Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3673 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 04/25/2024

                            An Act 
ENROLLED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 3673 	By: Miller of the House 
 
   and 
 
  Stanley of the Senate 
 
 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to militia; mandating the creati on of 
the Oklahoma Tricare Reserve Select Reimbursement 
Program; defining eligible recipients; clarifying 
applicability; requiring rulemaking ; providing for 
codification; and providing an eff ective date. 
 
 
 
SUBJECT: Militia 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codif ied 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 238 of Title 44, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
 
A.  The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma shall 
create the Oklahoma Tricare Reserve Select Reimbursement Program. 
 
B.  In this section, "eligible recipient" means an individual 
who is: 
 
1.  Eligible for, and currently enrolled in , Tricare Reserve 
Select; 
 
2.  A member of the state military forces as defined in 
paragraph 56 of subsection A of Section 801 of Title 44 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes; 
 
3.  Serving state active duty as defined in paragraph 54 of 
subsection A of Section 801 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes ; 
and 
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4.  On state active duty orders for thirty (30) days or more. 
 
C.  The Department may award grants to a n eligible recipient who 
meets the reimbursement application requirements fo r any of the 
following: 
 
1.  A premium paid for individual coverage through the Tri care 
Reserve Select program; or 
 
2.  A premium paid for any member of the immediate family of an 
eligible recipient covered under the Tricare Reserve Select program. 
 
D.  The Department shall promulgate rules to implement and 
administer the Tricare Premium Reimbu rsement Program established 
under this act. 
 
SECTION 2.  This act shall be come effective November 1, 2024. 
 
 
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Passed the House of Representatives the 7th day of March, 2024. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the 24th day of April, 2024. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
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: _________________________________