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636 BILL NO. 1310 By: McCortney of the Senate
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1545 An Act relating to state -sponsored employee benefits;
1646 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 5003, which relates to
1747 powers and duties of the Oklahoma Health Care
1848 Authority; directing the Authority to administer
1949 state-sponsored benefits; amending 74 O.S. 2021,
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3261 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAH OMA:
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3462 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 5003, is
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3764 Section 5003. A. The Legislature recognizes that the state is
3865 a major purchaser of health care services, and the increasing costs
3966 of such health care services are posing and will continue to pose a
4067 great financial burden on the state. It is the p olicy of the state
4168 to provide comprehensive health care as an employer to state
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4296 employees and officials and their dependents and to those who are
4397 dependent on the state for necessary medical care. It is imperative
4498 that the state develop effective and effi cient health care delivery
4599 systems and strategies for procuring health care services in order
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51102 B. It is therefore incumbent upon the Legislature to establish
52103 the Oklahoma Health Care Authority whose purpose shall be to:
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54104 1. Purchase state and education employees ’ health care benefits
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57106 2. Study all state-purchased and state-subsidized health care,
58107 alternative health care delivery systems and strategies f or the
59108 procurement of health care services in order to maximize cost
60109 containment in these programs while ensuring access to quality
61110 health care; and
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63111 3. Make recommendations aimed at minimizing the financial
64112 burden which health care poses for the state, it s employees and its
65113 charges, while at the same time allowing the state to provide the
66114 most comprehensive health care possible ; and
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68115 4. Administer the s tate-sponsored health and dental benefits
69116 plans known as HealthChoice and life insurance plans in accorda nce
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71118 Employees Flexible Benefits Act. The Office of Management and
72119 Enterprise Services shall cause the transfer of all necessary
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73147 assets, data, records, and personnel necessary for the
74148 administration of HealthChoice not later than the effective date of
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77150 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1306.2 , is
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80152 Section 1306.2. A. The Director of the Office of Management
81153 and Enterprise Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall submit
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93160 b. assurances that the standards and criteria to be
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95162 input from health care providers representing major
96163 areas of specialty and certified by the boards of the
97164 various American medical specialties, and
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100166 providers may seek reconsideration or appeal of
101167 adverse decisions concern ing requests for medical
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108199 the Office Authority is reasonably accessible to patients and health
109200 care providers five (5) days a week during normal business hours,
110201 such procedures and policies t o include as a requirement a toll -free
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131217 is requested, a copy of the report of the personnel performing
132218 utilization review concerning the rejection shall be mailed by the
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137248 responsible for the patient ’s bill within fifteen (15) days after
138249 receipt of the request for th e report.
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140250 B. The Office Authority shall pay an annual fee to the
141251 Insurance Commissioner of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
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143252 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1306.5, is
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146254 Section 1306.5. A network provider facility or physician
147255 contract, or any par t or section of it, may be amended at any time
148256 during the term of the contract only by mutual written con sent of
149257 duly authorized representatives of the Office of Management and
150258 Enterprise Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the facility
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153260 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1318, is
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156262 Section 1318. No former employee who is reemployed by a
157263 participating entity within twenty -four (24) months after the date
158264 of termination of prev ious employment shall be enrolled in the
159265 Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Plan authorized by
160266 Sections 1301 through 1329.1 of this title, for a greater amount of
161267 life insurance or life benefit than the amount for which the life of
162268 the former employee was insured under the plan at the date of
163269 termination of employment, except upon the former employee
164270 furnishing evidence of insurability, satisfactory to the Office of
165271 Management and Enterprise Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority ,
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166299 and any greater amount of benefit or insurance provided the employee
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169301 SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1321, is
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172303 Section 1321. A. The Office of Management and Enterprise
173304 Services Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall have the authority to
174305 determine all rates and life, dental and health benefits for state-
175306 sponsored plans. All rates shall be compiled in a comprehensive
176307 Schedule of Benefits. The Schedule of Benefits shall b e available
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180309 Management and Enterprise Servi ces Authority. The Office Authority
181310 shall have the authority to annually adjust the rates and b enefits
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184312 B. The premiums for such insurance plans offered for the next
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187314 1. For active employees and their dependents, the Office’s
188315 Authority’s premium determination shall be made no later than the
189316 bid submission date for health maintenance o rganizations set by the
190317 Oklahoma State Employees Benefits Council Oklahoma Employees
191318 Insurance and Benefi ts Board, which shall be set in August no later
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196349 determinations shall be no later than the fourth Friday of
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199351 C. The Office may approve a mid -year adjustment requested by
200352 the Authority provided the need for an adjustment is substant iated
201353 by an actuarial determination or more current experience rating.
202354 The only publication or notice re quirements that shall apply to the
203355 Schedule of Benefits shall be those requirements provided in the
204356 Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and within this section . It is the intent
205357 of the Legislature that the benefits provided not include cosmetic
206358 dental procedures ex cept for certain orthodontic procedures as
207359 adopted by the Director Chief Executive Officer of the Authority .
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209360 SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1371, is
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212362 Section 1371. A. All participants must purchase at least the
213363 basic plan unless, to the extent that it is consistent with federal
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215365 the United States military and has been provided with health
216366 coverage through a federal plan and th at participant provides proof
217367 of that coverage, or the participant has opted out of the state ’s
218368 basic plan according to the provisions in Section 1308. 3 of this
219369 title. On or before January 1 of the plan year beginning July 1,
220370 2001, and July 1 of any plan year beginning after January 1, 2002,
221371 the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board shall design the
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225400 provides adequate coverage to all participants. All benefit plans,
226401 whether offered by the State and Education Employees Group Insurance
227402 Board, a health maintenance organization (HMO) or other vendors,
228403 shall meet the minimum requirement s set by the Board for the basic
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231405 B. The Board shall offer health, disability, life and dental
232406 coverage to all participants and their dependents. For health,
233407 dental, disability and life coverage , the Board shall offer plans at
234408 the basic benefit leve l established by the Board, and in addition,
235409 may offer benefit plans that provide an enhanced level of be nefits.
236410 The Board shall be responsible for determining the plan design and
237411 the benefit price for the plans that they offer it offers.
238412 Effective for the plan year beginning January 1, 2017, and for each
239413 plan year thereafter, in setting health insurance pr emiums for
240414 active employees and for retirees under sixty -five (65) years of
241415 age, the Board shall set the monthly premium for active employees to
242416 be equal to the monthly premium for retirees under sixty -five (65)
243417 years of age; except that the Board may offe r retirees under sixty -
244418 five (65) years of age the opportunity to voluntarily enroll in an
245419 alternative plan of insurance at a rate that is between One H undred
246420 Dollars ($100.00) less than the monthly premium for active employees
247421 and up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) more than the monthly
248422 premium for active employees. Retirees under the age of sixty -five
249423 (65) who enroll in an alternative plan of insuranc e shall retain the
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250451 right to enroll in any other health insurance plan offered by the
251452 Board for which they might be qualified during a subsequent open
252453 enrollment period.
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255455 Board from offering ad ditional medical plans, provided that any
256456 medical plan offered to participants shall meet or exceed the
257457 benefits provided in the medical portion of the basic plan.
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260459 plans, a participant may elect medical coverage by any health
261460 maintenance organization made available to participants by the
262461 Board. The benefit price of any health maintenance organization
263462 shall be determined on a competitive bid basis. Contracts for said
264463 such plans shall not be subje ct to the provisions of The the
265464 Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. The Board shall promulgate rules
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269466 for contracts awarded for flexibl e benefits plans. All plans
270467 offered by health maintena nce organizations meeting the bid
271468 requirements as determined by the Board shall be accepted. The
272469 Board shall have the authority to reject the bid or restrict
273470 enrollment in any health maintenance organization for which the
274471 Board determines the benefit pric e to be excessive. The Board shall
275472 have the authority to reject any plan that does not meet the bid
276473 requirements. All bidders shall submit along with their bid a
277474 notarized, sworn statement as provide d by Section 85.22 of this
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278502 title. Effective for the pl an year beginning January 1, 2007, and
279503 for each plan year thereafter, in setting health insurance premium s
280504 for active employees and for retirees under sixty -five (65) years of
281505 age, HMOs, self-insured organizations and prepaid plans shall set
282506 the monthly premium for active employees to be equal to the monthly
283507 premium for retirees under sixty -five (65) years of age.
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286509 the Board from offering addi tional qualified benefit plans or
287510 currently taxable ben efit plans.
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290512 eligibility requirements for part icipation in the flexible benefits
291513 plan shall make an annual election of benefits under the plan during
292514 an enrollment period to be held prior to the be ginning of each plan
293515 year. The enrollment period dates will be determined annually and
294516 will be announced by the Board, providing; provided, the enrollment
295517 period shall end no later than thirty (30) da ys before the beginning
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299520 for the plan year or the remainder thereof pursuant to s uch
300521 procedures as the Board shall prescribe. Any such employee who
301522 fails to make a proper election under the plan shall, nevertheless,
302523 be a participant in the plan and shall be deemed to have purchased
303524 the default benefits described in this section.
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306553 be required to use in making their ele ctions, and may prescribe
307554 deadlines and other procedure s for filing the elections.
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311555 G. Any participant who, in the first year for which he or she
312556 is eligible to participate in the plan, fails to make a proper
313557 election under the plan in conformance with the procedures set forth
314558 in this section or as prescribed by the Board shall be deemed
315559 automatically to have purchased the default benefits. The default
316560 benefits shall be the same as the basic plan benefits. Any
317561 participant who, after having participated in the plan during the
318562 previous plan year, fails to make a proper election under the plan
319563 in conformance with the procedures set forth in this section or
320564 prescribed by the Board, shall be deemed automatically to have
321565 purchased the same benefits which the participant purchased in the
322566 immediately preceding plan ye ar, except that the participant shall
323567 not be deemed to have elected coverage under the health care
324568 reimbursement account plan or the dependent care reimbursement
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328571 organizations, and other third party third-party insurance vendors
329572 shall provide for a risk adjustment factor for adverse s election
330573 that may occur, as determined by the Board, based on generally
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333602 I. 1. For the plan year ending December 31, 20 04, employees
334603 covered or eligible to be covered under the State and Education
335604 Employees Group Insurance A ct and the State Employees Flexible
336605 Benefits Act who are enrolled in a health maintenance organi zation
337606 offering a network in Oklahoma City, shall have the option of
338607 continuing care with a primary care physician for the remainder of
339608 the plan year if:
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356620 by the health maintenance organization based on the average of the
357621 other fee-for-service contracts of the health maintenance
358622 organization in the local community. The individual shall only be
359623 required to pay the primary care physician those co -payments,
360624 coinsurance and any applicable deductibles in ac cordance with the
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362653 maintenance organization and the provider shall not balance bill the
363654 patient.
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365655 3. Any network offered in Oklahoma City that is terminated
366656 prior to July 1, 2004, shall notify the health maintenance
367657 organization, and Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board by
368658 June 11, 2004, of the network ’s intentions to continue providing
369659 primary care services as described in paragraph 2 of this subsection
370660 offered by the health maintenance o rganization to state and public
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373662 SECTION 7. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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375663 SECTION 8. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
376664 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
377665 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
378666 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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396-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
397-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
398-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
399-By: _________________________________
400-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahom a this _________
401-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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404- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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407-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
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.