An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 292 By: Stanley of the Senate
and
Roe of the House
An Act relating to sexually transmitted infections;
defining terms; requiring health benefit plans to
cover cost of certain serological tests; amending 63
O.S. 2021, Section 1-515, which relates to tests for
syphilis; modifying required frequency of testing ;
broadening applicability of certain provisions;
updating statutory language; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Sexually transmitted infections
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 6060.4b of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Health benefit plan” has the same meaning as provided by
Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes ; and
2. “Medically necessary” means services or supplies provided by
a health care provider that are:
a. provided for the diagnosis of syphilis,
b. necessary for and appropriate to the diagnosis of
syphilis,
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c. within the generally accepted standards of medical
care in the community, and
d. not solely for the convenience of the insured, the
insured’s family, or the provider.
B. A health benefit plan shall cover the cost of medically
necessary standard serological tests for syphilis required under
Section 1-515 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-515, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-515. A. Every physician, physician assistant, or
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse attending a pregnant woman in
Oklahoma this state during gestation shall, in the case of each
woman so attended, tak e or cause to be taken a sample of blood of
such woman at the time of first examination, and shall submit such
sample to an approved laboratory for a standar d serological test for
syphilis, when indicated by current guidance of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
B. Every other person permitted by law to attend upon pregnant
women in the state but not permitted by law to take blood tests
shall cause a sample of the bloo d of such pregnant wom an to be taken
by a duly licensed physician, physician assistant, or Advanced
Practice Registered Nurse, licensed to practice in the State of
Oklahoma this state, and submitted to an approved laboratory fo r a
standard serological test for syphilis.
C. The term “approved laboratory” shall mean a laboratory
approved for the purposes of this sec tion by the State Commissioner
of Health. A standard serological test for syphilis shall be one
recognized as such by the Commissioner. Such laboratory tests shall
be made, on request, without charge by the State Department of
Health.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the Senate the 22nd day of March, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __