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1-An Act
2-ENROLLED HOUSE
3-BILL NO. 2322 By: McEntire, Frix, Sims,
4-Sneed, and Roberts (Eric)
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28+STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30+2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32+CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
33+SUBSTITUTE
34+FOR ENGROSSED
35+HOUSE BILL NO. 2322 By: Frix, Sims, Sneed, and
36+Roberts (Eric) of the House
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9- Taylor, Bullard, Pemberton,
10-and Garvin of the Senate
40+ Bullard and Pemberton of
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46+CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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1748 An Act relating to the state Medicaid program;
1849 amending 56 O.S. 2021, Section 4002. 2, as amended by
1950 Section 2 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1337 of the 2nd
2051 Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature , which
2152 relates to definitions used in the Ensuring Access to
2253 Medicaid Act; broadening certain definition; amendi ng
2354 56 O.S. 2021, Section 4002.12, as amended by Section
2455 15 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1337 of the 2nd
2556 Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature , which
2657 relates to reimbursement of providers; requiring
2758 certain reimbursement for phar macist; providing an
2859 effective date; declaring an emergency ; and creating
2960 contingent effectiveness.
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34-SUBJECT: State Medicaid program
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3666 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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3867 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 56 O.S. 2021, Section 4 002.2, as
3968 amended by Section 2 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1337 of the 2nd
4069 Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislat ure, is amended to read as
4170 follows:
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43-Section 4002.2 As used in the Ensuring Access to Me dicaid Act:
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97+Section 4002.2. As used in the Ensuring Access to Me dicaid Act:
4598 1. "Adverse determination" has the same meaning as provided by
46-Section 6475.3 of Tit le 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes; ENR. H. B. NO. 2322 Page 2
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99+Section 6475.3 of Tit le 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
48100 2. "Accountable care organization " means a network of
49101 physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers that provides
50102 coordinated care to Medic aid members;
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52103 3. "Claims denial error rate" means the rate of claims denial s
53104 that are overturned on appeal;
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55105 4. "Capitated contract" means a contract between the Oklahoma
56106 Health Care Authority and a contracted entity for delivery of
57107 services to Medicaid members in which the Authority pays a fixed,
58108 per-member-per-month rate based on actuarial calculations;
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60109 5. "Children's Specialty Plan" means a health care plan that
61110 covers all Medicaid services other than den tal services and is
62111 designed to provide care to:
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64112 a. children in foster care,
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66113 b. former foster care children up to twenty-five (25)
67114 years of age,
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69115 c. juvenile justice involved children, and
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71116 d. children receiving adoption assistance;
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73117 6. "Clean claim" means a properly completed billing form with
74118 Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition or a more recent
75119 edition, the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of
76120 Diseases coding or a more re cent revision, or Healthcare Common
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77147 Procedure Coding Syste m coding where applicable that contains
78148 information specifically required in the Provider Billing and
79149 Procedure Manual of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, as defined
80150 in 42 C.F.R., Section 447.45 (b);
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82151 7. "Commercial plan" means an organization or entity that
83152 undertakes to provide or arrange for the delivery of health care
84153 services to Medicaid members on a prepaid basis and is subject to
85154 all applicable federal a nd state laws and regulations;
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87155 8. "Contracted entity" means an organization or entity that
88156 enters into or will ente r into a capitated contract with the
89157 Oklahoma Health Care Authority for the delivery of services
90158 specified in this act the Ensuring Access to Medicai d Act that will
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159+assume financial risk, operational accountability , and statewide or
92160 regional functionality as defined in this act the Ensuring Access to
93161 Medicaid Act in managing comprehensive health outcomes of Medicaid
94162 members. For purposes of this act the Ensuring Access to Medicai d
95163 Act, the term contracted entit y includes an accountable care
96164 organization, a provider-led entity, a commercial plan, a dental
97165 benefit manager, or any other entity as determined by t he Authority;
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99166 9. "Dental benefit manager" means an entity that handles claims
100167 payment and prior authorizations and coordinates dental care with
101168 participating provider s and Medicaid members;
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103169 10. "Essential community provider" means:
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105170 a. a Federally Qualified Health Center,
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107197 b. a community mental health center,
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115201 f. a long-term care hospital ser ving children (LTCH-C),
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117202 g. a teaching hospital owned, jointly owned, or
118203 affiliated with and designated by the University
119204 Hospitals Authority, University Hospitals Trust,
120205 Oklahoma State Univers ity Medical Authority, or
121206 Oklahoma State University Medical Trus t,
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123207 h. a provider employed by or contracted with, or
124208 otherwise a member of the f aculty practice plan of:
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126209 (1) a public, accredited medical school in this
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129211 (2) a hospital or health care entity directly or
130212 indirectly owned or operated by the Universit y
131213 Hospitals Trust or the Oklahoma State University
132214 Medical Trust,
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137217 j. a comprehensive community addiction recovery center,
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139218 k. a hospital licensed by the State of Oklahoma including
140219 all hospitals participating in the Supplemental
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146249 m. a provider employed by or contracted with a primary
147250 care residency program accredited by the Accreditation
148251 Council for Graduate Medical Education,
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150252 n. any additional Medicaid provider as approved by the
151253 Authority if the provider either offe rs services that
152254 are not available from any other provider within a
153255 reasonable access standard or provides a substantial
154256 share of the total units of a particular service
155257 utilized by Medicaid members within the region during
156258 the last three (3) years, and the combined capacity of
157259 other service providers in the region is insufficient
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162262 p. any provider not otherwise mentioned in this p aragraph
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164264 provider" under 45 C.F.R., Section 156.235;
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166265 11. "Material change" includes, but is not limited to, any
167266 change in overall business operations such as policy, process or
168267 protocol which affects, or can re asonably be expected to affect ,
169268 more than five percent (5%) of enrollees or participating pro viders
170269 of the contracted entity;
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172296 12. "Governing body" means a group of individuals appointed by
173297 the contracted entity who approve policies, operations, pro fit/loss
174298 ratios, executive employment decisio ns, and who have overall
175299 responsibility for the operations of the contracted entity of which
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178301 13. "Local Oklahoma provider organization" means any state
179302 provider association, accountable care organization, Certified
180303 Community Behavioral Health Clinic, Federally Qualified Health
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182305 health system, academ ic medical institution, currently practicing
183306 licensed provider, or other local Oklahoma provider organization as
184307 approved by the Authority;
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186308 14. "Medical necessity" has the same meaning as provided by
187309 rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Health Care Author ity Board;
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189310 15. "Participating provider" means a provider who has a
190311 contract with or is employed by a contracted entity to provide
191312 services to Medicaid members as authorized by this act the Ensuring
192313 Access to Medicaid Act;
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194314 16. "Provider" means a health care or dental provider licensed
195315 or certified in this state or a provider that meets the Authority's
196316 provider enrollment criteria to contract with the Authority as a
197317 SoonerCare provider;
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199318 17. "Provider-led entity" means an organization or entity that
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202346 a. a majority of the entity's ownership is held by
203347 Medicaid providers in this state or is held by an
204348 entity that directly or indirectly owns or is unde r
205349 common ownership with Medicaid providers in thi s
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219359 behavioral health provider , or
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227364 ii. an inpatient or outpatient mental
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233395 (2) represent the providers or facili ties described
234396 in division (1) of this subparagraph including ,
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241401 18. "Statewide" means all counties of this state inclu ding the
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255410 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 56 O.S. 2021, Section 4002.12, as
256411 amended by Section 15 of Enrolled Sen ate Bill No. 1337 of the 2nd
257412 Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, is amended to read as
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260-Section 4002.12 A. Until July 1, 2026, the Oklahoma Health
414+Section 4002.12. A. Until July 1, 2026, the Oklahoma Health
261415 Care Authority shall establish minimum rates of reimbursement from
262416 contracted entities to providers who elect not to enter into value-
263417 based payment arrangements under subsection B of this section or
264418 other alternative payment agreements for health care items and
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265445 services furnished by such providers to enrollees of the state
266446 Medicaid program. Except as provided by subsectio n I of this
267447 section, until July 1, 2026, such reimbursement rates shall be equal
268448 to or greater than:
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270449 1. For an item or service provided by a participating provider
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450+who is in the network of the contracted entity, one hundred percent
272451 (100%) of the reimbursement rate for the applicable service in the
273452 applicable fee schedule of the Authority; or
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276454 provider or a provider who is not in the network of the contracted
277455 entity, ninety percent (90%) of the reimbursement rate for the
278456 applicable service in the applicable fee schedule of the Authority
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281458 B. A contracted entity shall offer value-based payment
282459 arrangements to all providers in its network capable of enter ing
283460 into value-based payment arrange ments. Such arrangements shall be
284461 optional for the provider but shall be tied to r eimbursement
285462 incentives when quality metrics are met . The quality measures used
286463 by a contracted entity to determine reimbursement amount s to
287464 providers in value-based payment arrangements shall align with the
288465 quality measures of the Authority for contracted entities.
