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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2238 By: Munson
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to lung cancer screening; creating
the Lung Cancer Screening Program; providing the
purpose; directing the State Departme nt of Health to
promulgate rules; providing for codification; and
providing an 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 1 -580 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
A. A Lung Cancer Screening Program shall be created within the
State Department of Health. The program may provide grants to
National Cancer Inst itute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Centers for the
purpose of expanding mobile lung cancer screening services. The
program may provide funding for assessment, referral, consultation,
and screening for lung cancer, including equipment for mobile lung
cancer screening.
B. The Department may contract with entities to carry out the
purposes and functions of the Lung Cancer Screening Program and
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shall establish standards and criteria for entities to be eligible
to contract with the Department.
C. The State Board o f Health shall:
1. Promulgate rules necessary for the administration of the
Lung Cancer Screening Program; and
2. Establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of
the Lung Cancer Screening Program.
D. The Lung Cancer Screening Program shall f ocus on increasing
the lung cancer screening rate for individuals who qualify as "high-
risk" per the United State Preventative Services Task Force.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11084 TJ 12/17/2024