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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1583 By: Hicks
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to high deductible health plans;
defining terms; providing for certain prescription
drugs to be covered outside of certai n deductible
requirements; directing rule promulgation; providing
for codification; and providing 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 co dified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6060.19 of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Chronic condition” means a serious health condition which:
a. requires periodic visits no less than twice per
calendar year for treatment by a health care provider ,
b. continues over an extended period of time, or
c. may cause episodic, rather than a continuing period
of, incapacity; and
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2. “High deductible health plan ” means a high deductible health
plan as defined pursuant to Section 7002 of Title 36 of the Okla homa
Statutes.
B. Any high deductible health plan that is offered, issued, or
renewed on or after the effective date of this act shall not subject
prescription drugs used to treat c hronic conditions to the annual
deductible established by the plan.
C. The Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the
Oklahoma Health Care Authority, shall promulgate rules to es tablish
a list of qualifying prescription drugs unde r subsection B of this
section and any other rules necessary to e ffectuate the provisions
of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2025.
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