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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2014 By: Ranson
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
[ Medicaid coverage - Oklahoma Health Care Authority
- women – pregnancy - poverty rate – codification -
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 1011.20 of Title 56, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall seek waivers, and
other federal approvals, that modify the state plan to allow
Medicaid coverage of women for twelve (12) months after the end of a
pregnancy.
B. If either a woman for the duration of her pregnancy and for
the postpartum period consisting of the twelve-month period
beginning on the last day of her pregnancy , or a child under one (1)
year of age, is living in a family that has an income that is at or
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below two hundred five percent (205%) of the most current federal
poverty level, such individual is automatically qualified for
Medicaid eligibility.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-7959 JM 03/03/23