Req. No. 2270 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) SENATE BILL 1379 By: Bergstrom AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to professions and occupations; requiring certain licensing boards to utilize certain web-based platform for applicat ion and renewal of professional licenses; requiring Service Oklahoma to select and host platform; directing execution of certain interagency agreements; providing ce rtain construction; authorizing promulgation of rules; providing for codification; and prov iding an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6021 of Title 59, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. All licensing boards of this state that license health care providers or behavioral health providers including, but not limited to, the following shall utilize the web-based platform described in subsection B of this section for application and renewal of professional licenses : 1. The Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners ; 2. The Board of Chiropractic Examiners ; Req. No. 2270 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3. The Board of Dentistry; 4. The State Board of Pharmacy; 5. The State Board of Medical L icensure and Supervision; 6. The Oklahoma Board of Nursing; 7. The Board of Examiners in Optometry ; 8. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiner s; 9. The State Board of Examiner s of Psychologists; 10. The Board of Examiners for Speech -Language Pathology and Audiology; 11. The Oklahoma Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor s; and 12. The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure . B. Service Oklahoma shall select the singular web -based platform for licensing of health care providers and behavioral health providers in accordance with the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act and shall host the platform on its website. C. Service Oklahoma and a ll licensing boards of this state that license health care providers or behavioral health providers including, but not limited to, those listed in subsection A of this section shall enter into interagency agreements to implement the provisions of this section. D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to: 1. Remove, abrogate, reduce, or otherwise affect any power or duty of a licensing board to establish or enforce licensure Req. No. 2270 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 qualifications, examination requirements , or disciplinary standards or procedures, or to exercise any other power or duty of the licensing board provided by law ; or 2. Confer to Service Oklahoma any power or duty of a licensing board provided by law including, but not limited to, those described in paragraph 1 of this section. The sole function of Service Oklahoma under this section shall be to select and host the web - based platform as provided by s ubsection B of this section. E. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma and all licensing boards covered under this section may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. 59-2-2270 DC 12/15/2023 12:39:26 PM