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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1709 By: Marti
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to advanced practice registered
nurses; providing definitions; increasing the number
of SoonerCare patients advanced pract ice registered
nurses can provide care for; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 570 of Title 59, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this section:
1. "Advance Practice Registered Nurse" means a licensed
Registered Nurse:
a. who has completed an Advanced Practice Registered
Nursing education program in preparation for one of
four recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
roles,
b. who has passed a national certification examination
recognized by the Board that measures the Advanced
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Practice Registered Nurse role and specialty
competencies and who maintains recertification in the
role and specialty through a national certification
program,
c. who has acquired advanced clinical knowledge and
skills in preparation for provi ding both direct and
indirect care to patients; however, the defining
factor for all Advanced Practice Registered Nurses is
that a significant component of the education and
practice focuses on direct care of individuals,
d. whose practice builds on the co mpetencies of
Registered Nurses by demo nstrating a greater depth and
breadth of knowledge, a greater synthesis of data, and
increased complexity of skills and interventions, and
e. who has obtained a license as an Advance d Practice
Registered Nurse in one of the following roles:
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Certified
Nurse-Midwife, Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Certified
Nurse Practitioner.
2. "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program authorized
by 42 U.S.C., Section 1396a et seq. The program provides medical
benefits for certain low-income persons. It is jointly administered
by the federal and state governments;
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3. "Primary care providers " means a provider under contract
with the Oklahoma Health Care A uthority to provide primary care
services and case ma nagement, including a ll medically-necessary
referrals; and
4. "SoonerCare" means the Medicaid program administ ered by the
Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 570.1 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Advance Practice Registered Nurses may serve as primary care
providers to as many as Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500) SoonerCare
members. The Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority may increase this number at his or her discretion .
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-6677 TJ 01/17/23