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6 | 36 | BILL NO. 1310 By: McCortney of the Senate | |
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15 | 45 | An Act relating to state -sponsored employee benefits; | |
16 | 46 | amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 5003, which relates to | |
17 | 47 | powers and duties of the Oklahoma Health Care | |
18 | 48 | Authority; directing the Authority to administer | |
19 | 49 | state-sponsored benefits; amending 74 O.S. 2021, | |
20 | 50 | Sections 1306.2, 1306.5, 1318, 1321, and 1371, which | |
21 | 51 | relate to the administration of state -sponsored | |
22 | 52 | plans; conforming language; removing requirement for | |
23 | 53 | certain bid acceptance; updating statutory language; | |
24 | 54 | providing an effective date; and declaring an | |
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30 | - | SUBJECT: State-sponsored employee benefits | |
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32 | 61 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAH OMA: | |
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34 | 62 | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 5003, is | |
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37 | 64 | Section 5003. A. The Legislature recognizes that the state is | |
38 | 65 | a major purchaser of health care services, and the increasing costs | |
39 | 66 | of such health care services are posing and will continue to pose a | |
40 | 67 | great financial burden on the state. It is the p olicy of the state | |
41 | 68 | to provide comprehensive health care as an employer to state | |
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42 | 96 | employees and officials and their dependents and to those who are | |
43 | 97 | dependent on the state for necessary medical care. It is imperative | |
44 | 98 | that the state develop effective and effi cient health care delivery | |
45 | 99 | systems and strategies for procuring health care services in order | |
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48 | 100 | for the state to continue to purchase the most comprehens ive health | |
49 | 101 | care possible. | |
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51 | 102 | B. It is therefore incumbent upon the Legislature to establish | |
52 | 103 | the Oklahoma Health Care Authority whose purpose shall be to: | |
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54 | 104 | 1. Purchase state and education employees ’ health care benefits | |
55 | 105 | and Medicaid benefits; | |
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57 | 106 | 2. Study all state-purchased and state-subsidized health care, | |
58 | 107 | alternative health care delivery systems and strategies f or the | |
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60 | 109 | containment in these programs while ensuring access to quality | |
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63 | 111 | 3. Make recommendations aimed at minimizing the financial | |
64 | 112 | burden which health care poses for the state, it s employees and its | |
65 | 113 | charges, while at the same time allowing the state to provide the | |
66 | 114 | most comprehensive health care possible ; and | |
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68 | 115 | 4. Administer the s tate-sponsored health and dental benefits | |
69 | 116 | plans known as HealthChoice and life insurance plans in accorda nce | |
70 | 117 | with the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act and the State | |
71 | 118 | Employees Flexible Benefits Act. The Office of Management and | |
72 | 119 | Enterprise Services shall cause the transfer of all necessary | |
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73 | 147 | assets, data, records, and personnel necessary for the | |
74 | 148 | administration of HealthChoice not later than the effective date of | |
75 | 149 | this act. | |
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77 | 150 | SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1306.2 , is | |
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80 | 152 | Section 1306.2. A. The Director of the Office of Management | |
81 | 153 | and Enterprise Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall submit | |
82 | 154 | to the Insurance Commissioner the following information regarding | |
83 | 155 | utilization review performe d by employees of the Office Authority: | |
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85 | 156 | 1. A utilization review plan that includes: | |
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87 | 157 | a. an adequate summary description of review standards, | |
88 | 158 | protocol and procedures to be used in evaluating | |
89 | 159 | proposed or delivered hospital and medical care, | |
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93 | 160 | b. assurances that the standards and criteria to be | |
94 | 161 | applied in review determinations are established with | |
95 | 162 | input from health care providers representing major | |
96 | 163 | areas of specialty and certified by the boards of the | |
97 | 164 | various American medical specialties, and | |
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99 | 165 | c. the provisions by which patients or health care | |
100 | 166 | providers may seek reconsideration or appeal of | |
101 | 167 | adverse decisions concern ing requests for medical | |
102 | 168 | evaluation, treatment or procedures; | |
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104 | 169 | 2. The type and qualifications of the personnel either employed | |
105 | 170 | or under contract to per form the utilization review; | |
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107 | 198 | 3. The procedures and policies to ensure that an employee of | |
108 | 199 | the Office Authority is reasonably accessible to patients and health | |
109 | 200 | care providers five (5) days a week during normal business hours, | |
110 | 201 | such procedures and policies t o include as a requirement a toll -free | |
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113 | 203 | 4. The policies and procedures to ensure that all applicable | |
114 | 204 | state and federal laws to protect the confidentiality of individual | |
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117 | 206 | 5. The policies and procedures to verify the identity and | |
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120 | 208 | 6. A copy of the materials designed to inform applicable | |
121 | 209 | patients and health care providers of the requirements of the | |
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124 | 211 | 7. The procedures for receiving and handling complaints by | |
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128 | 214 | 8. Procedures to ensure that after a request for medical | |
129 | 215 | evaluation, treatment, or procedu res has been rejected in whole or | |
130 | 216 | in part and in the event a copy of the report on said such rejection | |
131 | 217 | is requested, a copy of the report of the personnel performing | |
132 | 218 | utilization review concerning the rejection shall be mailed by the | |
133 | 219 | insurer, postage prepai d, to the ill or injured person, the treating | |
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137 | 248 | responsible for the patient ’s bill within fifteen (15) days after | |
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140 | 250 | B. The Office Authority shall pay an annual fee to the | |
141 | 251 | Insurance Commissioner of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). | |
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143 | 252 | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1306.5, is | |
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146 | 254 | Section 1306.5. A network provider facility or physician | |
147 | 255 | contract, or any par t or section of it, may be amended at any time | |
148 | 256 | during the term of the contract only by mutual written con sent of | |
149 | 257 | duly authorized representatives of the Office of Management and | |
150 | 258 | Enterprise Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the facility | |
151 | 259 | or physician. | |
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153 | 260 | SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1318, is | |
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156 | 262 | Section 1318. No former employee who is reemployed by a | |
157 | 263 | participating entity within twenty -four (24) months after the date | |
158 | 264 | of termination of prev ious employment shall be enrolled in the | |
159 | 265 | Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Plan authorized by | |
160 | 266 | Sections 1301 through 1329.1 of this title, for a greater amount of | |
161 | 267 | life insurance or life benefit than the amount for which the life of | |
162 | 268 | the former employee was insured under the plan at the date of | |
163 | 269 | termination of employment, except upon the former employee | |
164 | 270 | furnishing evidence of insurability, satisfactory to the Office of | |
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166 | 299 | and any greater amount of benefit or insurance provided the employee | |
167 | 300 | shall be at the former employee ’s cost. | |
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169 | 301 | SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1321, is | |
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172 | 303 | Section 1321. A. The Office of Management and Enterprise | |
173 | 304 | Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall have the authority to | |
174 | 305 | determine all rates and life, dental and health benefits for state- | |
175 | 306 | sponsored plans. All rates shall be compiled in a comprehensive | |
176 | 307 | Schedule of Benefits. The Schedule of Benefits shall b e available | |
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180 | 309 | Management and Enterprise Servi ces Authority. The Office Authority | |
181 | 310 | shall have the authority to annually adjust the rates and b enefits | |
182 | 311 | based on claim experience. | |
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184 | 312 | B. The premiums for such insurance plans offered for the next | |
185 | 313 | plan year shall be established as follows: | |
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187 | 314 | 1. For active employees and their dependents, the Office’s | |
188 | 315 | Authority’s premium determination shall be made no later than the | |
189 | 316 | bid submission date for health maintenance o rganizations set by the | |
190 | 317 | Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council Oklahoma Employees | |
191 | 318 | Insurance and Benefi ts Board, which shall be set in August no later | |
192 | 319 | than the third Friday of that month; and | |
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194 | 320 | 2. For all other covered members and dependents, the Office’s | |
195 | 321 | Authority’s and the health maintenance organizations ’ premium | |
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196 | 349 | determinations shall be no later than the fourth Friday of | |
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199 | 351 | C. The Office may approve a mid -year adjustment requested by | |
200 | 352 | the Authority provided the need for an adjustment is substant iated | |
201 | 353 | by an actuarial determination or more current experience rating. | |
202 | 354 | The only publication or notice re quirements that shall apply to the | |
203 | 355 | Schedule of Benefits shall be those requirements provided in the | |
204 | 356 | Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and within this section . It is the intent | |
205 | 357 | of the Legislature that the benefits provided not include cosmetic | |
206 | 358 | dental procedures ex cept for certain orthodontic procedures as | |
207 | 359 | adopted by the Director Chief Executive Officer of the Authority . | |
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209 | 360 | SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1371, is | |
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212 | 362 | Section 1371. A. All participants must purchase at least the | |
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215 | 365 | the United States military and has been provided with health | |
216 | 366 | coverage through a federal plan and th at participant provides proof | |
217 | 367 | of that coverage, or the participant has opted out of the state ’s | |
218 | 368 | basic plan according to the provisions in Section 1308. 3 of this | |
219 | 369 | title. On or before January 1 of the plan year beginning July 1, | |
220 | 370 | 2001, and July 1 of any plan year beginning after January 1, 2002, | |
221 | 371 | the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board shall design the | |
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225 | 400 | provides adequate coverage to all participants. All benefit plans, | |
226 | 401 | whether offered by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance | |
227 | 402 | Board, a health maintenance organization (HMO) or other vendors, | |
228 | 403 | shall meet the minimum requirement s set by the Board for the basic | |
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231 | 405 | B. The Board shall offer health, disability, life and dental | |
232 | 406 | coverage to all participants and their dependents. For health, | |
233 | 407 | dental, disability and life coverage , the Board shall offer plans at | |
234 | 408 | the basic benefit leve l established by the Board, and in addition, | |
235 | 409 | may offer benefit plans that provide an enhanced level of be nefits. | |
236 | 410 | The Board shall be responsible for determining the plan design and | |
237 | 411 | the benefit price for the plans that they offer it offers. | |
238 | 412 | Effective for the plan year beginning January 1, 2017, and for each | |
239 | 413 | plan year thereafter, in setting health insurance pr emiums for | |
240 | 414 | active employees and for retirees under sixty -five (65) years of | |
241 | 415 | age, the Board shall set the monthly premium for active employees to | |
242 | 416 | be equal to the monthly premium for retirees under sixty -five (65) | |
243 | 417 | years of age; except that the Board may offe r retirees under sixty - | |
244 | 418 | five (65) years of age the opportunity to voluntarily enroll in an | |
245 | 419 | alternative plan of insurance at a rate that is between One H undred | |
246 | 420 | Dollars ($100.00) less than the monthly premium for active employees | |
247 | 421 | and up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) more than the monthly | |
248 | 422 | premium for active employees. Retirees under the age of sixty -five | |
249 | 423 | (65) who enroll in an alternative plan of insuranc e shall retain the | |
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250 | 451 | right to enroll in any other health insurance plan offered by the | |
251 | 452 | Board for which they might be qualified during a subsequent open | |
252 | 453 | enrollment period. | |
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254 | 454 | Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the | |
255 | 455 | Board from offering ad ditional medical plans, provided that any | |
256 | 456 | medical plan offered to participants shall meet or exceed the | |
257 | 457 | benefits provided in the medical portion of the basic plan. | |
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259 | 458 | C. In lieu of electing any of the pr eceding medical benefit | |
260 | 459 | plans, a participant may elect medical coverage by any health | |
261 | 460 | maintenance organization made available to participants by the | |
262 | 461 | Board. The benefit price of any health maintenance organization | |
263 | 462 | shall be determined on a competitive bid basis. Contracts for said | |
264 | 463 | such plans shall not be subje ct to the provisions of The the | |
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268 | 465 | establishing appropriate competitive bidding criteria and procedures | |
269 | 466 | for contracts awarded for flexibl e benefits plans. All plans | |
270 | 467 | offered by health maintena nce organizations meeting the bid | |
271 | 468 | requirements as determined by the Board shall be accepted. The | |
272 | 469 | Board shall have the authority to reject the bid or restrict | |
273 | 470 | enrollment in any health maintenance organization for which the | |
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276 | 473 | requirements. All bidders shall submit along with their bid a | |
277 | 474 | notarized, sworn statement as provide d by Section 85.22 of this | |
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278 | 502 | title. Effective for the pl an year beginning January 1, 2007, and | |
279 | 503 | for each plan year thereafter, in setting health insurance premium s | |
280 | 504 | for active employees and for retirees under sixty -five (65) years of | |
281 | 505 | age, HMOs, self-insured organizations and prepaid plans shall set | |
282 | 506 | the monthly premium for active employees to be equal to the monthly | |
283 | 507 | premium for retirees under sixty -five (65) years of age. | |
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285 | 508 | D. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting | |
286 | 509 | the Board from offering addi tional qualified benefit plans or | |
287 | 510 | currently taxable ben efit plans. | |
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289 | 511 | E. Each employee of a participating employer who meets the | |
290 | 512 | eligibility requirements for part icipation in the flexible benefits | |
291 | 513 | plan shall make an annual election of benefits under the plan during | |
292 | 514 | an enrollment period to be held prior to the be ginning of each plan | |
293 | 515 | year. The enrollment period dates will be determined annually and | |
294 | 516 | will be announced by the Board, providing; provided, the enrollment | |
295 | 517 | period shall end no later than thirty (30) da ys before the beginning | |
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298 | 519 | Each such employee shall make an irrevocable advance election | |
299 | 520 | for the plan year or the remainder thereof pursuant to s uch | |
300 | 521 | procedures as the Board shall prescribe. Any such employee who | |
301 | 522 | fails to make a proper election under the plan shall, nevertheless, | |
302 | 523 | be a participant in the plan and shall be deemed to have purchased | |
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305 | 552 | F. The Board shall prescribe the forms that participants will | |
306 | 553 | be required to use in making their ele ctions, and may prescribe | |
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311 | 555 | G. Any participant who, in the first year for which he or she | |
312 | 556 | is eligible to participate in the plan, fails to make a proper | |
313 | 557 | election under the plan in conformance with the procedures set forth | |
314 | 558 | in this section or as prescribed by the Board shall be deemed | |
315 | 559 | automatically to have purchased the default benefits. The default | |
316 | 560 | benefits shall be the same as the basic plan benefits. Any | |
317 | 561 | participant who, after having participated in the plan during the | |
318 | 562 | previous plan year, fails to make a proper election under the plan | |
319 | 563 | in conformance with the procedures set forth in this section or | |
320 | 564 | prescribed by the Board, shall be deemed automatically to have | |
321 | 565 | purchased the same benefits which the participant purchased in the | |
322 | 566 | immediately preceding plan ye ar, except that the participant shall | |
323 | 567 | not be deemed to have elected coverage under the health care | |
324 | 568 | reimbursement account plan or the dependent care reimbursement | |
325 | 569 | account plan. | |
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327 | 570 | H. Benefit plan contract s with the Board, health maintenance | |
328 | 571 | organizations, and other third party third-party insurance vendors | |
329 | 572 | shall provide for a risk adjustment factor for adverse s election | |
330 | 573 | that may occur, as determined by the Board, based on generally | |
331 | 574 | accepted actuarial principles. | |
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333 | 602 | I. 1. For the plan year ending December 31, 20 04, employees | |
334 | 603 | covered or eligible to be covered under the State and Education | |
335 | 604 | Employees Group Insurance A ct and the State Employees Flexible | |
336 | 605 | Benefits Act who are enrolled in a health maintenance organi zation | |
337 | 606 | offering a network in Oklahoma City, shall have the option of | |
338 | 607 | continuing care with a primary care physician for the remainder of | |
339 | 608 | the plan year if: | |
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341 | 609 | a. that primary care physician was part of a provider | |
342 | 610 | group that was offered to the individual at enrollment | |
343 | 611 | and later removed from the network of the health | |
344 | 612 | maintenance organization, for reasons other than for | |
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347 | 614 | b. the individual submits a request in w riting to the | |
348 | 615 | health maintenance organization to continue to have | |
349 | 616 | access to the primary care phy sician. | |
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351 | 617 | 2. The primary care physician selected by the individual shall | |
352 | 618 | be required to accept reimbursement for such health care services on | |
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355 | 619 | a fee-for-service basis only. The fee-for-service shall be computed | |
356 | 620 | by the health maintenance organization based on the average of the | |
357 | 621 | other fee-for-service contracts of the health maintenance | |
358 | 622 | organization in the local community. The individual shall only be | |
359 | 623 | required to pay the primary care physician those co -payments, | |
360 | 624 | coinsurance and any applicable deductibles in ac cordance with the | |
361 | 625 | terms of the agreement between the em ployer and the health | |
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362 | 653 | maintenance organization and the provider shall not balance bill the | |
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365 | 655 | 3. Any network offered in Oklahoma City that is terminated | |
366 | 656 | prior to July 1, 2004, shall notify the health maintenance | |
367 | 657 | organization, and Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board by | |
368 | 658 | June 11, 2004, of the network ’s intentions to continue providing | |
369 | 659 | primary care services as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection | |
370 | 660 | offered by the health maintenance o rganization to state and public | |
371 | 661 | employees. | |
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373 | 662 | SECTION 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. | |
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375 | 663 | SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | |
376 | 664 | of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby | |
377 | 665 | declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | |
378 | 666 | be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | |
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382 | - | Passed the Senate the 5th day of March, 2024. | |
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397 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________ | |
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399 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
400 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahom a this _________ | |
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408 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___ | |
409 | - | day of _________________ _, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
410 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
668 | + | COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, dated | |
669 | + | 04/09/2024 - DO PASS. |