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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Le gislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3989 By: Munson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to lung cancer screening; creating
the Lung Cancer Screening Progra m; providing the
purpose; directing the State Department of Health to
promulgate rules; pro viding for codification; and
providing an effecti ve 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 1-580 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A Lung Cancer Screening Program shall be created within the
State Department of Health. The program may provide grants to
National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Centers for the
purpose of expanding mobile lung cancer screening services. The
program may provide funding for assessment, referral, consultation,
and screening for lung cancer, including equipment for m obile lung
cancer screening.
B. The Department may contract with entities to carry out the
purposes and functions of the Lung Cancer Screening Program and
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shall establish standards and criteria for entities to be eligible
to contract with the Department.
C. The State Board of Health shall:
1. Promulgate rules necessary for the administration of the
Lung Cancer Screening Program; and
2. Establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of
the Lung Cancer Screening P rogram.
D. The Lung Cancer Screening Program shall f ocus on increasing
the lung cancer screening rate for individuals who qualify as "high-
risk" per the United State Preventative Services Task Force.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-9334 TJ 01/15/24