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ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDME NT
TO
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 1742 By: Dossett of the Senate
and
Roe of the House
[ health benefit plans - reimbursement -
prescriptions - coverage - codification - effective
date ]
AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthors: Provenzano, Munson,
Ranson, and Deck
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the stricken title, enacting clause, and
entire bill and insert:
"[ health benefit plans - reimbursement -
prescriptions - coverage - codification - 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 6060.3b of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
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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, transdermally , and intravaginally, but excludes
medications that could be used to terminate an existing pregnancy ;
and
2. “Health benefit plan” means a health benefit plan as defined
pursuant to Section 6060.4 of Titl e 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any health benefit plan that is offered, issued, or renewed
on and after the effective date of this act that offers coverage for
contraceptive drugs shall provide c overage 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 sam e drug, regardless
of whether the enrollee was enrolled i n the health benefit plan the
first time that the enrollee obta ined 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 benefit plan from requesting a smaller sup ply
or to prohibit a prescribing provider from prescribing a smaller
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supply if such a prescription is supported by clinical utility and
medical appropriateness.
D. Nothing in this section shal l 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 become effective November 1, 2024."
Passed the House of Representatives the 23rd day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House of
Representatives
Passed the Senate the ____ day of _______ ___, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1742 By: Dossett of the Senate
and
Roe of the House
[ health benefit plans - reimbursement -
prescriptions - coverage - codification - effective
date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 3. 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, reads 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, ho rmonal drugs
administered orally, transdermally , 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 date of this act that offers coverage for
contraceptive drugs shall provide c overage for an enrollee to
obtain:
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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 sam e 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 benefit plan from requesting a smaller supply
or to prohibit a prescribing provider from prescribing a smaller
supply if such a prescription is supported by clinical 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 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Passed the Senate the 7th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives th e ____ day of __________,
2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives