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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 28, 2024
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1742 By: Dossett
[ health benefit plans - reimbursement -
prescriptions - coverage - codification - effective
date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKL AHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6060.3b of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, r eads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Contraceptive drugs” means all drugs approved by the United
States Food and Drug Administration that are used to prevent
pregnancy, including, but not limited to, hormonal drugs
administered orally, transdermal ly, and intravaginally; and
2. “Health benefit plan” means a health benefit plan as defined
pursuant to Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
B. Any health benefit plan that is offered, issued, or renewed
on and after the effective d ate of this act that offers coverage for
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contraceptive drugs shall provide coverage for an enrollee to
obtain:
1. A three-month supply of a contraceptive drug at once the
first time the enrollee obtains the drug; and
2. A twelve-month supply of the contraceptive drug at once each
subsequent time that the enrollee obtains the same drug, regardless
of whether the enrollee was enrolled in the health benefit plan the
first time that the enrollee obtained the drug.
An enrollee may obtain only one twelve-month supply of a covered
prescription drug during each twelve -month period.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an
enrollee of a health benef it plan from requesting a smaller su pply
or to prohibit a prescribin g provider from prescribing a smaller
supply if such a prescription is supported by clini cal utility and
medical appropriateness .
D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
coverage under a health benefit plan for any contraceptive drug that
is not intended for regular or routine use.
SECTION 2. This act shall be come effective Novemb er 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
February 28, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED