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	28	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	30	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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33	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
34	33		FOR ENGROSSED
35		-	HOUSE BILL ~~NO.~~ 1575 By: Lawson, Hefner, and Waldron
	34	+	HOUSE BILL 1575 By: Lawson, Hefner, and Waldron
36	35		of the House
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45	46		[ public assistance programs - feasibility study -
46	47		request for information - report - codification -
47	48		effective date –
48	49		emergency ]
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53	54		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	55		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
55	56		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3500 of Title 56, unless there
56	57		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follow s:
57	58		A. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a feasibility
58	59		study on the potential establishment of a unified and streamlined
59	60		eligibility and enrollment system for public assistance programs
60	61		administered by the state that would promote efficiency,
61	62		accessibility, and coordination of services across programs
62	63		including, but not limited to:
63	64		1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP);
64		-	2. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF ) program;
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	91	+	2. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program;
92	92		3. Child care subsidies;
93	93		4. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP);
94	94		5. The state Medicaid program; and
95	95		6. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
96	96		B. As part of the feasibility study, the Department shall issue
97	97		a request for information on a unified and streamlined eligib ility
98	98		and enrollment system to gather information about potential vendors
99	99		and their capabilities and to ascertain an estimate of the initial
100	100		and ongoing costs of the system.
101	101		C. The Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma Health Care
102	102		Authority, and the State Department of Health shall coordinate to
103	103		conduct the feasibility study.
104	104		D. At the conclusion of the feasibility study, the Department
105	105		of Human Services shall electronically submit a report to the
106	106		President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of t he House of
107	107		Representatives, and the Governor that summarizes the findings of
108	108		the feasibility study including, but not limited to, informatio n
109	109		obtained through the request for information required under
110	110		subsection B of this section and cost estimates of t he unified and
111	111		streamlined eligibility and enrollment system.
112	112		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
113	113		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
114	114		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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142	141		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
143	142		be in full force from and after its passage and appr oval.
144		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SER VICES~~
145		-	~~April~~ 14, 2025 ~~- DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS~~
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