor of dental surgery, doctor of dental medicine, doctor of optometry, doctor of podiatry or doctor of chiropractic to make any deceptive or misleading statement, engage in any deceptive or misleading act or deceive or mislead the public or a prospective or current patient regarding the training and license under which the person is authorized to practice. The measure also prescribes fines that may be imposed by licensing state agencies or boards for violations.
 Principal Authors:Colby Schwartz (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/11/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1574Paraphrase:modifies the definition of a "person requiring treatment" under the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. It also removes the definition of "risk of harm to self or others."
 Principal Authors:Ann Coody (H), Don Barrington (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/19/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:HB1574 (C)
HB1593Paraphrase:allows the application for a concealed handgun permit to be delivered to the sheriff of any county within Oklahoma, not just the county of applicant's residence. The bill exempts any active duty or honorably discharged military or National Guard member from paying the processing fee.
 Principal Authors:Mike Reynolds (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1595Paraphrase:prohibits a person from knowingly or recklessly performing an abortion with knowledge that the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion solely on account of the unborn child's gender. The bill allows for liability litigation to be pursued for violation of the statute, including litigation rights for the women receiving the abortion, and it creates monetary penalties for violation of any injunction issued against an abortion provider in relation to the act. The bill also creates the "Statistical Reporting of Abortion Act," which directs the State Department of Health to post on its Web site an Individual Abortion Form and a Complications of Induced Abortion Report. Those forms must be filled out and submitted by certain times to the Department of Health in all instances of abortion and when an abortion is aborted following a parent receiving information required to be provided before an abortion can be performed. The bill directs the Department of Health to release an Annual Abortion Report by June 1 of each year on its Web site. The bill repeals the current form required to be filled out by attendants performing an abortion. It also allows the Legislature, by joint resolution, to appoint one or more of its members who sponsored or cosponsored the bill to intervene in any case that challenges the constitutionality of the law. It also adds language stating that if one portion of the bill is found unconstitutional, that portion is declared severable, and the balance of the act remains in effect. The bill staggers the implementation dates of parts of the Statistical Reporting of Abortion Act.
 Principal Authors:Daniel Sullivan (H), Todd Lamb (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/21/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1596Paraphrase:creates the Public Health Care Review Act.
 Principal Authors:Daniel Sullivan (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1626Paraphrase:removes requirement of the district attorney's approval from access to drug courts and designates drug court teams as deciding bodies.
 Principal Authors:Anastasia Pittman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1634Paraphrase:expands health components analyzed under the Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committee and directs each public school's committee to assess its study body via the federal School Health Index.
 Principal Authors:Anastasia Pittman (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1636Paraphrase:modifies language related to district boards of education.
 Principal Authors:Anastasia Pittman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1640Paraphrase:creates the Mental Health for Youth Review Act.
 Principal Authors:Anastasia Pittman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1655Paraphrase:creates the Children's Cabinet to develop and implement coordinated state policies to improve health and welfare of children and families. The bill establishes a 15 member board and directs duties.
 Principal Authors:Joe Dorman (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1657Paraphrase:allows continuance of health and dental insurance benefits by a dependent whose parent or guardian died while under contract or other agreement but who was not eligible to receive a vested benefit under the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.
 Principal Authors:Joe Dorman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1658Paraphrase:exempts from liability for damages any physician or health care provider who provides medical services at a secondary school athletic event and renders or attempts to render emergency care to an injured participant in need of immediate aid, except for gross, willful or wanton negligence. The CCR adds language regarding the voluntary nature of the services provided by the health care provider or physician.
 Principal Authors:Joe Dorman (H), Don Barrington (S)
 Effective Date:01/01/2011Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1663Paraphrase:requires persons convicted of first-offense DUI be sentenced to the use of an ignition interlock device.
 Principal Authors:Joe Dorman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1664Paraphrase:exempts awards received for participating in a competitive livestock show event from taxable income beginning after Dec. 31, 2009. The bill also exempts qualifying sales of tangible personal property made by qualifying charitable organizations.
 Principal Authors:Joe Dorman (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1677Paraphrase:requires that errors in Medicaid billing suspected to be the result of fraudulent acts be reported for investigation to the attorney general. If the attorney general determines fraud has occurred then the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall apply the extrapolation method and report finding to the governor and the Legislature.
 Principal Authors:Pat Ownbey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1685Paraphrase:makes it an unlawful employment practice to inflict an abuse work environment on an employee, and makes an employer vicariously liable for an unlawful employment practice. The bill defines conditions and terms.
 Principal Authors:Seneca Scott (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1692Paraphrase:creates the Abortion Review Act.
 Principal Authors:Lisa J. Billy (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1700Paraphrase:modifies language relating to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's plan for long-term care alternatives. It directs such a plan to include provisions ensuring that existing benefits are not terminated or decreased as a result of the development of a cash and counseling program, provisions ensuring that consumers receive a monthly budget based on the needs of the individual, authority for consumers to use a budget to obtain personal care services to make home modifications to suit the needs of the individual and counselors available to work with consumers to develop and revise individual budgets.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1701Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Veterans Advisory Council Act to create the council and monitor services and programs provided to Oklahoma veterans.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1729Paraphrase:takes from pilot to permanent the informal dispute resolution panel to be offered by the State Department of Health for long-term care facilities. The bill deletes language relating to the pilot programs.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/17/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1731Paraphrase:requires physicians to test the blood of pregnant women for the human immunodeficiency virus.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1732Paraphrase:adds definition of "surgical methods" to the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act and the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1736Paraphrase:provides definitions for "standby assistance" and "supportive home assistant" within the Home Care Act. It prohibits home care agencies from placing individuals in the role of supportive home assistant with a client on a full-time, temporary, per diem or other basis unless he/she has completed agency-based supportive home assistant training taught by a registered nurse. The assistants are required to demonstrate competency by testing through an independent entity. It directs home care agencies to develop a written training plan. It also requires criminal history background checks and checks of the nurse aide registry on assistants. It prohibits home care agencies from employing a supportive home assistant listed on the Department of Human Services' Community Services Worker Registry.
 Principal Authors:Ron Peters (H), John Ford (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/01/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1741Paraphrase:authorizes district courts to establish a family drug court for treating children adjudicated as deprived and for treating their families who have in some way a substance abuse disorder. The bill establishes processes and provides court guidance on broad case matters, assessments and hearings. The bill creates the Family Drug Court Revolving Fund. In the Senate, the bill was amended to allow a family drug court assessment to be ordered by motion of the Department of Human Services, and it removes language specifying district courts. It also modifies language to include multiple children in a household. The CCR modifies language under the Oklahoma Children's Code regarding the Department of Human Services' responsibility to refer families to prevention and intervention-related services. It allows DHS to recommend a child be placed in protective or emergency custody or a petition be filed if the family refuses to access services directly related to the safety of the child. It also modifies the definition of "routine and ordinary medical care and treatment" to include the provision of psychotropic medications. It removes a requirement calling for the publication once a week for three weeks of notice for custody-related hearings. It also clarifies that a parent is entitled to demand a jury trial on the sole issue of termination of parental rights. The measure also states that all other hearings and proceedings, other than those to determine whether a child is deprived or to terminate parental rights, are to be conducted informally, and the rules of evidence do not apply. It retains the language regarding family drug courts. The CCR also increases from two to five the number of judicial days prior to movement of a foster child. It also allows a court to extend a period of trial reunification. It also modifies language related to orders of a referee, directing that they become effective and continue until vacated or modified upon rehearing by order of the reviewing judge. The bill modifies language regarding arrangements for a child whose custodial parent has been incarcerated. The CCR also allows proceedings under the Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment of Minors Act to be conducted via teleconference.
 Principal Authors:Ron Peters (H), Sean Burrage (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/27/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1744Paraphrase:creates the Children's Cabinet to develop and implement coordinated state policies to improve health and welfare of children and families. The bill establishes a 15-member board and directs duties.
 Principal Authors:Ron Peters (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1757Paraphrase:prevents a health benefit plan that provides prescription drugs from limiting, reducing or denying coverage for a prescription drug if, prior to the limitation, the insured was using the drug, the insured was covered under the health benefit plan and the drug was covered under the health benefit plan. The measure still allows insurers to make uniform changes in the benefit design, including cost increases.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1758Paraphrase:requires schools that do not make Adequate Yearly Progress for three consecutive years and are identified for school improvement to adopt a school uniform dress code for that school. The bill states that when a school is no longer identified as a school in need of improvement, the local school district may determine whether to retain the dress code. The measure also allows each district board the option of requiring students with behavioral problems to attend student adjustment centers which may be built as separate facilities in order to separate students with said problems from those students in regular buildings.
 Principal Authors:John Enns (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1760Paraphrase:removes the requirement that tests of blood, breath, saliva or urine specimens for intoxicating substances other than alcohol identify the presence and concentration of the intoxicating substance. The bill allows the test to identify the presence of the intoxicating substance only.
 Principal Authors:John Enns (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/20/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1771Paraphrase:exempts sales of tangible personal property or services to an organization which is exempt from certain federal taxation from Oklahoma sales tax.
 Principal Authors:Paul D. Roan (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1772Paraphrase:establishes new distribution and apportionment for fees and taxes collected by the Insurance Commissioner after June 30, 2011: 34 percent of premium taxes shall be allocated for the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund; 14 percent shall be allocated to the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System; 5 percent shall be allocated to the Law Enforcement Retirement Fund; and the first $10 million of the monies that would otherwise be apportioned to the General Revenue Fund shall be apportioned to the Rural Fire Protection Program Fund to be used for the programs administered by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for rural fire protection. The bill requires the Insurance Commission to record and report such fund usage.
 Principal Authors:Paul D. Roan (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1785Paraphrase:requires that anyone with two or more convictions under the Uniformed Controlled Dangerous Substances Act be registered under the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act.
 Principal Authors:Sue Tibbs (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1792Paraphrase:exempts farm equipment from determination of income eligibility pursuant to poverty-level determinations by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for providing coverage under the state Medicaid program.
 Principal Authors:Chuck Hoskin (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1801Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Independent Living Program Act of 2009.
 Principal Authors:Anastasia Pittman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1802Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption on sales of property or services to a tax-exempt organization with the primary purpose of operating one or more senior citizen centers.
 Principal Authors:Steve Martin (H), John Ford (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/23/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:HB1802 - Senate to GCCA (2010) (C)
HB1810Paraphrase:allows residents of the state to deposit contributions to a health and wellness savings account. It directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish a program providing for the state to match up to $500 for each eligible participant. It exempts from taxation contributions made to and interested earned on the account. The measure also creates the Oklahoma Health and Wellness Revolving Fund.
 Principal Authors:Jabar Shumate (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1825Paraphrase:expands the scope of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's premium assistance plan for small businesses to include part-time employees.
 Principal Authors:Dennis Johnson (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1827Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "certified registered nurse anesthetist" under the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act to refer to those who administer anesthesia in consultation with a doctor, removing language related to on-site consultation. It allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to order and administer drugs, devices and medical gases in consultation with a licensed medical doctor, osteopathic physician, podiatric physician or dentist.
 Principal Authors:Dennis Johnson (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1836Paraphrase:modifies penalties for domestic abuse against pregnant women with knowledge of the pregnancy, making such an act a felony, punishable by imprisonment with the Department of Corrections for two to 10 years. It also adjusts penalties for domestic abuse that results in great bodily injury, requiring a sentence of at least 10 years.
 Principal Authors:Rebecca Hamilton (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1841Paraphrase: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:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1842Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Licensed Interpreter Act and the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. The bill provides for members, qualifications and terms of office for board members and powers and duties of the board concerning the regulation and licensing of interpreters for the hard-of-hearing.
 Principal Authors:Rex Duncan (H), Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/30/2009Current Status:Senate Committee - Do Pass Failed
 Committee:Business & Labor (S)
HB1849Paraphrase:prohibits the use of records pertaining to prescription information with patient-identifiable and prescriber-identifiable data from being transferred, used or sold by any pharmacy benefits manager, insurance company, electronic transmission intermediary, retail, mail order, Internet pharmacy or other entity for any commercial purpose, including advertising, marketing or promotion.
 Principal Authors:Ryan McMullen (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1870Paraphrase:provides an income tax deduction of up to $100,000 per year for qualified employees for income derived from compensation earned working as a physician for a period of three taxable years. The bill defines "qualified employees" as physicians whose primary residences are in qualifying rural areas and who are employed as physicians and whose primary residences for the year before were not in qualifying rural areas.
 Principal Authors:Jeff Hickman (H)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1908Paraphrase:removes existing definitions and provides new definitions under the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act. It increases from $1,000 to $3,000 the fine for persons convicted of violations at Board of Pharmacy hearings and allows the board to impose the payment of costs expended for legal fees and costs. The measure also authorizes the board to acquire by purchase, lease, gift or solicitation of gift real, personal or mixed property. It increases from $150 to $250 the fee for applications. It requires assistant pharmacists to meet the same requirements for pharmacists. The measure modifies penalties for manufacturing, packaging or wholesaling dangerous drugs. It makes it unlawful for any person, business or entity to knowingly violate a board order or agreed order, compromise the security of licensure examination materials or fail to notify the board of an address change within 10 days. It modifies penalties for violations of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act, the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act or who has committed other illegal acts.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1910Paraphrase:creates the Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board to advise and assist the Oklahoma Health Care Authority in developing a strategy to use electronic medical records and health information technologies.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1921Paraphrase:modifies the health insurance benefit schedule for members of the Teachers' Retirement System.
 Principal Authors:Steve Kouplen (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1926Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption on the sale of produce, milk and juice and food, formula and diapers designed for children under age 3. It also extends the excise tax exemption granted for original or transfer certificates of title to include any new motor vehicle weighing less than 6,500 pounds that was manufactured in the United States. The bill provides an income tax deduction equal to 50 percent of the amount paid by an individual for coverage through a health insurance plan, health maintenance organization or preferred provider organization to individuals with an adjusted gross income of $65,000 or less for persons filing single, $75,000 or less for married persons or $100,000 or less for married people with two or more children.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1931Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish an assessment of 2 percent on the gross revenue of hospitals and durable medical equipment providers to be used to maximize federal matching money. It creates the Oklahoma Health Care Fund.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1941Paraphrase:expands the Small Employer Health Insurance Reform Act to include sole proprietors.
 Principal Authors:Sally Kern (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1957Paraphrase:creates the Public Health Care Review Act.
 Principal Authors:Chris Benge (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1962Paraphrase:creates the Twenty-four-hour Pilot Insurance Program for 36 months beginning after Jan. 1, 2010, to cover general health care for the purposes of general health insurance and workers' compensation. The bill states that the purpose of the program is to authorize an employer who provides health insurance coverage to employees and who chooses to participate in the pilot program to contract with a licensed health care service plan to be the exclusive provider of medical, surgical and hospital treatment for occupational and nonoccupational injuries and illnesses for its employees.
 Principal Authors:Chris Benge (H)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB1964Paraphrase:amends the Independent Living Act. The bill provides that the Department of Human Services will provide transitional planning services to children in its custody. The bill also removes the "when funds become available" requirement for providing Medicaid services to those between the ages of 18 and 21 years of age who are eligible for other services under the act. The fourth CCR adds language stating that the mother of a child whose paternity has not been established is presumed to have custody of the child until paternity is established, and the parents of a child whose paternity is established are presumed to have custody until determined otherwise by a court. It also modifies language regarding authorization to consent to emergency medical care, adding the provision of psychotropic medications to the definition of "routine and ordinary medical care and treatment." The CCR also modifies language regarding Department of Human Services rules for facilities where children in DHS custody may be placed, directing such policies to include that a child is to be allowed daily access to a shower. It adds language regarding court orders for transfer of permanent care and custody, directing that they require that the placement be reviewed within one year and that the person to whom custody is transferred submit any records or reports the court deems necessary. It also allows further periodic review by the courts. It establishes guidelines under which a qualified relative may be granted custody by abandonment of a minor, and it grants such relatives the rights to arrange and consent for day care, medical care, psychological care, dental care, education services and other services. The CCR allows the clerk of a district court in which an application for relative guardianship has been filed to collect $50 in court costs, and it grants the court the ability to waive the fee. The CCR also recreates the Adoption Review Task Force until June 1, 2011, which is required to publish a final report by Jan. 1, 2011
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB1975Paraphrase:requires that any bill that mandates health coverage by an insurance, hospital or other organization as part of a policy to be introduced in odd-numbered years and passed in even-numbered years. The bill provides an exception in case of an unforeseen emergency and such a bill may be considered if three-fourths of each house votes to allow the bill to be considered. It requires the primary author of the bill to submit a report prepared by an actuary to the House or Senate committee or subcommittee to which the proposal has been assigned. It requires the report to assess the financial impact of mandated coverage, including the extent to which the coverage would increase or decrease the premium and administrative expenses for policyholders. It authorizes the Legislative Service Bureau to enter into a contract with a person or entity to perform actuarial services. It states that a report on a similar bill or proposal in a different jurisdiction is insufficient.
 Principal Authors:Lewis Moore (H), Bill Brown (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/30/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Veto
HB2004Paraphrase:includes methods on mental illness symptoms identification and mental health issues in preservice programs developed by the Commission for Teacher Preparation. The bill requires school administrators, teachers and other school employees to be trained to recognize, accommodate and assist students with mental health issues. The CCR removes the requirement that the preservice programs be developed by the Commission for Teacher Preparation. The CCR also removes the requirement that current school administrators, teachers and other school employees to be trained to recognize, accommodate and assist students with mental health issues.
 Principal Authors:Harold Wright (H), Gary Michael Stanislawski (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2018Paraphrase:modifies language related to school district discipline policies.
 Principal Authors:Ann Coody (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2024Paraphrase:modifies language related to ex-service persons. The committee substitute on page three gives the department permanent bonding authority. It also clarifies language on pages two and three, changing the word "hospital" to "agency."
 Principal Authors:Larry Glenn (H), Roger Ballenger (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2026Paraphrase:creates the Health Care for Oklahomans Act, directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, in collaboration with the Insurance Department, to establish the Health Care for the Uninsured Board (HUB) to review and establish a system of certification for insurance programs; establish a system for credentialing certified insurance programs; establish a system of counseling, including a Web site for individuals who are without health insurance and are not on Medicaid; and establish a system whereby if an individual qualifies for a subsidy under the premium assistance program, that person is able to become enrolled in the HUB. It directs the insurance commissioner in collaboration with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, to initiate a program to encourage enrollment of individuals not covered by insurance or Medicaid. It directs health care providers to refer uninsured individuals to HUB. The bill allows insurance carriers to provide standard health benefit plans to individuals under 40 years of age that do not include state-mandated health benefits provided a standard disclaimer is included at the beginning of a plan document. It requires insurance providers offering standard health plans to provide policyholders with a written disclosure statement listing state-mandated benefits not included in the policy and provide notice that purchase of a standard benefit plan may limit future health coverage options. It directs policyholders to sign a disclosure statement for initial coverage to be retained in the records of the insurer who must provide the signed statement to the Oklahoma Insurance Department upon request of the insurance commissioner. It requires health carriers offering one or more standard health benefit plans to offer at least one accident or health insurance policy with state-mandated benefits. It directs health carriers to file with the Oklahoma Insurance Department the rates used for the standard health benefit plan. It directs the insurance commissioner to adopt rules to implement these directives. It authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority as part of the premium assistance program an option to purchase a high-deductible health insurance plan compatible with a health savings account.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/06/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2027Paraphrase: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:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/15/2009Current Status:Senate Amendments - Read
HB2039Paraphrase:creates the Public Health Care Review Act.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2045Paraphrase:allows the use of the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund to support data collection and analysis related to emergency medical conditions such as stroke and cardiac events.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2048Paraphrase:directs the state treasurer and the Oklahoma Tax Commission to annually prepare financial statements in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board requirements. It requires the statements to be delivered to the state auditor and inspector within 90 days after the close of the state fiscal year and directs the auditor and inspector to perform an audit of the statements. The bill directs the state auditor and inspector to audit a state agency each fiscal year if that state agency is required to be audited on an annual basis, and it requires an audit to cover both fiscal years if an audit is only required every two years. It directs the state auditor and inspector to annually audit the books and accounts of district attorneys, including bogus check programs, drug task force programs, child support collection programs and any other programs not receiving state funds. It requires such reports to be filed with the leaders of the Legislature and the executive director of the District Attorneys Council. It directs the state auditor and inspector to annually audit books and accounts of the Department of Corrections. The bill removes language requiring an annual audit of the Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission; the Oklahoma Wheat Research Foundation; the Oklahoma Breeding Development Fund Special Account; the Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account; Board of Dentistry funds; the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Fund; Optometry Board Revolving Fund; Oklahoma Real Estate Commission Revolving Fund; Electrical Revolving Fund; J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities funds; the University Hospitals Marketing Revolving Fund; the Attorney General's Evidence Fund; and the Alternative Fuels Technician Certification Revolving Fund. It requires an annual audit of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board. It removes language requiring an audit on the Oklahoma Arts Council's fund for monetary gifts, grants and bequests. It directs that any audit of a DOC canteen system be conducted by the state auditor and inspector. It removes language relating to the audit of the Transportation Commission and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The measure also repeals language related to the annual audit of nonstate funds and the annual audit of funds raised through bond issues.
 Principal Authors:Danny Morgan (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2068Paraphrase:stipulates that beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2009-2010 school year, a student who did not elect to enroll in the core curriculum prior to entering the ninth grade may enroll in the core curriculum at any time prior to entering the 11th grade. It requires that a parent or legal guardian of the student to meet with a designee of the school prior to enrollment in the core curriculum. The bill also stipulates that the multiple choice portion of the end-of-instruction tests shall not be required to be offered online if desired by the local school district. It allows for alternative testing methods in instances where a student rails to achieve a satisfactory score on the end-of-instruction exams. It also adds Algebra II, Geometry, English II, English III, United States History to the list of interventions authorized for technology center schools.
 Principal Authors:Skye McNiel (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2074Paraphrase:provides a tax exemption for the sales of tangible personal property or services made to a rural road improvement district formed pursuant to the Oklahoma Rural Road Improvement District Act when the items are to be used to construct or maintain a road within the rural road improvement district making the purchase.
 Principal Authors:Skye McNiel (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2075Paraphrase:creates a 13-member Advisory Committee for the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund. The bill directs the committee to research and review statewide housing needs, staff funding recommendations and performance outcomes of the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund. It also prohibits the committee from having any role in fiscal policies or any oversight of the Oklahoma Housing Finance Authority.
 Principal Authors:Dan Kirby (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2081Paraphrase:requires that individuals who arrested and subsequently charged with a felony offense to submit to DNA test. It requires that DNA samples be taken by properly trained employees or contractors of federal, state, county or municipal law enforcement or criminal justice agencies. It provides immunity for said contractors and employees from civil liabilities arising from collection activities. The bill directs that DNA collections be sent to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation within ten days using kits provided by OSBI. The bill also provides for reimbursement of the $150 DNA test fee and for expungement of the record for subjected individuals who are found not guilty.
 Principal Authors:Paul Wesselhoft (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2089Paraphrase:requires sheriffs to reimburse health care providers for medical care and treatment for inmates in county jails according to the Oklahoma Medicaid Fee Schedule. It directs that the sheriff shall not pay fees for medical care and treatment or be liable for medical charges in excess of the Medicaid scheduled rate.
 Principal Authors:Dan Kirby (H), Susan Paddack (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2090Paraphrase:provides for a five-year sunset for all sales tax exemptions enacted on or after July 1, 2009. It exempts from the sunset an exemption for the sale of groceries.
 Principal Authors:Dan Kirby (H), Gary Michael Stanislawski (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2108Paraphrase:modifies the duties of the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council, directing it to negotiate for best and final offer through competitive negotiation and contract with health maintenance organizations granted a certificate of authority by the insurance commissioner. It also directs the council to purchase any insurance and extend any benefits deemed necessary for providing benefits, including preferred provider organization health plans and indemnity dental plans. It removes language referring to an indemnity health plan selected by the council as the only indemnity plan allowed to be offered by the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board.
 Principal Authors:Charles Ortega (H), Ron Justice (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/11/2009Current Status:Conferees Disagree
HB2113Paraphrase:modifies medical services reimbursement requirements for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, stating that payments made by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for Medicaid programs, except for the Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage Program, shall be considered payment in full for all covered services provided to a Medicaid recipient. It states that providers contracting with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide services for Medicaid recipients shall not bill a Medicaid recipient for the service. It also states that Medicaid recipients shall not be billed for charges on an assigned claim until the claim has been adjudicated or other notice of action is received by the provider. The bill authorizes the health care authority to impose an administrative fine of three times the amount sought by the provider for each incidence of noncompliance by a provider.
 Principal Authors:Mike Brown (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2116Paraphrase:modifies the benefit payment schedule for the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, increasing retirement allowance amounts beginning July 1, 2009.
 Principal Authors:Mike Brown (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2117Paraphrase:creates the Green Quality Jobs Act of 2009. It states the a benefit shall be paid to certain industry groups, such as those in manufacturing and construction activities associated with wind and solar energy, manufacture or conversion of vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, and manufacture of components of filling stations for compressed natural gas. The bill states that the benefit amount shall be equal to 5 percent of gross payroll. It also requires that companies have an annual gross payroll for new direct jobs projected by the Department to equal or exceed $1,200,000 within three years of the first complete calendar quarter following the start date and have a number of full-time-equivalent employees working an average of 30 or more hours per week in new direct jobs equal to or in excess of 80 of the total number of new direct jobs.
 Principal Authors:Mike Brown (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2121Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Veterans Treatment Court Pilot Program for the purpose of establishing a veterans' treatment court, similar to the current drug court program, in each district court of this state located within counties with a population of at least 100,000. It directs district courts to establish a one-year pilot program with annual review. It also states that any district court that has implemented a court program or court docket specifically providing for the treatment of veterans for substance abuse or mental health problems shall be exempt from the provisions of the Oklahoma Veterans Treatment Pilot Program. The bill establishes requirements for individuals in veterans' court and establishes procedures for the courts.
 Principal Authors:Mike Shelton (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2136Paraphrase:requires nursing facilities to maintain liability insurance coverage of at least $200,000 for each occurrence of negligence. It directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to promulgate rules necessary to administer requirement. The bill requires nursing homes that cannot afford insurance or, that are otherwise unable to provide insurance, inform the patient, relative or guardian.
 Principal Authors:Mike Shelton (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2137Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Military Veterans and Mental Health Act of 2009.
 Principal Authors:Mike Shelton (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2150Paraphrase:modifies the apportionment of funds distributed by the insurance commissioner from the insurance premium tax. It increases the allocation to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System to, gradually increasing its overall apportionment from 34 percent to 40 percent by 2013.
 Principal Authors:Don Armes (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2152Paraphrase:establishes a sales tax exemption for private organizations that provide grants for no-profit organizations, public schools, municipalities for charitable education purposes.
 Principal Authors:Don Armes (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2166Paraphrase:rewrites Workers Compensation law, provides for employer tax credits and establishes new damages limitations and compensation tables.
 Principal Authors:Mark McCullough (H)
 Effective Date:12/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2168Paraphrase:provides that any plea of guilty or finding of guilt for certain assault violations shall constitute a conviction for a period of 10 years following the completion of any court imposed probationary term, providing good behavior.
 Principal Authors:Mark McCullough (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/16/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2170Paraphrase:modifies language related to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board.
 Principal Authors:Mark McCullough (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2179Paraphrase:provides an income tax deduction equal to the amount paid for coverage through a health insurance plan, a health maintenance organization or a preferred provider organization applicable to the individual and any other person insured under the same policy.
 Principal Authors:Jason Nelson (H)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2181Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Health Care and Health Insurance Act of 2009.
 Principal Authors:Jason Nelson (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2208Paraphrase:creates and authorizes the State Department of Health to operate the Oklahoma Geriatric Medical Loan Repayment Program provides educational loan repayment assistance for up to five Oklahoma licensed physicians who have completed a fellowship program in geriatrics per year. The bill states that each award shall be distributed to participants not to exceed $25,000 per year for a five-year period, and participants are required to provide medical care and services in an area designated as a Geriatric Specialist Shortage Area of the state by the department.
 Principal Authors:Ryan Kiesel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2214Paraphrase:creates the Public Health Care Review Act.
 Principal Authors:Ryan Kiesel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2285Paraphrase:recreates until July 1, 2014, the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board.
 Principal Authors:John A. Wright (H), Cliff Aldridge (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/02/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2288Paraphrase:recreates until July 1, 2014, the Oklahoma Funeral Board.
 Principal Authors:John A. Wright (H), Cliff Aldridge (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/02/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2304Paraphrase:increases from $6,000 to $10,000 the maximum threshold for claims to be brought under the small claims procedure.
 Principal Authors:Dennis Ray Bailey (H), Jerry Ellis (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2338Paraphrase:provides definitions of "for-profit employer" and "not-for-profit employer" under language pertaining to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's premium assistance plan, stating that a for-profit entity is not a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and a not-for-profit is. The bill also authorizes the authority to expand the premium assistance plan to include veterans who are not on active duty and have not been dishonorably discharged; are between the ages of 19 and 64; are uninsured for at least six months; are not eligible for Medicaid or benefits through the Veterans Health Administration; and who have a household income no greater than the sum of 25 percent of the federal poverty level plus an amount equal to the federal Veterans Health Administration means test income threshold. It states that the income eligibility may be modified depending on availability of funds.
 Principal Authors:Dennis Ray Bailey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2339Paraphrase:requires any domestic partner of a state employee to be covered as a dependent under the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Act. It provides a definition for "domestic partner."
 Principal Authors:Al McAffrey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2340Paraphrase:requires individual or group health benefit plans, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, offered, issued or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2011, to provide coverage for the treatment of bariatric surgery. It limits treatment to that prescribed by an insured individual's treating physician. The bill states that such coverage is not subject to dollar limits, deductibles or coinsurance provisions that are less favorable to an insured individual that those that apply to surgical procedures generally under the health benefit plan. It prohibits an insurer from denying or refusing to issue coverage to an individual solely because he/she is diagnosed as morbidly obese and that bariatric surgery has been recommended.
 Principal Authors:Al McAffrey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2344Paraphrase:authorizes the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to provide information to credentialing organizations. It requires all physicians licensed by the board to submit credentialing information. It allows credentialing organizations to use the information provided by the board and primary source verification to evaluate a physician's application for affiliation or participation within an organization; renewal of the affiliation or participation; the quality of services provided by a physician; and the type, extent or conditions of the physician's privileges or participation in the network. The measure provides immunity from civil suit to credentialing organizations based on any allegation of wrongdoing or negligence involved in the collection and verification of or reliance on credentialing information on a health care provider if it used the information provided by the board.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2353Paraphrase:reduces from $581,040,412 to $469,389,576 the allocation from the General Revenue Fund to OHCA for fiscal year 2010. It also authorizes OHCA to transfer $114,650,836 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Fund to the CMIA Programs Disbursing Fund. It also appropriates $30 million from the Constitutional Reserve Fund to OHCA. It states that the appropriations and transfers are not subject to FY2010 agency category and budget limits.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/05/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2365Paraphrase:makes general appropriations to executive, legislative and judicial agencies for fiscal year 2011.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/06/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:GCCA (J)
HB2366Paraphrase:makes general appropriations to executive, legislative and judicial agencies for fiscal year 2011.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/06/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:GCCA (J)
HB2437Paraphrase:creates the Health Carrier Access Payment Revolving Fund in the State Treasury for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to be used to fund the state's Medicaid program and make full use of any federal matching funds available to the state. It prohibits funds collected from health carriers as access payments from being used for any wage or salary of any employee of any state agency or to provide any general or administrative funding for the state or any of its agencies, except for reasonable expenses incurred by the insurance commissioner. The bill requires all health carriers to pay to the insurance commissioner an access payment of 1 percent on all claims paid beginning from the effective date of the act until Jan. 1, 2015. It requires the payments to be made to the insurance commissioner monthly on all claims paid an incurred beginning July 1, 2010. It requires the insurance commissioner to pay collected funds to the State Treasury weekly. The bill allows the insurance commissioner to refuse to renew, suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, the certificate of authority to transact insurance in the state of any health carrier failing to pay an access payment. It also allows the commissioner to assess civil penalties and collect reasonable attorney fees if judicial action is necessary for enforcement.
 Principal Authors:Doug Cox (H), Mike Johnson (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2438Paraphrase:authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to transfer $30 million from the 245 Fund to the 340 Fund. It also directs the director of the Office of State Finance to transfer monies appropriated from the General Revenue Fund and the 245 Fund of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority disbursing funds. The bill also allows the Oklahoma Health Care Authority director to request the Office of State Finance director to request an early transfer of tax collections to the General Revenue Fund for early allocation to disbursing funds to alleviate cash-flow problems.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:06/11/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2439Paraphrase:makes an appropriation to and sets budget limitations for the State Department of Health for fiscal year 2011.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/06/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:GCCA (J)
HB2440Paraphrase:makes an appropriation to and sets budget limitations for the State Department of Health for fiscal year 2011.
 Principal Authors:Scott Martin (H), Kenneth Miller (H), Mike Johnson (S), David Myers (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/06/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:GCCA (J)
HB2561Paraphrase:adds definitions relating to human trafficking. The bill also increases the age limit of the victim to 18 years at which the offender may receive a higher punishment. The bill also clarifies language regarding civil actions against human traffickers and sets the commencement of the statute of limitations for a cause of action at the latter of the emancipation of the victim from the defendant or when the victim turns 21 years old.
 Principal Authors:Marian Cooksey (H), Bill Brown (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2567Paraphrase:modifies language to require municipalities and political subdivisions of the state with authority to regulate the standing or parking of vehicles to extend special parking privileges to a physically disabled person with the proper item displayed on that person's vehicle. The bill also adds language modifying what can be used as a proper display. The bill directs municipalities and political subdivisions of the state with the authority to regulate the standing or parking of vehicles to follow the current version of the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines when designing or redesigning disabled parking spaces. The bill also directs such municipalities and political subdivisions to enact ordinances or rules and develop procedures for rigorous enforcement related to disabled parking spaces. The bill also removes language related to parking privileges for a physically disabled person. The bill also removes language related to handicap and disability stickers issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs and federal military bases. The bill removes language authorizing the commissioner of public safety to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states. It modifies language related to a person using a physically disabled parking placard without authorization. The bill also authorizes the civilian volunteer disabled parking violation unit to report violations of disabled parking ordinances or rules. The bill also adds language related to photographs of violations submitted by volunteers. The bill also allows municipalities to investigate and enforce an ordinance related to disabled parking on private party where the public is invited. The bill also raises the penalty for parking in a disabled parking space access aisle, wheelchair ramp, wheelchair loading area or any portion thereof to $500. It exempts someone who is escorting or accommodating a physically disabled person who has been issued a placard or license plate from penalties for knowingly allowing a placard or license plate to be used by someone else. The bill also directs the Department of Public Safety to develop, implement, deploy and administer a database that identifies all people to whom disabled parking permits have been issued after certain conditions have been met. The measure also directs that 80 percent of the revenue generated from penalties be directed to municipalities to aid in enforcement efforts, and it directs 20 percent of the revenue to be directed to DPS for development of the database containing information regarding disabled placards and license plates. In the Senate, the bill was amended to clarify that the 80/20 revenue-sharing provision applies only to tickets written by municipalities' law enforcement officers. The CCR removes language directing municipalities and political subdivisions to enact ordinances or rules and develop procedures for rigorous enforcement related to disabled parking spaces. The CCR also removes the language limiting the revenue-sharing provisions to funds generated from municipalities.
 Principal Authors:Paul Wesselhoft (H), Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2570Paraphrase:modifies language relating to the funding of the Health Care Indemnity Fund.
 Principal Authors:Paul Wesselhoft (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2573Paraphrase:requires rather than allows the salaries of all county officers ? including the county sheriff, county treasurer, county clerk, court clerk, county assessor and board of county commissioners ? to be increased according to a set scale. The bill also modifies language regarding reimbursement to health care providers for medical care and treatment for inmates in county jail. It states that unless a contract exists between a hospital and the county for medical care and treatment of inmates in the county jail, a hospital must accept, as payment in full, reimbursement according to the current fee schedule of the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board in effect at the time services were rendered, as long as the payment is made within 45 calendar days of the hospital submitting the claim.
 Principal Authors:John Trebilcock (H), Glenn Coffee (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2576Paraphrase:states legislative intent to make the Insurance Department a non-appropriated agency beginning July 1, 2010. The bill authorizes the insurance commissioner to establish, set, amend, revoke and collect any fee falling within the authority of the commissioner or the Department of Insurance through the promulgation of necessary rules, however no fee established, set, amended, revoked or collected by the commissioner will take effect prior to July 1, 2011.
 Principal Authors:Dale DeWitt (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2581Paraphrase:prohibits individual or group health benefit plans offered, issued or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2011, from denying coverage for any person on the basis that the person is pregnant or has a pre-existing condition or a past or current health condition. It allows plans to limit coverage on the basis that a person has a pre-existing condition or past or current health condition for up to 12 months, and it requires the insurer to provide coverage of all medical conditions during the period except for those related to the pre-existing condition or past or current health problem. It requires the plan to provide coverage for all health conditions after the 12-month period. The bill prohibits an individual or group health benefit plan offered after Jan. 1, 2011, from considering any condition that arises within 31 days preceding the start date of coverage as a pre-existing condition or past or current health problem. It requires plans offered Jan. 1, 2011, to Jan. 1, 2015, to limit the rate of increase for policy renewal to 15 percent over the four-year period.
 Principal Authors:Al McAffrey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2582Paraphrase:changes the plan year from the calendar year to the fiscal year under the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Act.
 Principal Authors:Todd Thomsen (H), Gary Michael Stanislawski (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2586Paraphrase:creates the Human Embryo Adoption Act, allowing a legal human embryo custodian to relinquish all rights and responsibilities for a human embryo to a prospective adoptive parent prior to human embryo transfer. It requires a written contract to be entered into between each legal human embryo custodian and adoptive parent prior to the transfer. It states that if the embryo was created using donor gametes, the sperm or ocoyte donors who irrevocably relinquished their rights in connection with in vitro fertilization are not entitled to any notice of the embryo relinquishment. It allows a prospective adoptive parent, prior to or following the birth of a child, to petition a court for an expedited order of adoption or parentage, and it allows a written contract between legal human embryo custodians and prospective adoptive parents to be accepted in lieu of a surrender of rights.
 Principal Authors:Corey Holland (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2596Paraphrase:creates the Empower-OK Act, directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's cash and counseling program to include provisions ensuring that existing benefits are not terminated or decreased as a result of developing the program; that consumers receive a monthly budget based on the needs of the individual; authority for consumers to use the budget to obtain personal care services and make home modifications to suit the needs of the individual; and counselors available to work with consumers to develop and revise individual budgets.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H), Harry Coates (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2597Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to make improvements to the incentive reimbursement plan for nursing facilities to ensure transparency and integrity. It states that such improvements must include a rankings system to be implemented in a state-federal alliance to measure eligibility for bonus dollars relative to evidence-based criteria for excellent performance in delivery of quality care.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2598Paraphrase:directs hospitals and birthing centers to work with state, federal, nonprofit and faith-based entities to obtain grants to purchase postnatal education materials, infant nutrition guides and food bank location directories to be made available to new parents before their infant is discharged from the hospital or center. It directs the Department of Health to establish a seven-member Advocacy Review Board to monitor progress of the hospitals and centers in obtaining funds.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2619Paraphrase:prohibits any individual or group health benefit plan, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, offered or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2011, from denying coverage on the basis that the individual is a victim of domestic violence and that such classification is a pre-existing condition.
 Principal Authors:Eric Proctor (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2638Paraphrase:creates the Prevention Services Consolidation Act of 2010, directing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services with evaluating the effectiveness of prevention services in the state and to report on a plan developed to coordinate services. It requires the department to provide an annual report to the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore. The bill requires the department to demonstrate a 5 percent cost savings to the state within three years. It allows the department extensive authority to modify certain programs under the Department of Human Services, Department of Health and Office of Juvenile Affairs unless they are specifically controlled by the federal government and allow for no modification. The measure creates a Citizens Advisory Board for Prevention Services to advise and make recommendations to the department.
 Principal Authors:Mark McCullough (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2639Paraphrase:modifies the Workers' Compensation Act. It changes reference from the Workers Compensation Court to the Workers' Compensation Court of Existing claims and decreases from 10 to four the number of judges. It states that upon the effective date of the bill, all positions on the existing court are to become vacant, and it directs the governor to appoint four new judges, subject to confirmation by the Senate. It requires judges appointed to the Court of Existing Claims to have at least five years of experience in workers' compensation matters in Oklahoma. It grants the court authority over all workers' compensation claims for which the date of injury was prior to Nov. 1, 2010. The bill also creates the Workers' Compensation Commission to be comprised of three members appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation. It creates positions of administrative law judges under the jurisdiction of the commission to be permanently assigned to the southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast regions of the state, and it requires two judges to be located both Tulsa and Oklahoma City. It requires claims for workers' compensation to be heard in the region where the accidents occurred, where the claimant resided at the time of the injury or where the employer has its primary business. It allows the governor to remove members of the commission for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill authorizes the Workers' Compensation Commission to hear and determine all claims for compensation; employ a chief medical officer, special medical examiners and advisors; hear appeals from orders made by the chief medical officer regarding ratings of permanent disability; assess penalties; and issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony. The measure modifies definitions under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill requires an employee to report to the employer an injury within 10 business days of the date of the injury, or an employer is not responsible for disability, medical or other benefits. It states that any signed statement by an employee that an injury or illness was not work related is an absolute bar against any future workers' compensation claim. It establishes procedures for the Workers' Compensation Commission to follow in hearing injury reports. The bill states that the commission is bound by the Oklahoma Rules of Evidence or federal Daubert Guidelines, or both. It limits Supreme Court review of appeals to actions in which the commission acted without or in excess of its power; the order or award was procured by fraud; or the order or award was against the clear weight of the evidence of record. It states that any employer that does not secure a required payment is subject to a fine of up to $10,000, payable to the Death and Permanent Total Disability trust Fund, or may be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500 and/or imprisonment in county jail for up to one year. It subjects the duration of treatment provided under the act to the limitation established in treatment guidelines and protocols recommended by the Physician Advisory Committee and approved by the chief medical officer, unless waived. It states that medical evaluations obtained outside a certified workplace medical plan, after the commencement of treatment and prior to obtaining written confirmation is not admissible unless it provides clear and convincing evidence the treatment is contrary to nationally recognized treatment guidelines. The measure directs the Workers' Compensation Commission to hire a vocational rehabilitation director to oversee vocational rehabilitation programs. It establishes a Medical Impairment Rating Registry Program to establish a resource to resolve disputes regarding the degree of permanent medical impairment ratings for injuries or occupational disease. It establishes methods for calculating payment for injuries. It allows the commission to review any compensation order, award or decision, except joint petition settlements that have been agreed to and filed with the commission. The bill prohibits an attorney or counselor from deducting or withholding any portion of judgment from the commission, a court of law, settlement or any money held in trust for a client to donate to a political fund, political action committee, campaign of any kind or candidate for state, federal or local office. It modifies language related to the Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation. The measure also repeals language related to the place of workers' compensation hearings; the basis to compute compensation; the review of an award by a court; the powers and duties of presiding judges of the Workers' Compensation Court; actions for injuries or death; and the Physician Advisory Committee's duty to provide recommendations for sprain or strain injuries.
 Principal Authors:Mark McCullough (H), Lewis Moore (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2647Paraphrase:allows a retiree to cease coverage under the State and Education Employees Group Insurance plan if the member provides proof that he/she has or will have health insurance with a different insurer. It allows such a member to re-acquire insurance with the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board.
 Principal Authors:Fred Jordan (H), Dan Newberry (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2651Paraphrase:increases from eight to 10 the membership of the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. It increases from two to four the members to be appointed by the governor, directing one to be an active teacher and one a retired teacher. It also increases from five to seven the membership of the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council. It increases from one to two the members appointed by the Senate president pro tempore, one of whom to be a retired teacher, and from one to two the members appointed by the House speaker, one of whom to be an active teacher.
 Principal Authors:Daniel Sullivan (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2652Paraphrase:reduces from 10 to eight the number of judges on the Workers' Compensation Court. It requires five of the judges to be permanently assigned to Oklahoma City and three to Tulsa. It increases from six years to eight years the terms of Workers' Compensation Court judges, and it allows judges to serve an additional term after at least three years have passed. It also allows judges currently serving on the court to be eligible for an initial eight-year term upon expiration of the current term. The bill also requires Senate approval of gubernatorial nominations to the court. It states that if the Senate fails to grant approval within 90 days, the governor can select from the two remaining nominees or request additional nominees from the Judicial Nominating Commission. It requires Workers' Compensation Court judges to have at least five years of workers' compensation experience prior to appointment. The measure also prohibits the closing of the Tulsa Workers Compensation Court without the approval of the Legislature.
 Principal Authors:Daniel Sullivan (H), Glenn Coffee (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/11/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2656Paraphrase:states legislative intent that the birth of a child does not constitute a legally recognizable injury and that it is contrary to public policy to award damages because of the birth of a child or for the rearing of the child. It states that no damages can be recovered in a wrongful life or birth action for any condition that existed at the time of a child's birth if the claim is that the defendant's act or omission contributed to the mother's not having obtained an abortion. The bill states that the language does not preclude causes of action based on a claim that, but for a wrongful act or omission, maternal death or injury would not have occurred or the handicap, disease or disability of an individual prior to birth would have been prevented, cured or ameliorated. It repeals current statutory language related to a limitation on damages in wrongful life and birth actions.
 Principal Authors:Daniel Sullivan (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/27/2010Current Status:Secretary of State
HB2682Paraphrase:reduces from 10 to eight the number of years a retiree under the Teachers' Retirement System must have creditable service to be eligible to continue health and dental insurance benefits.
 Principal Authors:George Faught (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2688Paraphrase:modifies language related to required insurance coverage for mammography screening, stating that such coverage is not subject to modification by insurers based upon studies or recommendations of medical research entities without specific approval of the Legislature. It states that any female under age 35 is entitled to coverage for mammography screening, provided it is prescribed by a physician based on physical findings or a genetic predisposition to breast cancer.
 Principal Authors:Lucky Lamons (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2702Paraphrase:makes it a felony to knowingly and intentionally mistreat a vulnerable adult. The bill defines "vulnerable adult." The bill states that vulnerable adult includes any resident of an adult care home including but not limited to those facilities subject to the Residential Care Act; adult cared for in a private residence; any individual kept, cared for, treated, boarded or otherwise accommodated in a medical care facility; any individual with a developmental disability receiving services through a community mental facility or residential facility licensed pursuant to the Residential Care Act; an individual with a developmental disability receiving services provided by a community service provider; or individual kept, cared for, treated, boarded or otherwise accommodated in a state inpatient facility. Violations are punishable by imprisonment with the Department of Corrections for not less than one year and/or a fine of not more than $5,000. It provides an exception for treatment and care that is religious in nature and conducted in lieu of medical treatment.
 Principal Authors:Randy McDaniel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2726Paraphrase:prohibits the state Legislature from purchasing reinsurance to cover judgments through the Health Care Indemnity Fund.
 Principal Authors:Ben Sherrer (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2731Paraphrase:creates an 11-member Any Willing Institute Task Force to study the feasibility of creating an Any Willing Institute program in which any medical institution may be compensated by insurers for services provided by the institution regardless of whether the institution has a contractual relationship with the insurer. It also states that the task force is to be exempt from the Open Meeting Act, but it must provide a reasonable notice of its meetings at least seven days prior to a meeting. It also exempts the task force from the Oklahoma Open Records Act. It directs the task force to report its findings to the House speaker and the Senate president pro tempore by April 30, 2012, and it states that the task force is to terminate by May 1, 2012.
 Principal Authors:Wade Rousselot (H), Harry Coates (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2732Paraphrase:makes it a felony to knowingly expose or communicate a sexually transmitted infection or disease to a child under the age of 16 and states that violations are punishable by up to life in prison. It also makes it unlawful for any knowing carrier of AIDS or HIV with intent to infect a child under age 16 to engage in conduct reasonably likely to result in the transfer of the person's own blood, bodily fluids containing visible blood, semen or vaginal secretions into the bloodstream of a child or through the skin or other membranes of a child, except during in-utero transmission of blood or bodily fluids. A violation is punishable by up to life in prison.
 Principal Authors:Wade Rousselot (H), Earl Garrison (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/19/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
HB2733Paraphrase:allows county courts to grant a qualified relative custody in cases in which a minor or minors have been abandoned if: the minor is residing full time with the qualified relative and the qualified relative contributes the major degree of support for the minor; the qualified relative is unable to contact the parent or parents or person or persons having legal custody of the minor; or if the parent or other person having legal custody of the minor fails to or refuses to regain physical custody of the minor after a written request to do so by the qualified relative. It grants the qualified resident who is granted custody the same rights as a parent with respect to medical care, education and other services that may be necessary, except that they may not consent to an adoption. The bill establishes a form for petitioning for rights as a qualified relative, and provides for related processing procedures and fees. The bill also states that the parent or guardian that abandoned the minor or minors may not regain custody except by order of the courts. It establishes instances in which custody by abandonment is ceased, including court order, abandonment by the qualified relative, marriage of the minor or the minor reaching the age of 19.
 Principal Authors:Wade Rousselot (H), Earl Garrison (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/13/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Veto
HB2743Paraphrase:establishes the right of residents in nursing homes to select a provider of hospice if such services are necessary. It requires such facilities to provide a list of hospice providers.
 Principal Authors:Wade Rousselot (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2744Paraphrase:changes the name of the Adult Day Care Act to the Adult Day Care and Sheltered Workshop Act and places sheltered workshops under same rules and regulations as adult day care facilities. It states legislative intent to provide a safe environment for disabled adults employed at sheltered workshops.
 Principal Authors:Pat Ownbey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2749Paraphrase:creates the Music Therapy Practice Act, stating legislative intent to protect the public from being misled by incompetent and unauthorized persons, to assure the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of music therapists and to assure the availability of music therapy services. The bill requires persons practicing music therapy to be licensed under the act. The bill also establishes a five-member Music Therapy Practice Board to assist the Department of Human Services in conducting examinations for applicants and establishes requirements for appointment to the board and procedures for the board. It grants DHS the authority to promulgate rules, determine proper qualifications and related examinations for applicants, establish fees and administer and enforce the act. It establishes qualifications for licensees, including successfully completed an academic program approved by the American Music Therapy Association with a baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or university with a major in music therapy. It also establishes procedures and requirements for renewal of licenses. It prohibits unlicensed entities from using phrases, words or symbols that imply the business provides music therapy services. It authorizes licensed therapist to conduct consultations and evaluations without a referral. The measure exempts licensed musical therapists from disciplinary action by DHS for refusing to delegate activities or tasks or refusing to provide the required training for delegation if it is determined the delegation may compromise client safety. The bill provides reciprocal licensing with other states and for issuance of a temporary license. It provides penalties for violations.
 Principal Authors:Lee Denney (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2751Paraphrase:requires any alien unlawfully present under federal immigration law and any individual accused of murder or rape to submit to DNA testing upon arrest.
 Principal Authors:Lee Denney (H), Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2752Paraphrase:authorizes the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to appoint reserve investigators to have the same duties and functions as regular, full-time investigators except for serving on a part-time basis, or not more than 25 hours per week. It requires reserve investigators to comply with Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training certification standards. It also authorizes the board to purchase, maintain and sell passenger motor vehicles and related equipment for use by investigators, the executive director and other employees. The measure also allows the board to donate confiscated veterinary prescription drugs or medications to a bona fide nonprofit entity or shelter or a state-recognized education institution. It clarifies that the Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act does not prohibit acts of a veterinarian in prescribing and dispensing prescription drugs to state or federal wildlife conservation agencies to sedate or tranquilize dangerous or wild animals. It directs that an order of the board issued with findings of fact and conclusions of law is to become final and binding on all parties unless appealed to the district court. It directs unappealed orders to be entered on the judgment docket of a district court for collection actions. It allows the office of the attorney general to provide assistance in assessing and collecting fines at the request of the executive director. The bill allows increases from $500 to $2,500 the administrative fee that may be assessed with field citations issued to licensed veterinarians for violations. The measure also allows the board until Nov. 1, 2011, to certify a person as an equine teeth floater if they meet certain criteria. It prohibits an equine teeth floater from administering any sedative, tranquilizer, analgesic, prescription medication or other drug in connection with teeth floating.
 Principal Authors:Lee Denney (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2776Paraphrase:creates a presumption that the best interest of the public is served by disclosing information when a person responsible for the care of a vulnerable adult is charged or indicted with committing a crime resulting in the death or near death of the adult. It directs disclosure of the circumstances of the investigation and any other investigations concerning the vulnerable adult or others living in the same facility or involving the individual provider of services. The bill also prescribes the release of certain information seven days after the person providing care to the vulnerable adult has been criminally charged and the Department of Human Services Adult Protective Services Division, district attorney, district court clerk and judge have jurisdiction over the case. It prohibits the information from identifying or providing an identifying description of a complainant or reporter of vulnerable adult abuse or neglect, the names of other vulnerable adults in the household or facility, the name of the person responsible for caring for the adult and any other member of the facility or household.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H), Ron Justice (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/16/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2777Paraphrase:provides a method for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to verify the income of applicants to the Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage Premium Assistance Program. It directs the Tax Commission, Employment Security Commission and Department of Human Services to cooperate with the authority to establish procedures for the secure electronic transmission of applicant income data to the authority. In the Senate, the bill was modified to make implementation contingent upon available funds. The CCR adds language directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Department of Human Services to operate the Self-Directed Care Option, rather than self-directed care pilot programs. It also modifies membership of the committee created to assist DHS in the development of waivers and rules related to self-directed care services, and it directs the committee to sunset within four years after implementation of the programs.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2778Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to refine its incentive reimbursement rate plan for nursing facilities to ensure transparency and integrity. It describes such refinements as including the establishment of minimum standards for incentive payments; the use of state survey results as a threshold metric for determining if facilities should receive incentive payments; strengthening the data collection process and the establishment of an advisory group with consumer, provider and state agency representation. The bill directs the authority to provide an annual report on the incentive reimbursement rate plan to the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore by Dec. 31 each year.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2780Paraphrase:requires an abortion provider one hour prior to performing or inducing an abortion to perform an obstetric ultrasound on the woman, provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting, display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them, provide a medical description of the images, obtain written certification that the woman received such information and retain such certification for at least seven years. It states that the language does not prevent a woman from averting her eyes from the ultrasound images. The bill provides an exception to such requirements if it is determined a medical emergency exists with respect to the pregnant woman and the provider certifies in writing the specific medical conditions constituting the emergency. It makes abortion providers who knowingly violate the requirements liable for damages and subject to enjoinment. It allows causes of action for injunctive relief to be filed by the woman upon whom the abortion was performed or attempted; the spouse, parent, sibling or guardian of or current or former licensed health care provider of the woman upon whom the abortion was performed or attempted; a district attorney with appropriate jurisdiction; or the attorney general. It states that a person who knowingly violates the injunction is subject to civil contempt and fines. The bill allows a pregnant woman upon whom an abortion is performed or the parent or legal guardian of the woman if she is an unemancipated minor to commence civil action against an abortion provider for knowing or reckless violation of the act for actual and punitive damages. It repeals current statutory language regarding definitions, required ultrasounds before abortions and causes of actions and civil remedies for violations of such requirements.
 Principal Authors:Lisa J. Billy (H), Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/27/2010Current Status:Secretary of State
HB2789Paraphrase:directs medical providers, except those associated with the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University, who are participating in the Insure Oklahoma program to collect a $10 co-payment at the time services are rendered. It directs the co-payment to be provided to any OU or OSU medical training program. It states that the co-payment is to serve as an incentive for Insure Oklahoma participants to use state educational facilities for their medical needs.
 Principal Authors:Steve Kouplen (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2803Paraphrase:allows a person who chooses not to be immunized or the parent or guardian of a child who chooses for the child not to be immunized against diseases that require immunization to be held civilly liable if a third party suffers injury as a result of exposure to such person or child. It allows the person suffering the injury to file a civil action in state court against the person, parent or legal guardian and allows the court to award actual damages, noneconomic damages, punitive damages, reasonable attorney fees and other costs reasonably incurred. It states that a certificate of a licensed physician stating that immunization would endanger the life or health of the person or child is an affirmative defense to such action.
 Principal Authors:Ryan Kiesel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2824Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Hospital Quality and Access Act, directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to assess a hospital quality and access fee upon each hospital in the state equal to 0.875 percent of gross hospital patient revenues. It creates the Hospital Quality and Access Fund to be used to implement an inpatient hospital diagnosis-related group reimbursement methodology; to modify the emergency room case rate methodology; to increase Medicaid payments for outpatient hospital services; and to increase the Medicaid physician fee schedule to a minimum of 100 percent of the Medicare fee schedule. The bill states that in the event the fee is determined null and void, it is to be returned to the hospitals. It directs the authority to establish administrative penalties for hospitals that fail to submit the fee, submit the fee in a timely manner, reports as required or submits reports timely. The measure also creates the Oklahoma Hospital Medicaid Reform Advisory Committee to advise the Oklahoma Health Care Authority regarding issues of hospital funding and long-term care reform issues in the Medicaid program.
 Principal Authors:John Auffet (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2828Paraphrase:authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to annually assess a Home-Based Support Quality Assurance Assessment on each contracted community-based service provider. It directs payments of the Home-Based Quality Assurance Assessment by contracted community-based service providers to be an allowable cost for Medicaid reimbursement purposes. It also creates the Home-Based Quality Assurance Fund to be expended by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for Medicaid services provided by contracted community-based service providers. The measure states that the Home-Based Quality Assurance is null and void if federal financial participation is not available at the approved federal medical assistance percentage for the applicable fiscal year.
 Principal Authors:Ron Peters (H), Brian Bingman (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/19/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2832Paraphrase:adds language defining the dependent of a school district employee. The bill also allows school district employees to elect to have a dependant covered under the health insurance plan offered by the state or the self-insured plan offered by the school district. It also removes language relating to the fees of flexible benefit allowances for fiscal years 2002 and 2004. It adds language relating to the flexible benefit allowance amount for support and certified personnel for the fiscal years 2011 and 2012. It adds language requiring how much a school district should pay if a certified employee elects individual and dependent health care coverage under a plan offered by a school district for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013.
 Principal Authors:Ron Peters (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2895Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "political subdivision" to include a circuit engineering district.
 Principal Authors:Purcy D. Walker (H), Brian Bingman (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/19/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2901Paraphrase:increases by $100 the schedule for maximum health insurance benefits available to retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System.
 Principal Authors:Purcy D. Walker (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2902Paraphrase:requires individual and group health insurance policies that provide coverage on an expense-incurred basis and all individual and group or indemnity-type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation, including the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board, that provide coverage to dependent children to extend coverage to dependent children with developmental disabilities to the age of 25.
 Principal Authors:Mike Brown (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2907Paraphrase:modifies language related to the issuance of placards for the physically disabled stating that nothing prohibits the issuance of a temporary placard to a pregnant woman whose condition, as determined by a physician, physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner, meets one or more certain criteria.
 Principal Authors:Danny Morgan (H), Susan Paddack (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/09/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2920Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Maternal-Infant Quality Care Act and the Oklahoma Maternal-Infant Quality Care Collaborative until Dec. 31, 2015, to identify, implement and monitor ways to remove barriers to hospitals and providers in providing safe, quality maternal-infant care; provide mothers and newborns access to safe, quality health care; maximize resources; and focus on improving outcomes in certain areas. It directs the collaborative to submit a report to the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore by Dec. 31, 2011, and Dec. 31 of each year thereafter. The CCR replaces the previous language with language that creates the Shaken Baby Prevention Education Initiative. It creates until Dec. 31, 2015, the Shaken Baby Prevention Education Initiative Task Force to identify evidence-based models for reducing the incidence of abusive head trauma in infants and develop a plan for implementing the models. The CCR requires the task force to report its findings to the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore by Dec. 31, 2011, and Dec. 31 of each year thereafter.
 Principal Authors:John Trebilcock (H), Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB2930Paraphrase:increases by $100 the schedule for maximum health insurance benefits available to retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System. It also appropriates $30 million to the Teachers Retirement System from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2011 to offset the unfunded actuarial accrued liability that would be created by the increased payments.
 Principal Authors:Ann Coody (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB2990Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, contingent on funding, to establish reimbursement rates for prosthetic devices for Medicaid-eligible individuals in an amount equal to Medicare rates. In the Senate, the bill was amended to direct the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to study and make recommendations on benefit rates for prosthetic devices for Medicaid-eligible individuals.
 Principal Authors:John Enns (H), Steve Russell (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/03/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
HB2999Paraphrase:directs the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board to continue until June 30, 2013, to purchase, on a fee-for-service basis, treatment services provided by certified alcohol and drug counselors, if they are provided by certified alcohol and drug counselors employed by organizations under contract with the mental health or OHCA boards. It states that nothing in the bill prohibits the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services or the OHCA Board from initiating or terminating contracts with certified substance abuse providers, establishing contract limits, developing or modifying reimbursement schedules or otherwise managing appropriated resources on behalf of the state. The CCR adds language clarifying the terms of Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to be seven years and allows members to be re-appointed to subsequent terms. The CCR also allows rather than requires the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to maintain specific facilities in the state. It adds municipal employees to the list of persons required to make reports regarding a vulnerable adult suffering from abuse, neglect or exploitation.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/10/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB3001Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Medicaid Program Reform Act of 2003.
 Principal Authors:Kris Steele (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3014Paraphrase:modifies definitions under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Act, adding supermarkets and grocery stores, meat markets, fish and seafood markets and fruit and vegetable markets to the definition of "basic industries." It states that the specified establishments may receive quarterly incentive payments equal to the specified net benefit rate multiplied by the actual gross payroll of new direct jobs for a calendar quarter as verified by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Establishments are to apply for the incentive payments with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and are required to be engaged in a prescribed activity; have an annual gross payroll for new direct jobs projected by the department to equal or exceed $100,000 within three years of the first complete calendar quarter following the start date; have a number full-time-equivalent employees subject to the state income tax and working an annual average of 30 or more hours per week in new direct jobs located in the state equal to or in excess of 80 percent of the total number of new direct jobs. It sets the net benefit rates to be used by the department and directs the department to determine eligibility. The bill also establishes a 50 percent tax credit for installation of electronic benefits transfer system for federal nutrition benefits.
 Principal Authors:Seneca Scott (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3064Paraphrase:requires nursing facilities to carry liability insurance coverage of at least $200,000 for each occurrence of negligence. It directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to promulgate rules. It provides exemptions for nursing facilities which, for financial reasons, cannot secure liability insurance, provided that the facility notifies each patient, relative or guardian. It also provides for enforcement and suspension or revocation of licenses.
 Principal Authors:Richard Morrissette (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3075Paraphrase:requires facilities that perform abortions, other than abortions performed for the safety of the mother, to post a legal notice in each waiting or consultation room stating that it is illegal to perform an abortion against the patient's will or for anyone to force the patient to get an abortion. It stipulates the exact language and placement of the notice and provides for enforcement.
 Principal Authors:Rebecca Hamilton (H), Ron Justice (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB3077Paraphrase:makes it unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly provide valuable consideration, or to solicit to provide valuable consideration, to procure one or multiple human oocytes from a woman by hormonal egg follicle stimulation and surgical extraction. It makes it unlawful for any person to refer individuals to out-of-state egg harvesters or in-state referral services and to receive valuable consideration for such services. It requires documentation for voluntary donations and disclosure of medical risks to the donating individual. It provides for civil action for violations of the act and for permanent revocation of licenses.
 Principal Authors:Rebecca Hamilton (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3110Paraphrase:creates the Freedom of Conscience Act. It prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee or prospective employee by refusing to reasonably accommodate that person's religious observance or practice, unless the employer can demonstrate the accommodation would pose an undue hardship, in regards to an abortion; an experiment or medical procedure that destroys an in vitro human embryo or uses cells derived from the destruction of the embryo; an experiment or medical procedure on an in vitro human embryo not related to beneficial treatment of the embryo; an experiment or medical procedure on a developing child in an artificial womb that is not related to the beneficial treatment of that child; a procedure that uses fetal tissue or organs that come from a source other than a stillbirth; or an act that intentionally causes or assists in causing the death of an individual by assisted suicide, euthanasia or mercy killing. The bill also directs that no health care facility is required to admit a patient or allow the use of the facility for the purpose of any acts specified in this act. An employee who refuses to participate in any of these procedures in writing shall not be required to participate and shall not be disciplined. It also directs that any employee is immune from liability for any damage caused by a refusal. The bill also prohibits any health care facility, school or facility from discriminating against a person on the ground that the person refuses or states an intention to refuse in any of the stated procedures. It also allows anyone who is adversely affected by conduct in violation of the act to bring a civil action for equitable relief. The bill also repeals current statutory language related to the Freedom of Conscience Act.
 Principal Authors:Pam Peterson (H), Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3125Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Department of Health to establish an invisible bracelet pilot program to be modeled after the Invisible Bracelet program developed for state employees by the Employees Benefits Council. It directs the authority and department to provide a report to the Legislature by Nov. 1, 2011, on the effectiveness of the program and a detailed cost benefit analysis. The bill defines "Invisible Bracelet" as a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliant Internet Web based-service that provides vital health information about participants in medical emergencies.
 Principal Authors:Joe Dorman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3142Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.
 Principal Authors:Tad Jones (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3162Paraphrase:authorizes a pharmacy practitioner to prescribe a drug to treat a sexually transmitted disease for patient-delivered expedited partner therapy. It states that it is not unlawful if a practitioner issues a prescription drug to treat a sexually transmitted disease to a partner and gives it to the patient for subsequent use by the partner. It states that a partner does not have to be identified on the prescription order by information that would disclose the identity of the partner.
 Principal Authors:Mike Shelton (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3187Paraphrase:states that any licensed pharmacy practitioner who elects to not have a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency license cannot be compelled to obtain such a license to prescribe or dispense a controlled substance in Oklahoma, provided he/she has been issued a registration to prescribe or dispense under state statute.
 Principal Authors:Mike Ritze (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3197Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Medicaid Reform Act of 2003.
 Principal Authors:Jeff Hickman (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3227Paraphrase:increases by $100 the schedule of benefits to be paid for health insurance benefits of retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System.
 Principal Authors:Chuck Hoskin (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3231Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's duty to establish a method to deter abuse and reduce errors in Medicaid billing, payment and eligibility. It provides a definition of "error rate," and it requires training to meet the objective documentation standards to be provided on at least an annual basis by the authority. It states that if errors are suspected to be the result of fraudulent acts, the errors are to be reported and investigated by the attorney general. It states that recoupment of overpayments due to identified errors are to occur only after the provider has the opportunity to exercise a right of appeal, which includes a hearing by an administrative law judge appointed by the attorney general. It gives a provider the right to participate in the hearing and be represented by legal counsel. The measure also directs the authority to evaluate and report findings concerning the limited use of the extrapolation method to the governor and Legislature.
 Principal Authors:Mike Jackson (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB3232Paraphrase:changes the name of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission Act to the Oklahoma Aviation Commission Act. The bill also changes the name of the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute to the Stafford Center. The bill removes the position of commission director from the list of positions that must be unclassified and may not be placed under the classified service and places all employees of the Oklahoma Aviation Commission in the unclassified service. The bill removes a reference to the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute and defines the role of the Stafford Center.
 Principal Authors:Mike Jackson (H)
 Effective Date:01/01/2011Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3237Paraphrase:creates the Music Therapy Practice Act, stating legislative intent to protect the public from being misled by incompetent and unauthorized persons, to assure the highest degree of professional conduct on the part of music therapists and to assure the availability of music therapy services. The bill requires persons practicing music therapy to be licensed under the act. The bill also establishes a five-member Music Therapy Committee to assist the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision in conducting examinations for applicants and establishes requirements for appointment to the committee and procedures for the committee. It grants the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision the authority to promulgate rules, determine proper qualifications and related examinations for applicants, establish fees and administer and enforce the act. It establishes qualifications for licensees, including successfully completed an academic program approved by the American Music Therapy Association with a baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited college or university with a major in music therapy; completion of 1,200 hours of clinical training; and completion of a board certified exam. It also establishes procedures and requirements for renewal of licenses. It prohibits unlicensed entities from using phrases, words or symbols that imply the business provides music therapy services. It authorizes licensed therapist to conduct consultations and evaluations without a referral. It exempts music therapists from being required to delegate certain activities. The bill provides reciprocal licensing with other states and for issuance of a temporary license. It makes violations of the act a misdemeanor.
 Principal Authors:Mike Jackson (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3251Paraphrase:requires registrants to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control that prescribe, administer or dispense methadone to check the prescription profile of the patient on the central repository of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control beginning Nov. 1, 2010. In the Senate, the bill was amended to prohibit pharmacists from entering into a contract with a pharmacy benefit manager that requires pharmacists to charge a copayment for prescription drugs that is greater than the cash value of the prescription drug. The CCR adds language making it unlawful for a retailer within the state to offer for retail sale to any patron a glass tube, as defined in the bill that may be used to facilitate violations of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. It creates a misdemeanor for a retailer or employee of the retailer to willfully and knowingly commit a violation, punishable by incarceration in county jail for up to one year and/or a fine of at least $1,000. The CCR also removes the language added in the Senate regarding pharmacist contracts.
 Principal Authors:Sue Tibbs (H), Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB3256Paraphrase:allows a certified registered nurse anesthetist, in collaboration with a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, podiatric physician or dentist, to order, select, obtain and administer legend drugs, Schedules II through V controlled dangerous substances, devices and medical gases. It removes language allowing use of certain anesthesia during preanesthetic preparation or evaluation and administering of drugs during perioperative or periobstetrical periods.
 Principal Authors:Gus Blackwell (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3258Paraphrase:directs the Department of Human Services to develop a plan to outsource foster care and related services statewide. It directs DHS to submit a plan to accomplish the outsourcing no later than July 1, 2011, and requires implementation of the plan to take place by July 1, 2013. It allows a private agency with case management responsibilities transferred from the state to act as the child's guardian for the purposes of registering a child for school and seeking emergency medical attention. The measure directs DHS to develop requirements and criteria a private agency must meet to participate in the outsourcing program. It also directs DHS to develop an alternative plan for communities where economic or demographic constraints make it impossible or not feasible to contract with a lead agency. The bill directs DHS to establish a quality assurance program for privatized services.
 Principal Authors:Gus Blackwell (H), Dan Newberry (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/28/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
HB3290Paraphrase:prohibits any health plan, including health insurance contracts, plans or policies offered by or outside of the state exchange created by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from providing coverage for elective abortions, except by optional separate supplemental coverage for elective abortion for which there must be paid a separate premium. It also sets procedures for calculating the cost of the premium for the separate plan. The measure also provides exceptions to the definition of "elective abortion," including an abortion to prevent the death of the mother; an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape and the incident is reported to law enforcement within 48 hours after the incident occurs or when the victim is able; or an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of incest, the mother is a minor and the incident was reported to law enforcement prior to the abortion. It also repeals current statutory language that allows health insurance coverage for elective abortions only by optional riders for which an additional premium is required.
 Principal Authors:Skye McNiel (H), Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/26/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Veto
HB3299Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption for property or services to or by a licensed hospital that provides medical care to children with severe illness, injury, disease or disability; that derives at least 75 percent of its annual gross patient care revenues from federal and state health benefit program reimbursements; and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
 Principal Authors:Mike Thompson (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2010Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3373Paraphrase:creates the 20-member Oklahoma Commission on Aging. It grants the commission the power and duty to appoint a director; employ, direct, discharge and define the duties and set the salaries of other staff as necessary; establish and maintain the office of Aging Services Oversight and Accountability; establish and maintain the Office of Planning and Coordination for Aging Services; review the programs, policies and services for individuals age 60 and over; and make a report to the governor and Legislature no later than Nov. 1 of each year regarding activities of the commission and any recommendations. It authorizes the Office of Aging Services Oversight and Accountability to examine all records pertaining to the aging services system and to investigate complaints filed with the office with respect to the system. The bill also requires the office to review the reports of inspections and investigations conducted by several departments as they relate to services and programs provided to persons age 60 and over, issue reports, hold public hearings and make recommendations to the Oklahoma Commission on Aging. The bill also requires the Office of Planning and Coordination for Aging Services to convene meetings of public and private agencies; annually prepare a state plan for services to individuals age 60 and over; develop and implement a single point of entry to the aging services system by Jan. 1, 2011; and issue reports. It also creates the Oklahoma Commission on Aging Revolving Fund.
 Principal Authors:Shane Jett (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/25/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HB3393Paraphrase:creates the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program Act to provide a scholarship to a private school of choice for students with disabilities for whom an individualized education program, or IEP, has been developed, to be awarded beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. The bill allows a parent or legal guardian of a public school student with a disability to exercise their parental option and request to have a scholarship awarded for the child to enroll in and attend a private school if the student has spent the prior year at a public school and the student has been accepted into a private school eligible for the scholarship program. The bill establishes parameters for private schools to qualify to participate in the scholarship program, including meeting the accreditation requirements set by the State Board of Education or another accrediting association and demonstrating fiscal soundness through one year of operation or providing the Department of Education a statement from a certified public accountant. The bill also establishes parameters for student participation and payment of the scholarship. It states that no liability shall arise on the part of the state or a school district based on the award or use of any scholarship provided under the act.
