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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3573 By: Pae
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to cancer screening; requiring
insurance coverage for certain cancer screening;
providing coverage for certain members; specifying
terms of coverage; providing for codifica tion; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF T HE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6060.8b of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Fighting Chance
for Firefighters Act ".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6060.8c of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A plan offered by the Employees Group Insurance Division of
the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, that is offered,
issued, or renewed in this state on or after the effective date of
this act, which provides medical and surgical benefits, shall
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provide coverage for annual comprehensive cancer screenings for
lung, prostate, testicular, skin, colon, and breast cancer.
Coverage shall be offered to all members , as defined in Section
49-100.1 of Title 11 in the Oklahoma Statutes , including volunteers,
of fire departments as defined in:
1. Title 11 of the Oklahoma Stat utes;
2. Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statute s; and
3. Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Coverage under this section shall not be subject to any
annual deductible, copay ments, or coinsurance limits as established
for all covered benefits under the health benefit plan.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9832 TJ 01/15/24