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290466 C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec tion, the
291467 Authority shall comply with payment methodologies required by
292468 federal law or regulation for specific types of providers including,
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293495 but not limited to, Federally Qualified Health Cente rs, rural health
294496 clinics, pharmacies, Indian Health Care Provid ers and emergency
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297498 D. A contracted entity shall offer all rural health clinics
298499 (RHCs) contracts that reimburse RHCs using the methodology in place
299500 for each specific RHC prior to Janua ry 1, 2023, including any and
300501 all annual rate updates. The con tracted entity shall comply with
301502 all federal program rules and requirement s, and the transformed
302503 Medicaid delivery system shall not interfere with the program as
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305505 E. The Oklahoma Heal th Care Authority shall e stablish minimum
306506 rates of reimbursemen t from contracted entities to Certified
307507 Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) providers who elect
308508 alternative payment arrangements equal to the prospective payment
309509 system rate under the Me dicaid State Plan.
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311510 F. The Authority shall establish an incenti ve payment under the
312511 Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment Program that is determined by
313512 value-based outcomes for providers other than hospitals.
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315513 G. Psychologist reimbursement shall reflect out comes.
316514 Reimbursement shall not be limited to therapy and shall include but
317515 not be limited to testing and assessment.
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319516 H. Coverage for Medicaid ground transportation service s by
320517 licensed Oklahoma emergency medical services shall be reimbursed at
321518 no less than the published Medicaid rates as set by the Authority.
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322545 All currently published Medicaid Healthcare Common Procedure Coding
323546 System (HCPCS) codes paid by the Authority shal l continue to be paid
324547 by the contracted entity. The contracted entity shall comply with
325548 all reimbursement policies established by the Authority f or the
326549 ambulance providers. Contracted entities shall accept the modifier s
327550 established by the Centers for Med icare and Medicaid Services
328551 currently in use by Medicare at the time of the transpo rt of a
329552 member that is dually eligible for Medicare and Medicai d.
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331553 I. 1. The rate paid to participating pharmacy providers is
332554 independent of subsection A of this section an d shall be the same as
333555 the fee-for-service rate employed by the Authority for th e Medicaid
334556 program as stated in the payment methodology at OAC 317:30 -5-78,
335557 unless the participating pharmacy provider elects to enter into
336558 other alternative payment agreements .
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339560 reimbursement from t he Authority or contracte d entity when providing
340561 a healthcare service to the Medicaid member at a rate no less than
341562 that of other healthc are providers for providing the same service.
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343563 J. The Authority shall specify in the requests for proposals a
344564 reasonable time frame in which a c ontracted entity shall have
345565 entered into a certain percentage , as determined by the Authority,
346566 of value-based contracts with providers.
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348567 K. Capitation rates established by the Oklahoma Health Care
349568 Authority and paid to contracted e ntities under capitated c ontracts
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350595 shall be updated annually and in accordance with 42 C.F.R., Section
351596 438.3. Capitation rates shall be a pproved as actuarially sound as
352597 determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in
353598 accordance with 42 C.F. R., Section 438.4 and the following:
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355599 1. Actuarial calculations must include utiliz ation and
356600 expenditure assumptions consistent with indu stry and local
357601 standards; and
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359602 2. Capitation rates shall be risk -adjusted and shall include a
360603 portion that is at risk f or achievement of quality and outcomes
361604 measures.
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363605 L. The Authority may establish a symmetric risk corridor for
364606 contracted entities.
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366607 M. The Authority shall establish a proce ss for annual recovery
367608 of funds from, or assessment of penalties on, contracted ent ities
368609 that do not meet the medical loss ratio standards stipulated in
369610 Section 4002.5 of this title.
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372-required under subsection G of Section 17 of this act, determine the
373-percentage of health care expenses by each contracted entity on
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612+required under subsection G of Section 17 of this act 4002.13 of
613+this title, determine the perc entage of health care exp enses by each
614+contracted entity on primary care services.
376615 2. Not later than the end of the fourth year of the i nitial
377616 contracting period, each contracted entity shall be currently
378617 spending not less than eleven percent (11%) of its total health care
379618 expenses on primary care services.
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381645 3. The Authority shall monitor the primary care spending of
382646 each contracted entity and require each contracted entity to
383647 maintain the level of spending on primary care services stipulated
384648 in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
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386649 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
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388650 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
389651 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereb y
390652 declared to exist, by reason whereof this a ct shall take effect and
391653 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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393654 SECTION 5. The provisions of this act shall be contingent upon
394655 the enactment of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1337 of the 2nd Session of
395656 the 58th Oklahoma Legislature and shall not become effective as law
396657 otherwise.
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401-Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of May, 2022.
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406- Presiding Officer of the House
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410-Passed the Senate the 20th day of May, 2022.
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419-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
420-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
421-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
422-By: _________________________________
423-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
424-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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427- _________________________________
428- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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430-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
431-Received by the Office of the S ecretary of State this __________
432-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
433-By: _________________________________