 Principal Authors:Jason Nelson (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HB3394Paraphrase:increases from three to four the number of two-year terms members of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth may serve. It also removes language related to appointment of members. It clarifies that any member serving as of the effective date of the act is entitled to complete his/her term and is eligible to serve one additional term of two years. It also allows a person who previously served on the commission to serve an additional two-year term.
 Principal Authors:Dan Kirby (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/10/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
HJR1009Paraphrase:expresses opposition to the federal Freedom of Choice Act.
 Principal Authors:Sally Kern (H), Dan Newberry (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:03/31/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
HJR1051Paraphrase:disapproves the Oklahoma Health Care Authority's permanent rule OAC 317:40-1-1(j)(12) as it relates to circumstances under which Home and Community-Based Services Waiver cases can be terminated, specifically when a member or his/her legal representative cannot be located, has not responded to or has not allowed case management to complete plan development or monitoring activities as required.
 Principal Authors:Mike Ritze (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/15/2009Current Status:Second Reading - Referred to House Committee
 Committee:Administrative Rules and Agency Oversight (H)
HJR1054Paraphrase:proposes statutory language prohibiting a resident of the state - regardless of whether he/she has or is eligible for health insurance coverage under any policy or program provided by or through an employer, the state or federal government - from being required to obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance coverage, except as required by a court or the Department of Human Services in a case where the individual is named a party in a judicial or administrative proceeding. It prohibits a law or administrative rule from making a resident liable for any penalty or fine resulting from the failure to obtain insurance coverage. The language previously in the joint resolution allowing a person or employer to pay directly for health care services is retained as a statutory provision. The resolution also authorizes the Senate president pro tempore and House speaker to employ legal counsel to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Congress, the president and the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to prevent the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from taking effect.
 Principal Authors:Mike Ritze (H), Randy Brogdon (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/14/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Veto
HJR1065Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Juvenile Justice Reform Committee to study and make recommendations on the state's juvenile justice code. It directs state departments, agencies and officers and employees to cooperate with the committee. It states that the committee is to be comprised of 20 members. It directs the committee to prepare a report of its recommendations on the most efficient organization, most effective transition programs, incorporation of existing statutes and updates to statutory language to the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore by Dec. 1, 2011.
 Principal Authors:Ron Peters (H), Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/19/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0001Paraphrase: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:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0003Paraphrase:requires vaccines administered after Jan. 1, 2010, to children younger than 3 and knowingly pregnant women to contain not more than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose. It provides an exception for influenza vaccines, which shall not contain more than 0.625 micrograms of mercury per 0.25 milliliter dose. The bill allows for the state commissioner of health to declare exemptions.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0014Paraphrase:requires health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to fully cover any health care services that are deemed by a health care professional to be medically necessary to treat a health condition, illness, injury or disease.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0015Paraphrase:states legislative intent to test the effectiveness of a pilot program for a comprehensive health system for the uninsured. It directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish a three-year pilot program for a comprehensive health system for the uninsured.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0017Paraphrase:appropriates $5 million to the Department of Health to establish and maintain a public umbilical cord blood bank.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0018Paraphrase:establishes a penalty for persons who complete a basic police course and who within one year after certification resigns from an employing law enforcement agency and is hired by another and the person or second employing agency does not reimburse the original employing agency. The bill states that failure to provide reimbursement will result in the suspension of the person's certification under the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training until the reimbursement is provided.
 Principal Authors:Mary Easley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0022Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish and maintain a program for the agency to serve as administrator and collector for all charges for medical services for uninsured persons in the state. It requires health care providers to file all charges for medical services for uninsured persons with OHCA and grants OHCA the authority to collect such charges from the uninsured as well as override any inappropriate charges. Collected payments are to be forwarded to the health care providers, with OHCA retaining a portion of the collection to cover administrative costs. The bill also creates the Medical Care for the Uninsured Revolving Fund to consist of funds received by OHCA from state and federal funds.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0023Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Department of Aging as an agency within the executive branch to evaluate and provide public solutions to the social, economic and health issues related to aging in Oklahoma. The bill also creates the Oklahoma Commission on Aging to be the governing board of the department. It directs the transfer to the Department of Aging the powers and duties of the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services, the Aging and Long-Term Care Program of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program of the Insurance Department, the Senior Center Renovation Program of the Department of Commerce, the Transportation Program for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities of DHS, the Senior Community Service Program of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and all other programs required under the federal Older Americans Act.
 Principal Authors:Mary Easley (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0027Paraphrase:authorizes the Oklahoma Insurance Department to identify hospitals to manage or modify risk that will be under the regulation of the department. The bill states that hospitals that collect or expect to collect different fees from different persons or entities for the same medical service shall be identified as managing or modifying risk.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0032Paraphrase:extends the flexible benefit allowance for certified school district employees, allowing one of the following additional amounts: 75 percent of the price of the HealthChoice high option plan for a spouse, one child, two or more children, a spouse and one child or a spouse and two or more children.
 Principal Authors:Thomas Ivester (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0033Paraphrase:prohibits health care providers from pursuing collection efforts for a billed amount in excess of the Medicare reimbursement rate. It requires health care providers to remit any amount billed in excess of 150 percent of the Medicare reimbursement rate to the Oklahoma Uninsured and Underinsured Revolving Fund. The bill also creates the Oklahoma Uninsured and Underinsured Revolving Fund for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide medical assistance to the uninsured and underinsured. The measure directs the authority to mediate disputes over a billed charge if three attempts to informally resolve the issue were unsuccessful and allows the authority to charge a fee for its mediation services.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0034Paraphrase:directs the State Department of Health, in coordination with the Office of State Finance Information Services Division, to develop and implement a statewide electronic health records system on or before July 1, 2010. It states legislative intent that the system be compatible with the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture. The measure states that health care facilities require the use of the electronic health records system. It directs facilities to remit 5 percent of the billed amount for each patient visit during which the statewide system was not used to the Oklahoma Uninsured and Underinsured Revolving Fund. The bill also creates the fund, which is to be used by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide medical assistance to the uninsured and underinsured.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0036Paraphrase: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 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:Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0046Paraphrase: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:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0059Paraphrase:modifies language related to eligibility requirements for the Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage premium assistance program. It expands definitions for "for-profit employer" and "not-for-profit employer." The measure expands coverage to veterans who are not on active duty and who have not been dishonorably discharged who meet certain eligibility criteria.
 Principal Authors:Andrew Rice (S), Ryan Kiesel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0246Paraphrase:appropriates $5.5 million to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to expand the Community Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Services program.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0250Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority in consultation with the Department of Human Services to establish a monthly maintenance standard for persons who are receiving Medicaid services in a nursing facility.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0259Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish and maintain a program that requires a waiver of federal law to provide an assisted living benefit to Medicaid beneficiaries to cover or supplement costs associated with the services of a licensed assisted living center.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0260Paraphrase:creates the Intractable Pain Treatment Act, allowing a physician to prescribe or administer a controlled dangerous substance to a person in the course of his/her treatment of the person for intractable pain. The bill prohibits a hospital or other health care facility from prohibiting or restricting the use of a controlled dangerous substance prescribed by a physician who has staff privileges at the hospital or facility for a person diagnosed and treated by him/her for intractable pain. It authorizes a physician to treat a patient with an acute or chronic painful medical condition with a controlled dangerous substance. The measure requires the physician to undertake certain procedures to ensure the appropriateness of the treatment. The bill also exempts physicians from disciplinary action by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners for prescribing or administering a controlled dangerous substance in the course of treating a person with intractable pain. It also establishes the Intractable Pain Treatment Advisory Committee to advise the Board of Pharmacy on matters relating to intractable pain treatment.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S), John Carey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0263Paraphrase:creates Steffanie's Law for Clinical Trial Access, requiring any 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 routine patient care costs incurred as a result of the patient's participation in phases one through four of cancer clinical trials under certain conditions. It allows health benefit plans to impose deductibles, coinsurance requirements and other cost-sharing provisions.
 Principal Authors:Tom Adelson (S), Sean Burrage (S), Kenneth Corn (S), Judy Eason McIntyre (S), Jay Paul Gumm (S), Charlie Laster (S), Debbe Leftwich (S), Andrew Rice (S), Joe Sweeden (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0271Paraphrase:disapproves certain rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority relating to trust accounts in determining eligibility for medical assistance. It directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board to eliminate the income cap of $3,000 a month. The bill also disapproves of rules relating to eligibility for nursing facility services that reference minimum resource standards found in Department of Human Resources rules. It directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board to establish rules setting the minimum resource standard for the community spouse at $101,640.
 Principal Authors:Thomas Ivester (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0279Paraphrase:exempts the Office of Juvenile Affairs from a requirement to have its construction plans reviewed by the Construction and Properties Division of the Department of Central Services if OJA has a licensed architect or engineer as a full-time employee. It also exempts OJA from a prohibition placed on state agencies from hiring, either temporary or full time, a person engaged in the practice of architecture, engineering or land surveying. In the House, the bill was amended to remove OJA from language related to the hiring of a full-time licensed architect or engineer.
 Principal Authors:Harry Coates (S), Lisa J. Billy (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0283Paraphrase:creates a Task Force on Youth Transitioning into Adulthood until Nov. 30, 2009, to study policies and programs to assist youth as they transition into adulthood through education, behavioral health, social services, housing and employment services. The bill requires the task force to submit its findings to the leaders of the House and Senate and the governor by Nov. 30, 2009. In the House, the bill was amended to adjust the number of task force members from 25 to 15. Language was also added directing the task force to generate input from providers of youth transitioning programs about issues that affect their ability to provide quality services.
 Principal Authors:Harry Coates (S), Mike Jackson (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0284Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to reinstate "medically needy" as an eligibility category in the state Medicaid program on or before July 1, 2009.
 Principal Authors:Kenneth Corn (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0291Paraphrase:increases from 400 to 650 the number of teachers that may be selected to receive assistance from the Education Leadership Oklahoma program. The bill also makes adjustments to the minimum salary schedule for teachers beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. It also directs that a flexible benefit equal to 75 percent of the price of a HealthChoice Hi option benefit plan be allowed school district employees who elect to purchase health care through a cafeteria plan for dependents. The measure also requires school districts, subject to the availability of funds, to provide every full-time, state-funded support employee a wage increase of $1,500 for the 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years. It also directs that part-time support employees be provided a pro-rated pay increase.
 Principal Authors:Kenneth Corn (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0317Paraphrase:directs that applications made by osteopathic or allopathic facilities to construct or expand a health care facility, acquire medical equipment or add services be considered by the State Department of Health based on the need for and availability in the community of services and facilities. It directs the Department of Health to establish a form for the annual hospital utilization survey of all hospitals to include plans for expansion for the following three years. It allows an appeals process for denied certificates of need. It establishes a penalty for developing institutional health services without a certificate of need.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0322Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Healthy and Fit Kids Act. It directs rather than encourages each public school site's Healthy and Fit School Advisory Committee to use the School Health Index developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess its student body beginning Sept. 1, 2009.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), Ann Coody (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0323Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act, directing the Oklahoma Department of Health to create a comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) state plan that outlines sustainable solutions for reducing the burden of COPD in Oklahoma.
 Principal Authors:Tom Adelson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0326Paraphrase:requires health benefit plans, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, to provide rather than offer coverage for colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests for coverage issued or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010. The bill also modifies the definition of "health benefit plan" to eliminate the exemption given plans offered under the state Medicaid program.
 Principal Authors:Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0336Paraphrase:directs that hospitals receive an amount equal to the state disproportionate share hospital allocation published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services less the amount reserved for mental disease institutions, which is to receive an amount equal to the amount published by CMS. It states that allocations to hospitals and mental disease institutions are to be based on the total amount of indigent care costs provided. The measure requires that indigent care costs be reported to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
 Principal Authors:Tom Adelson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0344Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide coverage for hospice services for terminally ill beneficiaries under the state Medicaid program.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0345Paraphrase:directs the Division of Health Care Information within the Department of Health to collect non-identifiable personal health information on Medicaid participants and all state and education employees and their dependents who receive health insurance coverage under the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board. It requires the division to publish the information on its Web site.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0346Paraphrase:requires the Department of Health to establish and maintain in a secure database an advance directive registry to store directives under the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act. It allows the registry to be accessible by the person who executed the advance directive, those named as agents in the directive, persons related within fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity or a health care provider. The bill also directs the department to maintain a Web site of advance directive forms that can be downloaded. It also directs the department to promulgate rules and establish certain fees.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S), Mike Ritze (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/21/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0351Paraphrase:requires reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable adults to be reported to the Department of Human Services and the municipal police department or county sheriff's office.
 Principal Authors:Andrew Rice (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0378Paraphrase:adds to the list of immunizations for which health benefit plans must provide coverage for children of the insured to include pneumococcus, meningococcus, rotavirus, human papillomavirus, influenza and any other immunization recommended for routine use by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice. The bill prohibits benefits for such immunizations from being discounted due to network agreements, preferred provider organization contracts or other contracts that would result in less than 100 percent reimbursement of the actual retail cost of the immunization.
 Principal Authors:Andrew Rice (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0379Paraphrase:prohibits pharmacy benefits managers, insurance companies, electronic transmission intermediaries, pharmacies or other entities from transferring, licensing or selling records for prescription information containing patient-identifiable data, except for certain purposes. It makes violations of such provisions a misdemeanor, punishable by a minimum fine of $1,000 and/or imprisonment in county jail for a maximum of 30 days.
 Principal Authors:Tom Adelson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0387Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Long-Term Care Partnership Act, expanding language to include beneficiaries of a long-term care policy issued prior to the Long-Term Care Partnership Program.
 Principal Authors:Thomas Ivester (S), Kris Steele (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0398Paraphrase:requires a deduction of $50 per month from the flexible benefit allowance granted employees to be put toward health insurance premiums. The bill allows that deduction to be reduced to $25 per month if the employee is certified as a non-tobacco user or qualifies for a wellness premium discount. The measure also creates the State Employee Wellness Premium Discount Program and establishes criteria for which employees can qualify for a $25 per month wellness premium discount.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0402Paraphrase:modifies language relating to the testing of blood, breath, saliva or urine to determine alcohol concentration or the presence or concentration of another intoxicating substance affecting a person's ability to drive.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S), John Enns (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0403Paraphrase:directs the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency to develop rules to operate the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund, including guidelines ensuring that housing supported by the fund maintain appropriate periods of affordability. It also modifies membership of the advisory committee charged assisting in administering the fund.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0404Paraphrase:authorizes the Capitol Improvement Authority to issue $100 million in obligations to provide office space for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0430Paraphrase:removes the sales tax exemption given newspapers and periodicals. It limits the exclusion of transportation services provided by tourism service brokers to services before Jan. 1, 2012. The measure also limits to before Jan. 1, 2012, the sales tax exemption granted on the first $15,000 generated each year by a cultural organization established to promote educational, charitable and cultural events for disadvantaged children. It also limits to before Jan. 1, 2012, the exemption on sales to museums accredited by the American Association of Museums and the exemption on sales of tickets for admission to museums accredited by the American Association of Museums. It also limits to before Jan. 1, 2012, the sales tax exemption granted to a motion picture or television production company for property or services used in connection with an eligible production. The measure also limits to before Jan. 1, 2012, the tax exemption granted on the sales of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements by a licensed chiropractor. It places a Jan. 1, 2012, termination date on the tax credit granted investments in an existing Oklahoma film or music project. It also limits to before Jan. 1, 2010, language allowing dividends or distributions of earnings from savings and loan associations or credit unions and interest on savings accounts and time deposits to be treated as dividends for a dividend exclusion in calculating taxable income. The measure also limits to before Jan. 1, 2010, language allowing contributions to political parties, candidates and candidate committees to be eligible for a maximum $100 income tax deduction.
 Principal Authors:Mike Mazzei (S)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0434Paraphrase:directs the Department of Health to provide a cancer patient navigation program to provide education about and assistance with the management of cancer.
 Principal Authors:Judy Eason McIntyre (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0435Paraphrase:allows the Office of Juvenile Affairs to enter into agreements pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act under the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act. It also removes language directing OJA to submit grant proposals.
 Principal Authors:Judy Eason McIntyre (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0436Paraphrase:directs the Department of Health to include in its request for proposal for a stand-alone long-term care facility for sex offenders inmates, parolees, violent offenders found incompetent to stand trial, sex offenders who are not required to register, violent felons and residents who assault others but who are not charged with a crime. The measure also directs facility administrators to preserve the scenes of criminal acts until law enforcement arrives. It also states that if sexual assault is suspected, the administrator must arrange for an examination of a sexual assault nurse examiner or a physician or registered nurse. The bill also requires national criminal history record searches to be conducted on any person employed or contracted and allows exemptions to the requirement. It also requires nursing and specialized facilities, residential care homes, assisted living centers and continuum of care facilities to conduct criminal history background checks on individuals before accepting them as new residents. The measure requires the facility to notify the Department of Health if the check reveals that the person has been convicted of any violent offenses and/or sex offenses. It also requires facilities to notify the Department Health of residents who are registered sex offenders, who have been convicted of a violent offense or who have assaulted other residents at the facility but have not been charged with an offense.
 Principal Authors:Andrew Rice (S), Randy Terrill (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0447Paraphrase:prohibits the cost of copies of medical records from exceeding $50 if the person requesting the copies is applying for social security disability/supplemental security income disability benefits or is appealing a denial of such benefits.
 Principal Authors:Susan Paddack (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0456Paraphrase:prohibits persons and businesses subject to the regulations of the Corporation Commission from furnishing anything of value or any campaign contributions to any member or employee of the Corporation Commission. It also prohibits individuals and businesses subject to the rules of the Insurance Department from furnishing anything of value or campaign contributions to the insurance commissioner or employees of the Insurance Department. The bill also prohibits members of the Legislature from receiving compensation or reimbursement for lobbying or registering as a lobbyist for a period of two years after the member's office term has expired. The measure also modifies rules of the Ethics Commission prohibiting state officers, state employees and their immediate families from seeking or accepting things of value from lobbyists or lobbyist principals, individuals seeking to do business with a government entity or individuals who have an economic interest in actions before the government entity. It removes language related to lobbyist reporting requirements.
 Principal Authors:Kenneth Corn (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0475Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Department of Aging as an agency within the executive branch to evaluate and provide public solutions to the social, economic and health issues related to aging in Oklahoma. The bill also creates the Oklahoma Commission on Aging to be the governing board of the department. It directs the transfer to the Department of Aging the powers and duties of the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services, the Aging and Long-Term Care Program of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program of the Insurance Department, the Senior Center Renovation Program of the Department of Commerce, the Transportation Program for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities of DHS, the Senior Community Service Program of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and all other programs required under the federal Older Americans Act. It establishes a maximum salary of $65,000 for the secretary of aging.
 Principal Authors:Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0477Paraphrase:creates the "Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies (CARE) Act." The bill requires the State Department of Health or designee in collaboration with community sexual assault programs and other relevant persons to produce informational materials related to emergency contraception. The bill requires the materials to be distributed and used in all hospitals and other health care facilities. It requires materials to be medically and factually accurate and objective, to be clearly written and readily comprehensible in a culturally competent manner and to explain the nature, use, safety, efficacy and availability and to explain that emergency contraception does not cause abortion. It requires that hospitals and other health care facilities to provide to rape victims medically and factually accurate and objective written and oral materials, oral information of option to be provided emergency contraception at the hospital or health care facility, an immediate and complete regimen of emergency contraception at a hospital or at another facility if the hospital has a moral prohibition against providing birth control. It directs the State Department of Health to investigate complaints of noncompliance and to periodically provide medical care to monitor. It provides an administrative fine of up to $5,000 for each incidence on noncompliance.
 Principal Authors:Tom Adelson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0479Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act. The bill makes it unlawful to practice or offer to practice interventional pain management unless a person is licensed under the provisions of the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. The measure states that the new law does not forbid the administration of lumbar intra-laminar epidural steroid injections or peripheral nerve blocks by a certified registered nurse anesthetist when requested by a physician and under the supervision of a licensed allopathic or osteopathic physician and under conditions in which timely on-site consultation by such allopathic or osteopathic physician is available. It also prohibits a certified registered nurse anesthetist from operating a freestanding pain management facility without direct supervision of a physician who is board-certified in interventional pain management or its equivalent. It also permits the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners to impose administrative penalties against any person who violates any of the provisions of the act or any rule promulgated under the act. The bill authorizes the board to initiate disciplinary and injunctive proceedings against any person who has violated any provisions of the act or any rule of the board promulgated under the act. The bill also authorizes the board to apply for relief by injunction in the established manner provided in cases of civil procedure, without bond, to enforce the provisions of the act or to restrain any violation of the act. The measure also exempts members of the board from being personally liable for proceeding under the act. It requires osteopathic physicians engaged in interventional pain management pursuant to the act to be licensed by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), John Trebilcock (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/09/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0485Paraphrase:modifies physician definitions and requirements for worker's compensation. The bill allows an injured employee to select a physician of his or her own choosing if he or she opts out of the workplace medical plan. It allows for changing of physicians under certain circumstances and stipulates payment to employers. The bill also establishes procedure for employees to decide upon enrollment in certified workplace medical plans.
 Principal Authors:Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0486Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption on the sale of tangible personal property or services to a non-profit organization that is certified and designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an organization dedicated to recovering organs for transplantation in all 77 Oklahoma counties. It also provides a sales tax exemption for an organization operating as an eye bank and a charter member of the Eye Bank Association of America. The bill also provides a sales tax exemption for the sale of precious metals. In the House, the bill was amended to remove the tax exemption for the sale of precious metals. It was further amended to provide a sales tax exemption for tax-exempt organizations that provide medical care to children with severe illnesses, injuries or diseases or that are severely disabled and that derive at least 75 percent of their annual gross patient care revenues from federal and state benefit program reimbursements. The CCR removes the bill's language and replaces it with language that requires the compensation paid to a private contractor who has a contract with a county assessor for the purpose of finding property which is not on the tax rolls or is undervalued be based on actual time spent by the contractor and not on a percentage of revenue resulting from valuation.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), Randy McDaniel (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/27/2010Current Status:Second CCR Read - House
SB0494Paraphrase:creates the Right to Choose Life Act. It requires any individual and group health benefit plans, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, that is offered, issued or renewed in Oklahoma on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices related to reproductive health. The measure provides an exemption for group policies issued to fewer than 50 employees and benefit plans that experience an increase of more than 2 percent as the result of providing the benefit. It states legislative intent to support policies, programs and research for males and females that promote new and improved contraceptives and other methods of preventing pregnancy.
 Principal Authors:Constance Johnson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0495Paraphrase:requires health services plans to provide coverage for alternative contraceptive methods not covered in the original plan in instances where the health services provider determines that none of the covered methods are appropriate for the patient. The bill prohibits health services plan from imposing upon a covered person any deductible, co-payment or other fee in excess of what would be imposed all other covered persons for contraceptive methods.
 Principal Authors:Andrew Rice (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0496Paraphrase:allows any individual applying for institutional care whose income is in excess of the categorical needy standards but whose income does not exceed the statewide median of nursing facility payments to create an income pension trust. It directs that the Medicaid Income Pension Trust be in compliance with rules established by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S), Danny Morgan (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0498Paraphrase:directs the state treasurer and the Oklahoma Tax Commission to prepare annual financial statements in accordance with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and submit them to the state auditor and inspector. The bill directs the state auditor and inspector to perform an audit of all submitted records and submit reports to the governor, leaders of the Legislature, the attorney general, members of the Cash Management and Investment Oversight Commission, the director of the Office of State Finance and the Legislative Service Bureau. It also directs the state auditor and inspector to conduct unannounced cash audits of the state treasury at least once each quarter. The measure also requires the state auditor and inspector to audit state agencies once every two fiscal years rather than once each year; however, it directs annual audits if required under the federal Single Audit Act of 1984. The bill outlines the scope of the audits. It requires the state auditor and inspector to examine and file reports on the bogus check, drug task force, child support collection and other programs within a district attorney's office. The bill removes language requiring annual audit of various state agencies. It also removes language requiring an annual audit of Department of Corrections' canteen system operations and accounts and requires reports of audits conducted to be submitted to the warden of the institution. The measure also repeals statutory language requiring annual audits of state agencies.
 Principal Authors:Harry Coates (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0532Paraphrase:requires insurers, upon a verification request, to inform physicians and/or health care providers whether services are to be paid by the insurer and detail any deductibles, copayments or coinsurance for which the insured is responsible. It prohibits insurers from denying or reducing payments for verified services unless the physician and/or health care provider materially misrepresented the care or failed to perform the proposed services. It requires insurers to provide payment as verified if the insurer subsequently determines the patient was not covered at the time services were rendered.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0546Paraphrase:creates the Therapeutic Recreation Practice Act to regulate persons offering therapeutic recreation service to the public. It prohibits individuals from practicing therapeutic recreation without a license and provides exceptions for certain individuals who provide such services but do not hold themselves out to be therapeutic recreation specialists. The bill establishes the Therapeutic Recreation Committee to assist the State Board of Medical Licensure in conducting examinations of applicants. It also establishes eligibility criteria for licensure. It creates a misdemeanor for violating provisions of the act and establishes penalties to be administered by the State Board of Medical Licensure.
 Principal Authors:Jim Halligan (S), Cory T. Williams (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/01/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0548Paraphrase:requires rather than authorizes district courts to establish drug court programs.
 Principal Authors:Earl Garrison (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0553Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "federally defined eligible individual" as it relates to the Health Insurance High Risk Pool Act to include a person who is eligible for or is participating in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) coverage or who has exhausted continuation of such coverage. It extends from 30 to 63 days the amount of time an employee and his/her dependents may continue coverage after termination of insurance under a group policy, Christian Science care, contract of hospital or medical service or indemnity or prepaid health plan or health maintenance organization subscriber contract. It allows premiums equal to otherwise-paid premiums to be charged during this period. The measure also allows an insured employee or dependent whose insurance was terminated due to involuntary termination the right to continue group health insurance coverage for four months following termination under certain conditions. It states that such extension and conditions are only in force until the end of the period for which a premium subsidy is available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or its successor.
 Principal Authors:Ron Justice (S), Leslie Osborn (H)
 Effective Date:05/18/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/18/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0557Paraphrase:establishes a 20-member Oklahoma Juvenile Justice Reform Committee and directs it to undertake a full, good-faith and through study of Oklahoma's juvenile justice system and make recommended revisions to the Oklahoma Juvenile Justice Code in Title 10 and any other statutes. It requires the committee to submit a report to the leaders of the Legislature by Dec. 1, 2010.
 Principal Authors:Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0596Paraphrase:disapproves an Oklahoma Health Care Authority administrative rule that imposes an income cap for eligibility for a Medicaid income pension trust and directs the authority to promulgate rules which eliminate the eligibility cap. The bill also disapproves an Oklahoma Health Care Authority administrative rule related to SoonerCare eligibility and directs the authority to promulgate rules which will set the minimum resource standard for the community spouse at $109,560.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0598Paraphrase:declares information, records, materials and reports related to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services' investigations of allegation of consumer abuse, neglect or mistreatment to be confidential and to contain privileged information and shall not be open to public inspection or their contents disclosed or subject to subpoena. It also clarifies the duties of the department's advocate general. It eliminates the requirement that internal audit reports be made directly to the governor and requires that the reports be made available to the governor. The measure limits site visit fees to no more than $300. It requires the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse services to promulgate rules for certification of peer recovery support specialists who are employed by the state or by behavioral services providers contracting with the state to provide behavioral health services. It also authorizes the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is to promulgate rules that establish the setting and collection of fines for failure to meet the required rules for the certification.
 Principal Authors:Patrick Anderson (S), Scott Martin (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/20/2009Current Status:CCR Read - House
SB0599Paraphrase:allows the State Department of Health to establish licensing costs based on reasonable costs for hospitals, residential care homes, adult day care center, continuum of care or assisted living facilities, home care agencies, drug and alcohol testing facilities and workplace medical plans.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2009Current Status:Senate Committee - Do Pass Failed
 Committee:Appropriations (S)
SB0642Paraphrase:creates the Medical Price Transparency Act, directing the State Department of Health to publish on its Web site a consumer guide to health care facilities and health care that includes information on health care facility pricing practices. It requires health care facilities and physicians to develop and enforce written policies for the billing of health care facility health care services and supplies. The measure directs the health care facility to provide an estimate of its charges for any elective inpatient admission or nonemergency outpatient surgical procedure or other service on request and before scheduling the procedure or service. It also directs health care facilities to establish a procedure for handling consumer complaints. The measure requires health benefit plan issuers to submit to the Insurance Department aggregate reimbursement rates by region paid by the issuer for health care services identified by the department. It requires health benefit plans provided through a provider network to disclose to enrollees that a provider may not be included in the network and such provider may balance bill the enrollee for amounts not paid by the plan. It directs health benefit plans, at the request of the enrollee, to provide estimates of payments that will be made for any health care service or supply, specifying deductibles, coinsurance, copayments and other amounts for which the enrollee is responsible.
 Principal Authors:Bill Brown (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0647Paraphrase:transfers the Criminal Justice Resource Center from the Legislative Service Bureau to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Attorney General effective July 1, 2009. It transfers functions related to administration and research to a newly created Office of Criminal Justice Statistics within the Information Services Division of OSBI, the functions related to data processing and information technology to the Information Technology Systems Division of OSBI and the functions related to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board to the Office of the Attorney General. The bill also updates previous references to the Criminal Justice Resource Center. It also reduces from 18 to 17 the membership of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board. The measure also repeals language recreating the Oklahoma Council on Violence Prevention.
 Principal Authors:Glenn Coffee (S), Gus Blackwell (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0648Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Certified Retirement City Program Act to promote Oklahoma as a retirement destination to retirees and potential retirees inside and outside the state; assist Oklahoma cities to market themselves as desirable retirement locations; assist in the development of retirement cities and life-care cities; and encourage tourism of individuals who are evaluating desirable retirement locations. It directs the Department of Commerce to establish and maintain the program. It establishes criteria to be eligible as an Oklahoma certified retirement city and directs the Department of Commerce to use a scoring system to determine whether an applicant will qualify as an Oklahoma certified retirement city. The measure also creates the Oklahoma Certified Retirement City Program Revolving Fund.
 Principal Authors:Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0666Paraphrase:requires a court to appoint an independent attorney in class actions, if a request for award of attorney fees is made, and directs that the independent attorney be awarded reasonable fees on an hourly basis out of the proceeds awarded to the class. The measure requires that, when using an expert to prove liability, an affidavit regarding consultation with an expert must be filed within 60 days of filing a civil action petition. It requires Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions applicable in civil cases to include an instruction notifying the jury that no part of an award for damages for personal injury or wrongful death is subject to federal or state income tax and that compensation for personal injury or wrongful death should not be increased in consideration of taxes. The bill requires juries to render general verdicts, unless the parties requested particular findings of fact. It modifies language related to dismissals. It allows actions to be dismissed by the plaintiff without court order by filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service by the adverse party of an answer or motion for summary judgment, whichever is first, or filing a stipulation for dismissal signed by all parties appearing in the action. It states that if a plaintiff files a notice of dismissal after discovery has commenced, the action will not be dismissed without prejudice without the consent of the defendant. The bill states that no prejudgment interest can begin to accrue until 36 months after the suit resulting in the judgment was commenced. It allows parties to obtain a stay of enforcement of a judgment, decree or final order during the time in which an appeal may be commenced or while an appeal is pending in any court inside or outside of the state. It also prohibits bonds filed when seeking a stay of enforcement from exceeding $25 million or $1 million if the party posting the bond is an individual or business with 250 or fewer employees on the date of judgment. The measure exempts appeals of punitive damages from an appeal bond requirement. It also decreases from 180 to 120 days the time limit for service of process to defendants before the action may be dismissed. The bill modifies the definition of "frivolous" for purposes of a court's determination of whether a claim is frivolous. It requires a court to include a potential member in the class only if the potential member so requests by a specific date. The bill allows a party seeking to recover upon a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim or declaratory judgment to move for summary judgment 20 days after the action commenced or after service of a motion for summary judgment by the adverse party. It allows a defending party to move for summary judgment at any time. The bill also modifies language related to opinion testimony by lay witnesses and allows expert witnesses to offer expert testimony only with respect to the field in which he/she is qualified. It requires the court to hold a mandatory pretrial hearing, if requested by a party, to determine whether a witness qualifies as an expert. In cases of professional liability, the bill allows a jury to award punitive damages, in addition to actual damages, only if the jury finds clear and convincing evidence that the defendant was guilty of intentional or gross negligence. The bill also modifies requirements for the calculation and payment of future damages. The measure removes a requirement that a defendant be jointly and severally liable for damages recoverable by the plaintiff if the percentage of responsibility attributed to the defendant is greater than 50 percent. If a plaintiff receives compensation for harm or injuries from an independent source, the bill requires that information be admitted as evidence and the amount of compensation deducted from the amount of damages the plaintiff recovers. The bill establishes a $300,000 noneconomic damages cap for any action not arising out of contract, regardless of the number of parties against whom the action is brought or the number of actions brought with respect to personal injury. It directs the cap be adjusted annually based on positive increases in the Consumer Price Index. The cap could be lifted if a jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that the acts of the party causing damage were grossly negligent or committed intentionally and with malice. The cap would not apply to actions involving wrongful death. It requires plaintiffs seeking recovery for loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, loss of contributions of a pecuniary value or loss of inheritance to provide evidence of the loss after reduction for income tax payments or unpaid tax liability. The measure removes language that allows evidence of violations of child passenger restraint system requirements to be admitted as evidence in a civil action or proceeding for damages. It prohibits peer review information discovered pursuant to a claim of independent negligence against a health care facility from being used as evidence unless a judge or jury first find the professional to have been negligent in providing health care to the patient in the facility. The measure requires skilled nursing facilities participating in Medicaid to establish and maintain quality assessment and assurance committees and makes records of such committees confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery or subpoenas and persons associated with quality assessment and assurance committee records could not be required to testify. It prohibits statements of deficiencies or Minimum Data Set related documentation issued to a nursing facility from being admitted into evidence unless the determination is final. It also prohibits such data from being used to establish a standard of care or negligence. The measure creates a School Protection Act to allow teachers, principals and other school employees to take reasonable actions to maintain order and discipline. The bill states that anyone age 18 or older who acts with intent to falsely accuse an education employee of criminal activity would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000. It states that anyone between age 7 and 17 who makes such an accusation would be subject to community service or other court sanctions, at the discretion of the court. The measure states that the limitation for bringing an action for damages based in tort would be eight years from the date of the act or omission. The bill also makes peer review information private, confidential and privileged but allows a peer review body to provide relevant information to a state agency or board that licensed the professional under review. The bill modifies language related to immunity from civil liability for volunteers, stating that being legally entitled to receive compensation for the service or undertaking performed shall not preclude a person from being considered a volunteer. The measure creates a Common Sense Consumption Act, the intent of which is to prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, packers, distributors, carriers, holders, sellers, marketers or advertisers of food products that comply with statutory and regulatory requirements. It states a legislative finding that the unlawful use of firearms, rather than their lawful manufacture, distribution or sale, is the proximate cause of any injury arising from their unlawful use. The bill exempts from liability firearm manufacturers, distributors and sellers who lawfully manufacture, distribute or sell firearms in cases involving any injury suffered, including wrongful death and property damage, because of the use of a firearm by another. The measure repeals a section of the Oklahoma Mandatory Seat Belt Use Act relating to inadmissibility of evidence in civil actions of failure to use seatbelt and sections relating to limits on noneconomic damages in medical liability actions.
 Principal Authors:Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0673Paraphrase:clarifies the definition of "public bathing place" under the Whitney Starks Act, clarifying that it does not include spray pads or spray grounds. It defines "spray pads" or "spray grounds" as an interactive recreation area intended for use by children in which the water is supplied by a system of sprays and is not allowed to accumulate above ground.
 Principal Authors:Patrick Anderson (S), Daniel Sullivan (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:06/08/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0675Paraphrase:requires the State Department of Health to develop and implement a patient advocate pilot program in a rural county health department beginning no later than Jan. 1, 2010, and ending no later than Dec. 31, 2011. The bill establishes that the purpose of the program will be to designate one or more persons as patient advocates to resolve medical issues and disputes and to assist current and potential patients with the coordination of health care solutions. The department is required to issue a report to the Legislature on or before Dec. 31, 2011, that will include the number of persons who utilized the program's services, information on the outcomes of the pilot program, whether a statewide expansion of the program would improve patient outcomes and the projected fiscal impact of such an expansion.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0697Paraphrase:creates the Children's Cabinet to develop, recommend and implement coordinated state policies to improve the health and welfare of children and families. The bill establishes the cabinet's membership and responsibilities, including developing a strategic plan that shall provide a long-term children's policy for the state no later than July 1, 2010. In the House, all language was replaced with language modifying membership of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, increases the number of members from 19 to 27 members.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S), Joe Dorman (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0701Paraphrase:makes insurance compliance self-evaluative audits privileged information, which is not discoverable or admissible as evidence in any legal action in any civil, criminal or administrative proceeding. It prohibits individuals who conduct the audits from being examined in any such proceeding about insurance compliance. It allows companies to voluntarily submit compliance audits to the insurance commissioner as a confidential document. The bill sets forth circumstances under which a court may require disclosure of privileged material in a civil or administrative proceeding. It requires a company that prepared the document to file a petition requesting an in-camera hearing on whether the audit or portions of the audit are privileged or subject to disclosure when served with a request for the document by the insurance commissioner, district attorney or attorney general. It sets the burden on the company to demonstrate applicability of the privilege.
 Principal Authors:Bill Brown (S), Daniel Sullivan (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0707Paraphrase:classifies the crime of domestic abuse as a felony
 Principal Authors:Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0713Paraphrase:expands the information to be gathered by the Division of Health Care Information within the Department of Health to include profiles by clinical specialties and nursing services of health care professionals other than physicians and cost data on plant operations, equipment, pharmacy and medical services. The bill requires the Division of Health Care Information to publish a report that itemizes expenditures in the health care industry.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0723Paraphrase:expands the back-to-school sales tax holiday to include the sale of school supplies, school art supplies or school instructional supplies.
 Principal Authors:Don Barrington (S), Earl Sears (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/26/2010Current Status:In Committee - Conference
 Committee:SB0723 (2010) (C)
SB0729Paraphrase:directs the administrative director of the courts to promulgate uniform statewide rules to be implemented by drug court programs.
 Principal Authors:Richard C. Lerblance (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0731Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Department of Aging as an agency within the executive branch to evaluate and provide public solutions to the social, economic and health issues related to aging in Oklahoma. The bill also creates the Oklahoma Commission on Aging to be the governing board of the department. It directs the transfer to the Department of Aging the powers and duties of the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services, the Aging and Long-Term Care Program of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Senior Health Insurance Counseling Program of the Insurance Department, the Senior Center Renovation Program of the Department of Commerce, the Transportation Program for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities of DHS, the Community Service Program of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission and all other programs required under the federal Older Americans Act.
 Principal Authors:Constance Johnson (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0732Paraphrase:creates a nine-member task force to study the medicinal uses of Delta-9-Tetra-Hydrocannabinol until July 1, 2010. It requires the task force to submit a report to the governor and leaders of the legislator by July 1, 2010.
 Principal Authors:Constance Johnson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0741Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund. It removes obsolete reimbursement dates, requirements for staff ratio requirements and administrative penalties. In the House, the bill was amended to modify language related to the Department of Health's ability to require a facility to maintain a directed plan of shift-based, staff-to-resident ratios, allowing such action if a complaint and/or survey investigation has determined substandard quality of care without compliance as certified by the department by a date certain. It also restores previously stricken language allowing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to require all nursing facilities subject to the Nursing Home Care Act and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded with 17 or more beds to submit a monthly report on staffing ratios on a form to be developed by OHCA beginning after Nov. 1, 2009. The definition of "direct-care staff" was also amended to exclude a description of activity and social services staff as those who are not providing direct, hands-on care to residents.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), John Trebilcock (H)
 Effective Date:09/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0743Paraphrase:requires a court to appoint an independent attorney in class actions, if a request for award of attorney fees is made, and directs that the independent attorney be awarded reasonable fees on an hourly basis out of the proceeds awarded to the class. The measure requires that, when using an expert to prove liability, an affidavit regarding consultation with an expert must be filed within 60 days of filing a civil action petition. It requires Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions applicable in civil cases to include an instruction notifying the jury that no part of an award for damages for personal injury or wrongful death is subject to federal or state income tax and that compensation for personal injury or wrongful death should not be increased in consideration of taxes. The bill requires juries to render general verdicts, unless the parties requested particular findings of fact. It modifies language related to dismissals. It allows actions to be dismissed by the plaintiff without court order by filing a notice of dismissal at any time before service by the adverse party of an answer or motion for summary judgment, whichever is first, or filing a stipulation for dismissal signed by all parties appearing in the action. It states that if a plaintiff files a notice of dismissal after discovery has commenced, the action will not be dismissed without prejudice without the consent of the defendant. The bill states that no prejudgment interest can begin to accrue until 36 months after the suit resulting in the judgment was commenced. It allows parties to obtain a stay of enforcement of a judgment, decree or final order during the time in which an appeal may be commenced or while an appeal is pending in any court inside or outside of the state. It also prohibits bonds filed when seeking a stay of enforcement from exceeding $25 million or $1 million if the party posting the bond is an individual or business with 250 or fewer employees on the date of judgment. The measure exempts appeals of punitive damages from an appeal bond requirement. It also decreases from 180 to 120 days the time limit for service of process to defendants before the action may be dismissed. The bill modifies the definition of "frivolous" for purposes of a court's determination of whether a claim is frivolous. It requires a court to include a potential member in the class only if the potential member so requests by a specific date. The bill allows a party seeking to recover upon a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim or declaratory judgment to move for summary judgment 20 days after the action commenced or after service of a motion for summary judgment by the adverse party. It allows a defending party to move for summary judgment at any time. The bill also modifies language related to opinion testimony by lay witnesses and allows expert witnesses to offer expert testimony only with respect to the field in which he/she is qualified. It requires the court to hold a mandatory pretrial hearing, if requested by a party, to determine whether a witness qualifies as an expert. In cases of professional liability, the bill allows a jury to award punitive damages, in addition to actual damages, only if the jury finds clear and convincing evidence that the defendant was guilty of intentional or gross negligence. The bill also modifies requirements for the calculation and payment of future damages. The measure removes a requirement that a defendant be jointly and severally liable for damages recoverable by the plaintiff if the percentage of responsibility attributed to the defendant is greater than 50 percent. If a plaintiff receives compensation for harm or injuries from an independent source, the bill requires that information be admitted as evidence and the amount of compensation deducted from the amount of damages the plaintiff recovers. The bill establishes a $300,000 noneconomic damages cap for any action not arising out of contract, regardless of the number of parties against whom the action is brought or the number of actions brought with respect to personal injury. It directs the cap be adjusted annually based on positive increases in the Consumer Price Index. The cap could be lifted if a jury finds by clear and convincing evidence that the acts of the party causing damage were grossly negligent or committed intentionally and with malice. The cap would not apply to actions involving wrongful death. It requires plaintiffs seeking recovery for loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, loss of contributions of a pecuniary value or loss of inheritance to provide evidence of the loss after reduction for income tax payments or unpaid tax liability. The measure removes language that allows evidence of violations of child passenger restraint system requirements to be admitted as evidence in a civil action or proceeding for damages. It prohibits peer review information discovered pursuant to a claim of independent negligence against a health care facility from being used as evidence unless a judge or jury first find the professional to have been negligent in providing health care to the patient in the facility. The measure requires skilled nursing facilities participating in Medicaid to establish and maintain quality assessment and assurance committees and makes records of such committees confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery or subpoenas and persons associated with quality assessment and assurance committee records could not be required to testify. It prohibits statements of deficiencies or Minimum Data Set related documentation issued to a nursing facility from being admitted into evidence unless the determination is final. It also prohibits such data from being used to establish a standard of care or negligence. The measure creates a School Protection Act to allow teachers, principals and other school employees to take reasonable actions to maintain order and discipline. The bill states that anyone age 18 or older who acts with intent to falsely accuse an education employee of criminal activity would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000. It states that anyone between age 7 and 17 who makes such an accusation would be subject to community service or other court sanctions, at the discretion of the court. The measure states that the limitation for bringing an action for damages based in tort would be eight years from the date of the act or omission. The bill also makes peer review information private, confidential and privileged but allows a peer review body to provide relevant information to a state agency or board that licensed the professional under review. The bill modifies language related to immunity from civil liability for volunteers, stating that being legally entitled to receive compensation for the service or undertaking performed shall not preclude a person from being considered a volunteer. The measure creates a Common Sense Consumption Act, the intent of which is to prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, packers, distributors, carriers, holders, sellers, marketers or advertisers of food products that comply with statutory and regulatory requirements. It states a legislative finding that the unlawful use of firearms, rather than their lawful manufacture, distribution or sale, is the proximate cause of any injury arising from their unlawful use. The bill exempts from liability firearm manufacturers, distributors and sellers who lawfully manufacture, distribute or sell firearms in cases involving any injury suffered, including wrongful death and property damage, because of the use of a firearm by another. The measure repeals a section of the Oklahoma Mandatory Seat Belt Use Act relating to inadmissibility of evidence in civil actions of failure to use seatbelt and sections relating to limits on noneconomic damages in medical liability actions.
 Principal Authors:Dan Newberry (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0756Paraphrase:removes language exempting certain individuals from a criminal history background check requirement under the Nursing Home Care Act.
 Principal Authors:Andrew Rice (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0773Paraphrase:increases from 10 to 15 days the time by which notice must be given to relevant parties of a hearing related to grandparent visitation rights.
 Principal Authors:Patrick Anderson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0786Paraphrase:directs the Department of Corrections to ensure that its education program allows inmates the opportunity to achieve a General Educational Development level of proficiency in reading, writing and computation skills. It also directs that priority for placement in educational programs be given inmates lacking basic literacy skills.
 Principal Authors:Judy Eason McIntyre (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0792Paraphrase:removes language referring to administration of anesthesia under the supervision of a physician from the definition of "certified registered nurse anesthetist" under the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act. It clarifies that certified registered nurse anesthetists are authorized to order or administer drugs, controlled substances, devices and medical gases during a perioperative or periobstetrical period, including preanesthetic preparation and evaluation, anesthesia induction, maintenance and emergence and postanesthesia care.
 Principal Authors:Todd Lamb (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0808Paraphrase:prohibits drivers under the age of 18 from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send or read a text-based message. The bill exempts selecting or entering a phone number or selecting a name in wireless telecommunications device in order to make a phone call. The bill also exempts law enforcement officers, firefighters, and operators of authorized emergency vehicles in the performance of certain duties. The bill exempts physicians or other health care providers communicating with a health care facility. The bill establishes punishments for violations.
 Principal Authors:Susan Paddack (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0814Paraphrase:increases the maximum amount of recovery in small claims courts from $6,000 to $20,000. The bill also increases the maximum amount of attorney fees in uncontested cases from 10 percent to 20 percent. The bill requires that small claims affidavits include a statement acknowledging the plaintiff is disclaiming a right to a trial by jury on the merits of the case. The bill also modifies procedures for notification of the transfer of a small claims case to another docket of the court.
 Principal Authors:Thomas Ivester (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0818Paraphrase:requires insurers to reimburse a hospital and ambulatory surgical center at the same rates for the same types of services.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0819Paraphrase:clarifies language related to apportionment of the Insurance Premium Tax.
 Principal Authors:Jonathan Nichols (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0821Paraphrase:requires any health benefit plan offered, issued or renewed after Jan. 1, 2010 that provides surgical benefit to provide coverage for alternative and complementary health care therapies including homeopathic and naturopathic medicine. The bill exempts policies or certificates issued to groups with 50 or fewer employees. The bill also exempts health benefit plans that experience a greater than 2 percent increase in premium costs as a result of providing alternative and complementary health care therapies at the end of its base period. The bill creates a procedure for calculating base period premium costs.
 Principal Authors:Constance Johnson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0822Paraphrase:creates the Task Force on the Review of Health Insurance Mandates to review and evaluate the mandatory health insurance mandates that are currently provided for by law. The bill establishes membership requirements. The bill requires the task force to submit a report to the governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore by no later than Dec. 1, 2010.
 Principal Authors:Cliff Branan (S), Jeff Hickman (H)
 Effective Date:04/30/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/30/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0823Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. The bill declares the council a law enforcement agency that is necessary to ensure professional training and continuing education for law enforcement officers.
 Principal Authors:Anthony Sykes (S), Todd Thomsen (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0829Paraphrase:excludes individuals employed by nonprofit corporations from reimbursement by the state for expenses incurred during authorized official state travel. The bill also clarifies language related to the executive director of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
 Principal Authors:Kenneth Corn (S), Neil Brannon (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0839Paraphrase:requires any individual or group health benefit plan that is offered or renewed after Jan. 1, 2010, including the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Plan, and provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered by medical benefits. The bill also creates the Medical Care for the Uninsured Revolving Fund as a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. The bill states the fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies received by the OHCA from state and federal funds. It allows for all monies accrued to the fund to be appropriated, budgeted and expended by the OHCA for the purpose of serving as administrator and collector for all charges for medical services for uninsured persons in the state.
 Principal Authors:Debbe Leftwich (S), David Derby (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0841Paraphrase:requires a national criminal history records search and/or a criminal history check be conducted before any employer makes an offer to employ or contract with a nurse aide or another person to provide nursing care, health-related services or supportive assistance to any individual. The bill permits the national criminal history records search to be conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation or another private entity. The bill permits an employer to make an offer of temporary employment pending the results of the national criminal history records search. The bill clarifies references to criminal history records searches.
 Principal Authors:Cliff Branan (S), Lewis Moore (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0845Paraphrase:clarifies language related to the Oklahoma Drug Court Act. The bill places the Administrative Office of the Courts over the establishment and operation of drug courts. The bill requires the administrator of the courts to establish job qualifications, set salaries and employ necessary staff and a State Drug Court Director to administer drug court programs. The bill creates the duties and responsibilities of the State Drug Court Director. The bill requires the Legislature to appropriate funds for the operation of drug courts and the administrative office. The bill requires the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to transfer all necessary drug court records to the administrator of the courts.
 Principal Authors:Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0846Paraphrase:authorizes the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services any waivers or amendment to existing waivers necessary to accomplish an extension of the premium assistance program to include state employees with an income at or less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill also permits individuals with an income at or less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level to participate in the premium assistance program.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0850Paraphrase:provides a sales tax exemption for nonprofit organizations made up of women in agriculture that are part of a national women's association dedicated to stimulating the economy and providing scientific agriculture education and oversee business ventures and to subcontractors acting on behalf of the organizations.
 Principal Authors:Constance Johnson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0851Paraphrase:creates a new individual income tax bracket for taxpayers with Oklahoma adjusted gross income equal to or greater than $75,000 for tax years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2008. The bill also requires the Board of Equalization to make certain calculations regarding legislative appropriations to health care services and the maximum marginal rate applicable to taxpayers with Oklahoma adjusted gross income equal to or greater than $75,000. The bill also repeals a section of law related to other calculations required to be made by the Board of Equalization.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0856Paraphrase:modifies apportionment of the insurance premium tax.
 Principal Authors:Kenneth Corn (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0864Paraphrase:creates the Rural Oklahoma Opportunity Fund Act. The bill creates the Rural Oklahoma Opportunity Fund Committee and establishes its membership and their duties and responsibilities.
 Principal Authors:Kenneth Corn (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0891Paraphrase:expands the list of industries qualifying for the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act to include animal, except poultry, slaughtering.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S), John Carey (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0895Paraphrase:increases to 15 days from 10 days the period of time for notice of certain hearings to determine the best interest of a child.
 Principal Authors:Susan Paddack (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0900Paraphrase:prohibits persons age 18 and younger from operating a motor vehicle on a public road or highway while using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send or read a text-based communication. The bill provides exceptions for law enforcement, firefighters or emergency vehicle operators engaged in their official duties; motor vehicle operators using the device to report illegal activity, summon medical or emergency help, prevent injury to person or property, relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and the operator's dispatcher or navigate using a global positioning system; and physicians or health care providers using the device to communicate with a hospital, clinic or physician. It establishes a $175 fine for a first offense and a $500 fine for each subsequent violation. The bill doubles the fine if the person using the device is involved in a crash.
 Principal Authors:Debbe Leftwich (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0902Paraphrase:modifies language related to children under age 12 operating water vessels, prohibiting children under age 12 from operating any personal watercraft and removing language allowing operation if accompanied by a person age 16 or older. The bill also lowers from 0.10 to 0.08 the minimum blood or breath alcohol concentration constituting an offense for operating or being in actual physical control of a water vessel. It states that persons operating water vessels are deemed to have given consent to blood or breath tests to determine alcohol concentration and blood, saliva or urine tests for determining the concentration of any other intoxicating substance, if arrested while operating or in actual physical control of a water vessel while under the influence or if involved in a boating collision that resulted in the immediate death or serious injury. The bill allows only certain licensed physicians and other health care workers who are authorized to draw blood to test the concentration of alcohol or another intoxicating substance. It allows only persons authorized by the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to collect breath, saliva or urine or administer breath tests. The bill prohibits tests on persons under arrest who refuse to submit unless the investigating officer had probable cause. It requires a report of lab findings, a medical examiner's report of investigation or autopsy report or a lab report from a forensic laboratory to be received as evidence of facts and findings, if relevant and admissible in evidence. The CCR adds personal watercraft to the list of vessels powered by a motor or combination of motors in excess of 10 horsepower that no person can cause, allow, authorize or permit a child under 12 years of age to operate. The CCR also lowers from 0.10 to 0.08 the minimum blood or breath alcohol concentration constituting an offense for operating or being in actual physical control of a water vessel. It states that persons operating water vessels are deemed to have given consent to blood or breath tests to determine alcohol concentration and blood, saliva or urine tests for determining the concentration of any other intoxicating substance, if arrested while operating or in actual physical control of a water vessel while under the influence or if involved in a boating collision that resulted in an immediate death or serious injury. The bill allows only certain licensed physicians and other health care workers who are authorized to draw blood to test the concentration of alcohol or another intoxicating substance. It allows only persons authorized by the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to collect breath, saliva or urine or administer tests. The bill prohibits tests on persons under arrest who refuse to submit unless the investigating officer had probable cause. It requires a report of lab findings, a medical examiner's report of investigation or autopsy report or a lab report from a forensic laboratory to be received as evidence of facts and findings, if relevant and admissible in evidence.
 Principal Authors:Bill Brown (S), Mike Ritze (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/21/2010Current Status:Second CCR Read - House
SB0911Paraphrase:abolishes the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission and transfers all of its assets, liabilities, records and property to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. The bill also repeals language related to the organization of the ABLE Commission.
