Req. No. 11156 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) HOUSE BILL 2834 By: Burns AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to Medicaid; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to expand coverage for Medicaid services or programs; providing for codification; providing an effective date ; and declaring an 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 Sectio n 4020 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall expand Medicaid coverage for Medicaid services or programs for in-home physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech the rapy to ninety-six percent (96%) of what Medicare coverage pays. 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 Req. No. 11156 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall t ake effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 60-1-11156 TJ 01/16/25