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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1837 By: Hefner of the House
and
Frix of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to poor persons; amending 56 O.S.
2021, Section 4001.5, Achieving a Better Life
Experience Program account; adding an exemption; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 56 O.S. 2021, Section 4001.5, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4001.5. A. Account balances and distributions from
savings accounts established pursuant to this act shall be exempt
from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment or any other process
whatsoever and shall be unassignable. In the event of the death of
a beneficiary, the funds from an Achieving a Better Life Experience
(ABLE) account are also exempt from Medicaid recovery liens, claim,
and other reimbursement proceedings filed pursuant to Section 12-
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994.2 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes by the Oklahoma Health
Care Authority.
B. Money and assets residing in an account established pursuant
to this act or residing in an ABL E account established in another
state shall not be considered for purposes of d etermining
eligibility for assistance or benefits or for determining the amount
of assistance or benefits to be received from the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families program or from any other local or
state means-tested public assistance programs.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
02/27/2025 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.