 Principal Authors:Anthony Sykes (S)
 Effective Date:01/01/2011Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0917Paraphrase:creates the Patient's Bill of Rights, making it unlawful for any participating provider to willfully collect or attempt to collect an amount from a person knowing that it violates an agreement, arrangement or contract between the provider and a health care payor. It requires a nonparticipating provider that accepts a health plans' fee schedule as payment in full to notify the patient in writing to prevent balance billing. It also requires a nonparticipating provider to disclose in writing to a patient prior to non-emergent health care services that the patient may be responsible for higher copayments, coinsurance, deductibles or provider charges that exceed the allowed charges of a participating provider for the same services. It establishes penalties for violations of the Patient's Bill of Rights Act. The bill requires every contract between a health care and a participating provider to be in writing and set forth a provision that prohibits the participating provider from balance billing enrollees for contracted health care services for which the plan is obligated to pay. It also directs health care plans that require selection of a primary care provider to establish procedures for notifying an enrollee of the primary care provider's termination from a plan's network. The measure prohibits a contract between a health plan and a participating provider from prohibiting, impeding or interfering in the discussion of medical treatment options between a patient and a provider. It requires any health plan that requires preauthorization for medical treatment to have personnel available during normal business hours to accept incoming requests for preauthorization. It prohibits contracts from including provisions that require a participating provider or provider group to deny covered services that are known to be medically necessary and appropriate and consistent with accepted medical practices.
 Principal Authors:Jim Reynolds (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0918Paraphrase:removes language related to the provision of a TRICARE supplement product by the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0919Paraphrase:prohibits individuals from providing or offering to provide service warranties unless licensed by the insurance commissioner. It decreases from $400 to $200 the license fee a service warranty association must pay to the insurance commissioner. It removes language related to criteria that must be met by businesses that offer service warranty contracts. It requires service warranty providers to deposit and maintain securities eligible for deposit by an insurer. The bill makes the state treasurer responsible for safekeeping all securities deposited with the commissioner under the Service Warranty Insurance Act. It removes language requiring service warranty associations place surety bonds in trust with the insurance commissioner. It prohibits a warranty seller from allowing its gross written premiums from exceeding a five-to-one ratio to net assets. The measure modifies language related to disclosure statements required for service warranties issued by a person or entity that is not a manufacturer of the product or a whole sale company marketing the product.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S), Randy McDaniel (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0921Paraphrase:requires an insurer and a health care provider to agree in writing before a change in terms and conditions, policies, procedures or rules of the insurer becomes effective when it results in a negative fiscal impact or material change to administration of the agreement. The bill makes applicable the requirement to the State and Education Employees Group Insurance Plan.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0926Paraphrase:expands exemptions under the Home Care Act to include an individual, agency or organization that contracts with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide services under the home and community-based waiver for the elderly or that contract with the Department of Human Services to provide community services to the elderly.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0927Paraphrase:prohibits a health insurance policy or health care service plan contract that covers prescription drugs from limiting, reducing or denying coverage for any drug if, prior to such action, the insured was using the drug, the insured was covered under the policy or contract and the drug was covered under the policy or contract.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0928Paraphrase:modifies language related to the release of information related to a person's participation in a public health investigation or who may have any communicable or noncommunicable disease.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0937Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Medicaid Program Reform Act of 2003.
 Principal Authors:Charles Wyrick (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0939Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "sales representative" under the Service Warranty Insurance Act, stating that when service warranty associations sell service warranties from five or more business locations, the storage manager at each location is a sales representative. It removes language related to registration of businesses that offer to sell service warranty contracts and criteria they must meet.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0956Paraphrase:modifies language related to human trafficking, defining terminology and what constitutes "human trafficking." It increases from 14 to 18, the age of victims that would constitute stiffer penalties for conviction of human trafficking. The bill states that victims may seek civil damages with or without criminal conviction. It also establishes a statute of limitations for civil action, stipulating that the cause of action shall not commence until the latter of the victim's emancipation from the defendant or the victim's twenty-first birthday. The bill also makes it illegal to knowingly engage in human trafficking and increases victims' age from under 14 to under 18 years of age at which the offense will be deemed a felony. It allows victims to bring a civil action against the person or persons responsible for human trafficking and to recover actual and punitive damages and reasonable attorneys fees. It also states that a criminal prosecution is not necessary for filing a civil action and establishes that the statute of limitations for the cause of action will not commence until the latter of the victim's emancipation form the defendant or the victim's 21st birthday. The bill allows law enforcement officers to seize any vehicle or other property used to facilitate or participate in human trafficking or when used by a prostitute, pimp or panderer to facilitate or participate in prostitution. The bill exempts vehicles or property used by a customer or anyone procuring the services or a prostitute from seizure.
 Principal Authors:Todd Lamb (S), Pam Peterson (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:06/07/2010Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0958Paraphrase:allows funds from the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund to be used for data collection and analysis related to emergency medical conditions such as stroke and cardiac events.
 Principal Authors:Susan Paddack (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0964Paraphrase:modifies language related to the membership and duties of a Department of Health advisory committee, directing it to make recommendations on vision screening items, including standards for vision screening and referral and qualifications for vision screeners. It directs the Department of Health to maintain a statewide registry containing a list of approved vision screeners, vision screener trainers and standards for vision screening. It establishes criteria under which the department may refuse, deny, suspend or revoke a vision screener applicant.
 Principal Authors:Susan Paddack (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/11/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB0966Paraphrase:modifies the definition of "basic industry" under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act to include explosives manufacturing businesses; and search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical and nautical system and instrument manufacturing businesses; guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing businesses; guided missile and space vehicle propulsion unit and propulsion unit parts manufacturing businesses; military armored vehicle, tank and tank component manufacturing businesses; air transportation commercial air carrier businesses; and electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance businesses.
 Principal Authors:Thomas Ivester (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0968Paraphrase:directs the governor to appoint the director or primary executive position for all agencies that provide a position of director that are not currently appointed by the governor or holds the office by statewide election, with such appointments being subject to Senate approval.
 Principal Authors:Randy Brogdon (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB0998Paraphrase:prohibits individuals from operating a motor vehicle on a public road or highway while using a personal communication device to talk, place or receive a call or send or read a text-based message. It provides exceptions for law enforcement, firefighters and emergency vehicle operators; drivers using the wireless device to report illegal activity, summon medical or emergency help, prevent injury to person or property, relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and the dispatcher or navigate using a global positioning system; or physicians or health care providers using devices to communicate with a hospital or clinic. It establishes penalties for offenses.
 Principal Authors:Judy Eason McIntyre (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1004Paraphrase:prohibits an insurer from imposing on any health care provider any retrospective denial of a previously paid claim unless the insurer provided at least 30 days' notice; and the time since date of payment does not exceed 12 months, except under certain conditions.
 Principal Authors:Mary Easley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1005Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Workforce Incentives Act of 2009, granting a $5,000 tax credit from Dec. 31, 2009, to Dec. 31, 2014, for qualified employees, including engineers and scientists, and a $2,500 tax credit for qualified employees, including technologists, professional service providers and welders. It caps the amount of credits to be issued at $3.5 million per fiscal year. It directs the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to identify who is eligible to claim the credit and requires the department to conduct a study to determine the economic benefit resulting from the credit.
 Principal Authors:Dan Newberry (S)
 Effective Date:01/01/2010Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1010Paraphrase:creates the Oklahoma Surrogate Decision Maker Act. It allows a legal guardian or health care surrogate to make a health care decision for a patient age 18 or older who has not executed or issued an advance directive for health care and has been determined to be incapable of making an informed decision regarding health care. It allows certain individuals to make health care decisions for the individual if there is no legal guardian. It directs the attending physician or health care provider to notify all individuals eligible to serve as health care surrogate of a decision by a surrogate to withhold or withdraw treatment when it will likely result in or hasten the death of the patient. It provides for the distribution of materials describing disagreements about medical treatment. The measure directs the Department of Health to maintain a registry listing the identity and contact information for groups in and out of the state that have voluntarily notified the department that they may consider providing counsel, mediation or advocacy concerning medical treatment issues. The bill also states that a surrogate has the same right as the patient to information relevant to the proposed health care and medical records. It prohibits health care providers who carry out the directions of a surrogate under the Oklahoma Surrogate Decision Maker Act from being subject to a claim based on lack of patient counsel or criminal prosecution or discipline for unprofessional conduct. It allows parties interested in the decision of the surrogate to seek expedited judicial intervention in district court for certain actions.
 Principal Authors:Charlie Laster (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1014Paraphrase:creates the Brandon Burgett Act. It directs the balance of proceeds of sale from any vehicle forfeited, after all expenses and distributions are made, to be deposited in the Drug Abuse Education and Treatment Revolving Funds for use in the treatment and drug testing of indigent substance abusing offenders participating in the Oklahoma Drug Court Act or for substance abuse prevention. It allows persons convicted of two or more offenses of driving under the influence within 10 years to be punished by forfeiture of all vehicles.
 Principal Authors:Harry Coates (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1015Paraphrase:establishes a $6,000 flexible benefit for health insurance purposes only plus $3,000 each for a spouse or child to be made available on a debit card beginning for the plan year ending Dec. 31, 2010, and each plan year thereafter. It directs the Employees Benefits Council to determine annually the amount of the remainder of the flexible benefit allowance for each participant to cover the dental plan, disability plan and basic life insurance plan. It allows a state employee health insurance debit card to be used to pay directly for costs of health care or prescription drugs. If the participant's health costs exceed the amount on the card, the bill directs that the participant be automatically enrolled in a plan offered by the State and Education Employees Insurance Board. It states legislative intent to appropriate money necessary to fund the premiums.
 Principal Authors:Jim Wilson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1024Paraphrase:requires health benefit plans, including the State and Education Employees Group Health Insurance Plan, issued or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2010, to provide coverage for evidence-based and cost-efficient preventative screenings and services for colorectal cancer. It also directs that the third-party reimbursement rate be the existing Medicare or Medicaid rate, whichever is greater.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1025Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Health Insurance High Risk Pool Act.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1026Paraphrase:modifies language related to training schools within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
 Principal Authors:Earl Garrison (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1027Paraphrase:modifies language related to bone marrow donations.
 Principal Authors:Earl Garrison (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1036Paraphrase:creates a task force to study smoking in public places. It stipulates that the task force will look into the laws of other states, the health effects of public smoking, the economic impact of smoking bans on local businesses and make policy recommendations on ways to improve the state's smoking laws. It also stipulates that there shall be eight members who are to receive staff support from the Department of Health.
 Principal Authors:David Myers (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:09/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/22/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1039Paraphrase:exempts a health insurance purchasing group from the requirements of the Small Employer Health Insurance Reform Act.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), Randy McDaniel (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/12/2009Current Status:Bill Failed - Senate
SB1042Paraphrase:expands exemptions under the Home Care Act to include an individual, agency or organization that contracts with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide services under the home and community-based waiver for the elderly or that contract with the Department of Human Services to provide community services to the elderly.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), Gus Blackwell (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1047Paraphrase:creates the Rural Physicians Scholarship Program within the Department of Health. It also transfers all powers, duties, funding allocations, equipment, facilities and other assets and liabilities to the Rural Physicians Scholarship Program within under the department.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1049Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Genetic Counseling Licensure Act.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1050Paraphrase:modifies language related to the Oklahoma Medicaid Program Reform Act of 2003.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1051Paraphrase:modifies language related to the All Kids Act.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1052Paraphrase:modifies language related to prescription drug coverage.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1053Paraphrase:modifies language related to mental health services.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1063Paraphrase:requires that, in addition to other filing requirements, insurers shall file a rate application with the Insurance Commissioner for any proposed increase in health insurance premiums. The bill also requires that insurers submit an actuarial certification at the time of filing. It states that if an insurer does not comply with the filing requirements the Commissioner shall deny the rate increase.
 Principal Authors:Charlie Laster (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1065Paraphrase:makes adjustments to the apportionment of funds from tobacco taxes. Effective Jul. 1 2009, it increases from 7.5 percent 8.89 percent the amount allocated to Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund. It stipulates that 2.5 percent be allocated to various emergency services.
 Principal Authors:Charles Wyrick (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:04/08/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1069Paraphrase:clarifies language related to the Service Warrantee Insurance Act, stating that no person shall provide or offer to provide service warrantees without a license issued by the Insurance Commissioner. It lowers the license fee from $400 to $200. The bill eliminates certain requirements for licensed service warrantee providers, such as requirements to disclose all related business locations and entities, and a requirement to register each separate entity at a cost of $400 per entity. It also modifies certain requirements for establishing and maintaining unearned premium reserve accounts. The bill requires that no warranty seller allow its gross written premiums to exceed a five to one ratio to net assets.
 Principal Authors:Bryce Marlatt (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1075Paraphrase:modifies requirements for review of an offender's eligibility for drug court, reducing to 10 years the span during which the person shall have had no felony conviction for a violent offense. The bill also states that offenders who have not fully paid all costs and fees pursuant to court order but who have otherwise successfully completed the drug court program shall not be counted as an active drug court participant for purposes of drug court contracts or program participant numbers.
 Principal Authors:Brian Crain (S), Daniel Sullivan (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/22/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB1076Paraphrase:authorizes the disclosure of medical and social history in certain adoption cases when a minor is in legal custody of the Department of Human Services without any agreement and without redacting identifying information when the prospective adoptive parent is a kinship or relative caregiver for the minor, or the minor has lived in the prospective adoptive parent's home for two or more years, unless the Department determines redaction of such information is in the best interest of the child. When adoptive parents are receiving adoption assistance benefits for more than one year and the adopted child is of minimum age for compulsory school attendance the department shall verify that the student is either enrolled in school, being educated at home in accordance with the law, in an independent study program or incapable of attending full-time school due to a documented medical condition.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S), Scott Martin (H)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:05/22/2009Current Status:Second CCR Failed - Senate
SB1086Paraphrase:eliminates the requirement that a certified registered nurse anesthetist, order, act under the supervision of a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, podiatric physician or dentist licensed in this state, requiring only that the anesthetist work "in consultation with" a medical doctor, osteopathic physician, podiatric physician or dentist.
 Principal Authors:Bryce Marlatt (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1087Paraphrase:creates a 9 member Emergency Medical Services Board and transfers to it all powers and duties of the Emergency Services Division of the State Department of Health, along with funding allocations and staff from the State Department of Health to the Emergency Medical Services Board. It establishes requirements for membership, conduct of meetings and timing and content of reports. It authorizes the board to promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Emergency Response Systems Development Act.
 Principal Authors:Bryce Marlatt (S)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1098Paraphrase:directs the State Department of Education to develop a model dating violence policy by Dec. 31 2009. It also directs district board of education to establish a specific policy to address incidents of dating violence involving students at school by July 31, 2010. It stipulates that each district policy shall include a statement that dating violence will not be tolerated, reporting procedures for dating violence, guidelines to responding to at school incidents of dating violence and discipline procedures specific to such incidents. It also stipulates that the policy shall be posted in the district policy handbook. It requires each district to provide dating violence training to all administrators, teachers, nurses, and mental health staff at the middle and high school levels. The bill directs each school district to incorporate dating violence education that is age-appropriate into the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12.
 Principal Authors:Constance Johnson (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1110Paraphrase:prohibits prescription records containing patient-identifiable and prescriber-identifiable data information from being licensed, transferred, used or sold by any pharmacy benefits manager, insurance company, electronic transmission intermediary, retail, mail order or Internet pharmacy or other similar entity, for any commercial purpose, except for certain limited purposes.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1145Paraphrase:requires the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision to promulgate rules pertaining to non-laser surgery and injection procedures. The stipulates that the rules shall apply to persons licensed under Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act, except those licensed under the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act, Podiatric Medicine Practice Act, State Dental Act and the Oklahoma Veterinary Practice Act.
 Principal Authors:John Sparks (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1162Paraphrase:prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on any public road or highway of this state while the operator is using any wireless telecommunications device to engage in a call, unless the wireless telecommunications device is a hands-free wireless telephone.
 Principal Authors:Mary Easley (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1177Paraphrase:creates the Massage Therapy Practice Act, which establishes policies and procedures for the licensing of massage therapists.
 Principal Authors:Mary Easley (S)
 Effective Date: / / Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1181Paraphrase:modifies the Oklahoma Pharmacy Act. The bill adds definitions and clarifies certain language. It requires Board of Pharmacy's executive director be someone who is a licensed pharmacist or is eligible to become a licensed pharmacist in the state. It states that standards for hospital drug rooms shall be consistent with the Oklahoma State Department on Health's hospital standards. The bill also clarifies language related to certified registered nurse anesthetists. The bill clarifies language related to the Board of Pharmacy. The bill clarifies language related to reprimands, increasing the maximum fine from $1,000 to $3,000. It also allows the board to impose as part of any disciplinary action the payment of costs expended by the board for legal fees and costs. The bill also allows the board to obtain real property. The bill increases fees of the board. The measure requires every assistant pharmacist to meet the same requirements for pharmacists listed within statute. The bill creates a felony for impersonating a pharmacist and causing patient harm. The bill also prohibits Internet, Web site or online pharmacies from engaging in selling or offering for sale dangerous drugs, medicines, chemicals or poisons or to accept prescriptions for such without first procuring a license from the State Board of Pharmacy, regardless of whether the sale occurs from this state or occurs and is to be delivered, distributed or dispensed in this state. The measure also makes it unlawful to knowingly violate a Board of Pharmacy order or agreed order; compromise the security of licensure examination materials; or fail to notify the board in writing within 10 days of an address change. The bill also clarifies language related to the confidentiality of information collected during investigations. The bill repeals the existing definitions in statute. It also increases to $300 the yearly license fee for optometrist examinations offered by the Board of Examiners in Optometry.
 Principal Authors:Clark Jolley (S), Doug Cox (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:05/26/2009Current Status:Governor Action - Signed
SB1192Paraphrase:establishes a Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training Regional Academy Pilot Program to provide localized, community law enforcement agencies the ability to send law enforcement officers to basic police course training closer to their geographical location, even if those officers are located outside of the jurisdiction of the host regional academy. The bill establishes criteria, policies and procedures for participation in the pilot program.
 Principal Authors:Don Barrington (S), Don Armes (H)
 Effective Date:07/01/2009Emergency:Yes
 Status Date:03/11/2010Current Status:Bill Failed - Senate
SB1200Paraphrase:clarifies language related to Oklahoma Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.
 Principal Authors:Charlie Laster (S)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
 Status Date:02/18/2010Current Status:Failed Deadline
SB1201Paraphrase:grants a rebuttable presumption of custody to a grandparent or grandparents when any custodial parent who is not part of an intact nuclear family grants apparent indefinite custody of a minor child to the grandparent or grandparents with the intent of relinquishing responsibility for said minor child. It states that if such a parent seeks to regain custody, the court, in determining the best interest of the child, shall consider the fact that the parent granted to a grandparent or grandparents apparent indefinite custody of the minor child when making any grant of custody or visitation, with special emphasis on the relationship between the grandparent or grandparents and the minor child.
 Principal Authors:Jay Paul Gumm (S), John Carey (H)
 Effective Date:11/01/2009Emergency:No
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