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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2163 By: Roe of the House
and
Stanley of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
making certain practitioners eligible for
reimbursement; requiring certain contract; providing
conditions for reimbursement; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKL AHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1362.2 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Services provided by practitioners who h ave completed
education requirements to begin an i nternship or a postdoctoral
fellowship in an accredited clinical psychology academic training
program and are under current board approved supervision toward
licensure are eligible for reimbursement.
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B. For those licensure candidates who are actively and
regularly receiving board approved supervision, or extended
supervision by a fully licensed clinician i f board's supervision
requirement is met but the individual is not yet licensed.
C. In order for services provided by clinical psychology
interns completing required internships, postdoctoral fellows
completing required supervision for licensure to be reimbursed, the
following conditions must be met:
1. The licensed practitioner must have a supervision agreement
letter from the Oklahoma State Board of Ex aminers of Psychologist on
file covering the dates of s ervices of the internship or
postdoctoral fellowship;
2. The psychology intern or post doctoral fellow must be under
the direct supervision of the lice nsed psychologist responsible for
the member's care;
3. The licensed psychologist responsible for th e member's care
must:
a. staff the member's cas e with the intern or fellow,
b. actively direct the services ,
c. be available to the i ntern or postdoctoral fellow for
consultation while he or she is providing services,
d. agree with the current plan for the me mber, and
e. confirm that the service provided by the intern or
fellow was appropriate; and
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4. The member's medical record must s how that the requireme nts
for reimbursement were met and the licensed ps ychologist responsible
for the member's care has rev iewed, countersigned, and dated the
notes in the medical record at least every week so that it is
documented that the licensed psych ologist is responsible for the
member's care.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
03/06/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.