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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 14, 2025
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL NO. 1575 By: Lawson, Hefner, and Waldron
of the House
and
Seifried of the Senate
[ public assistance programs - feasibility study -
request for information - report - codification -
effective date –
emergency ]
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 3500 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a feasibility
study on the potential establishment of a unified and streamlined
eligibility and enrollment system for public assistance programs
administered by the state that would promote efficiency,
accessibility, and coordination of services across programs
including, but not limited to:
1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
2. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF ) program;
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3. Child care subsidies;
4. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);
5. The state Medicaid program; and
6. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
B. As part of the feasibility study, the Department shall issue
a request for information on a unified and streamlined el igibility
and enrollment system to gather information about potential vendors
and their capabilities and to ascertain an estimate of the initial
and ongoing costs of the system.
C. The Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority, and the State Department of Health shall coordinate to
conduct the feasibility study.
D. At the conclusion of the feasibility study, the Department
of Human Services shall electronically submit a report to th e
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, and the Governor that summarizes the findings of
the feasibility study including, but not limited to, information
obtained through the request for information required unde r
subsection B of this section and cost estimates of the unified and
streamlined eligibility and enrollment system.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety , an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SER VICES
April 14, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS