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334 BILL NO. 3369 By: McEntire of the House
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1443 An Act relating to state government; amending 74 O.S.
1544 2021, Section 1304.1, which relates to the Oklahoma
1645 Employees Insurance a nd Benefits Act; modifying
1746 certain duties and responsibilities; adding external
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2353 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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2554 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, S ection 1304.1, is
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28-Section 74-1304.1 A. The State and Education Employees Group
56+Section 1304.1 A. The State and Education Employees Group
2957 Insurance Board and the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council
3058 are hereby abolished. Wherever the State and Education Employees
3159 Group Insurance Board and the Oklahoma State Employees Benefits
3260 Council are referenced in law, that reference shall be construed to
3361 mean the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board.
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3562 B. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
3663 Benefits Board.
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3891 C. The chair and vice-chair shall be elected by the Board
3992 members at the first meeting of the Board and shall preside over
4093 meetings of the Board and perform other duties as may be required by
4194 the Board. Upon the resignation or expiration of the term of the
4295 chair or vice-chair, the members shall elect a chair or vice -chair.
4396 The Board shall elect one of its members to serve as secretary.
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4597 D. The Board shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed
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50100 2. Four members shall be appointed by the Governor;
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52101 3. One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma
53102 House of Representatives; and
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55103 4. One member shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore
56104 of the Oklahoma State Senate.
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60106 1. Have demonstrated professional experience in investment or
61107 funds management, public funds management, publ ic or private group
62108 health or pension fund management, or group health insurance
63109 management;
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65110 2. Be licensed to practice la w in this state and have
66111 demonstrated professional experience in commercial matters; or
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68112 3. Be licensed by the Oklahoma Accountancy Board to practice in
69113 this state as a public accountant or a certified public accountant.
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71141 In making appointments that conform to the requirements of this
72142 subsection, at least one but not more than three members shall be
73143 appointed each from paragraphs 2 and 3 of this subsection by the
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76145 F. Each member of the Board shall serve a term of four (4)
77146 years from the date of appointment.
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81148 1. The appointed members shall each receive compensation of
82149 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month. Appointed members who
83150 fail to attend a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board shall not
84151 receive the related compensation;
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86152 2. The appointed members shall be reimbursed for their
87153 expenses, according to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, as are
88154 incurred in the performance of their duties, which shall be paid
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91156 3. In the event an appointed member does not attend at least
92157 seventy-five percent (75%) of the regularly scheduled meetings of
93158 the Board during a calendar year, the appointing authority may
94159 remove the member;
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96160 4. A member may also be removed for any other cause as provided
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99162 5. No Board member shall be individually or personally liable
100163 for any action of the Board; and
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102191 6. Participation on the Board is contingent upon maintaining
103192 all necessary annual training as ma y be required through the Health
104193 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Medicare
105194 contracting requirements or other statutory or regulatory
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108196 H. The Board shall meet as often as necessary to conduct
109197 business but shall meet no less than four times a year, with an
110198 organizational meeting to be held prior to December 1, 2012. The
111199 organizational meeting shall be cal led by the Insurance
112200 Commissioner. A majority of the members of the Board shall
113201 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any
114202 official action of the Board must have a favorable vote by a
115203 majority of the members of the Board present.
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117204 I. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no member
118205 of the Board shall be a lobbyist registered in this state as
119206 provided by law, or be employed directly or indirectly by any firm
120207 or health care provider under contract to the State and Education
121208 Employees Group Insurance Board, the Oklahoma State Employees
122209 Benefits Council, or the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits
123210 Board, or any benefit program under its jurisdiction, for any goods
124211 or services whatsoever. Any physician member of the Board shall not
125212 be subject to the provisions of this subsection.
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127240 J. Any vacancy occurring on the Board shall be filled for the
128241 unexpired term of office in the same manner as provided for in
129242 subsection D of this section.
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131243 K. The Board shall act in accordance with the provisions of the
132244 Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, the Oklahoma Open Records Act and the
133245 Administrative Procedures Act.
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135246 L. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall designate
136247 grievance panel members as shall be necessary. The members of the
137248 grievance panel shall consist of two attorneys licensed to practice
138249 law in this state and one state -licensed health care professional or
139250 health care administrator who has at least three (3) years practical
140251 experience, has had or has admitting privileges to a hospital i n
141252 this state, has a working knowledge of prescription medication, or
142253 has worked in an administrative capacity at some point in their his
143254 or her career. The state health care professional shall be
144255 appointed by the Governor. At the Governor 's discretion, one or
145256 more qualified individuals may also be appointed as an alternate to
146257 serve on the grievance panel in the event the Gov ernor's primary
147258 appointee becomes unable to serve.
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149259 M. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have
150260 the following duties, responsibilities and authority with respect to
151261 the administration of the flexible benefits plan authorized pursuant
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154290 1. To construe and interpret the plan, and decide all questions
155291 of eligibility in accordance with the Oklahoma State Employees
156292 Benefits Act and 26 U.S.C.A., Section 1 et seq.;
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158293 2. To select those benefits which s hall be made available to
159294 participants under the plan, according to the Oklahoma State
160295 Employees Benefits Act, and other applicable l aws and rules;
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162296 3. To prescribe procedures to be followed by participants in
163297 making elections and filing claims under the p lan;
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165298 4. Beginning with the plan year which begins on January 1,
166299 2013, to select and contract with one or more providers to offer a
167300 group TRICARE Supplement product to eligible employees who are
168301 eligible TRICARE beneficiaries. Any membership dues required to
169302 participate in a group TRICARE Supplement product offered pursuant
170303 to this paragraph shall be paid by the employee. As used in t his
171304 paragraph, "TRICARE" means the Department of Defense health care
172305 program for active duty and retired service members an d their
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176308 explaining the plan to participating employers and participants.
177309 Health Maintenance Organizations or other third -party insurance
178310 vendors may be directly or indirectly involved i n the distribution
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180312 and state employee participants subject to the following condition:
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181340 the Board shall verify all marketing and communications information
182341 for factual accuracy prior to di stribution;
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184342 6. To receive from participating employers and participants
185343 such information as shall be necessary for the proper administration
186344 of the plan, and any of the benefits offered thereunder;
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188345 7. To furnish the participating employers and participan ts such
189346 annual reports with respect to the administration of the plan as are
190347 reasonable and appropriate;
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192348 8. To keep reports of benef it elections, claims and
193349 disbursements for claims under the plan;
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195350 9. To negotiate for best and final offer through competi tive
196351 negotiation with the assistance and through the purchasing
197352 procedures adopted by the Office of Management and Enterprise
198353 Services and contract with federally qualified health maintenance
199354 organizations under the provisions of 42 U.S.C., Section 300e et
200355 seq., or with Health Maintenance Organizations granted a certificate
201356 of authority by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to the Heal th
202357 Maintenance Reform Act of 2003 for consideration by participants as
203358 an alternative to the health plans offered by the Ok lahoma Employees
204359 Insurance and Benefits Board, and to transfer to the health
205360 maintenance organizations such funds as may be approved for a
206361 participant electing health maintenance organization alternative
207362 services. The Board may also select and contract wi th a vendor to
208363 offer a point-of-service plan. An HMO may offer coverage through a
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209391 point-of-service plan, subject to the guidelines e stablished by the
210392 Board. However, if the Board chooses to offer a point -of-service
211393 plan, then a vendor that offers both an HMO plan and a point -of-
212394 service plan may choose to offer only its point -of-service plan in
213395 lieu of offering its HMO plan. The Board may, however, renegotiate
214396 rates with successful bidders after contracts have been awarded if
215397 there is an extraordinary cir cumstance. An extraordinary
216398 circumstance shall be limited to insolvency of a participating
217399 health maintenance organization or point -of-service plan,
218400 dissolution of a participating health maintenance organization or
219401 point-of-service plan or withdrawal of a nother participating health
220402 maintenance organization or point -of-service plan at any time during
221403 the calendar year. Nothing in this section of law shall be
222404 construed to permit either party to unilaterally alter the terms of
223405 the contract;
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225406 10. To retain as confidential information the initial Request
226407 For Proposal offers as well as any subsequent bid offers made by the
227408 health plans prior to final contract awards as a part of the best
228409 and final offer negotiations process for the benefit plan;
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230410 11. To promulgate administrative rules for the competitive
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234413 enrollment and claims data as is determined by the Board. The Board
235414 shall be authorized to retain as confidential any proprietary
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236442 information submitted in response to the Board 's Request For
237443 Proposal. Provided, however, that any such information requested by
238444 the Board from the vendors shall only be subject to the
239445 confidentiality provision of this paragraph if it is clearly
240446 designated in the Request For Proposal as being protected under this
241447 provision. All requested information lacking such a designation in
242448 the Request For Proposal shall be subject to Section 24A.1 et seq.
243449 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. From health maintenance
244450 organizations, data provided shall include the current Health Plan
245451 Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS);
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247452 13. To authorize the p urchase of any insurance deemed necessary
248453 for providing benefits under the plan including indemnity dental
249454 plans, provided that the only indemnity health plan selected by the
250455 Board shall be the indemnity plan offered by the Board, and to
251456 transfer to the Board such funds as may be approved for a
252457 participant electing a benefit plan offered by the Board. All
253458 indemnity dental pla ns shall meet or exceed the following
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281500 c. they shall provide an annual benefit of not less than
282501 One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for all
283502 services other than orthodontic services, and a
284503 lifetime benefit of not less than One Thousand Five
285504 Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for orthodontic services;
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288506 in Section 1701 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title;
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294510 16. To accept, modify or reject elections under the plan in
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303544 physicians and dentists. Unless the Board has otherwise contracted
304545 with the out-of-state health care provider, the Board shall
305546 reimburse for medical services and treatment rendered and charged by
306547 an out-of-state health care provider at least at the same percentage
307548 level as the network percentage level of the fee schedule
308549 established by the Oklahoma Emplo yees Insurance and Benefits Board
309550 if the insured employee was referred to the out -of-state health care
310551 provider by a physic ian or it was an emergency situation and the
311552 out-of-state provider was the closest in proximity to the place of
312553 residence of the employee which offers the type of health care
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314555 providers shall include, but not be limited to, physicians,
315556 dentists, hospitals and special care facilities;
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318558 connection with any PPO or hospital or medical network plan which
319559 shall include, but not be limited to, s pecial care facilities and
320560 hospitals outside the borders of the State of Oklahoma. The
321561 contract for out-of-state providers shall be identical to the in -
322562 state provider contracts. The Board may negotiate for discounts
323563 from billed charges when the out -of-state provider is not a network
324564 provider and the member sought services in an emergency situation,
325565 when the services were not otherwise available in the State of
326566 Oklahoma or when the Administrator appointed by the Board approved
327567 the service as an exceptional circumstance;
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329595 20. To create the establishment of a grievance procedure by
330596 which a three-member grievance panel external appeals procedures for
331597 complaints by insured employees in the two following manners :
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333598 a. independent review organizations, accredited b y a
334599 national accrediting body, shall act as an appeals
335600 body bodies for complaints by insured employees
336601 regarding the allowance and pa yment of claims,
337602 eligibility, and other matters. Except for grievances
338603 settled to the satisfaction of both parties prior t o a
339604 hearing, any person who requests in writing a hearing
340605 before the grievance panel shall receive a hearing
341606 before the panel. adverse benefit determinations based
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347610 surprise billing and cost-sharing protections set
348611 forth in Sections 2799A-1 and 2799A-2 of the
349612 Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. 201 et
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356617 regarding all other issues.
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358645 The grievance procedure appeals procedures provided by this
359646 paragraph shall be the exclusive remedy remedies available to
360647 insured employees having complaints against the insurer. Such
361648 grievance procedure The appeals procedures of the three -member
362649 grievance panel shall be subject to the Oklahoma Administrative
363650 Procedures Act, including provisions the reof for review of agency
364651 decisions by the district court. The grievance panel shall schedule
365-a hearing regarding the allowance and payment of claims,
366-eligibility and other matters within sixty (60) days from the date
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368-the panel orders a continuance for good cause shown. Upon written
369-request by the insured employee to the grievance panel and rec eived
370-not less than ten (10) days before the hearing date, the grievance
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653+and other matters within sixty (60) days from the date the grievance
654+panel receives a written request for a hearing unless the panel
655+orders a continuance for good cause shown. Upon written request by
656+the insured employee to the grievance panel and received not less
657+than ten (10) days before the hearing date, the grievance panel
658+shall cause a full stenographic record of the proceedings to be made
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375660 21. To intercept monies owing to plan participants from other
376661 state agencies, when those participants in turn owe money to the
377662 Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and to ensure that the
378663 participants are afforded due process of law.
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380664 N. Except for a breach of fiduciary obligation, a Board member
381665 shall not be individually or personally responsible for any action
382666 of the Board.
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384667 O. The Board shall operate in an advisory capacity to the
385668 Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
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387696 P. The members of th e Board shall not accept gifts or
388697 gratuities from an individual organization with a value in excess of
389698 Ten Dollars ($10.00) per year. The provisions of this section shall
390699 not be construed to prevent the members of the Board from attending
391700 educational seminars, conferences, meetings or similar functions.
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393701 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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395-Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2024.
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413-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
414-Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
415-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
416-By: _________________________________
417-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
418-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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422- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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424-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
425-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
426-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
427-By: _________________________________
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702+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT AND INSURANCE
703+April 2, 2024 - DO PASS