SB 1096 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Health benefit plan legislation; prohibiting certain legislation. Effective date.

SB 1096 requires Oklahoma's Insurance Department to conduct impact analyses for health insurance mandates before they can become law. It mandates that bills proposing new coverage requirements (like specific treatments or providers) or administrative rules (such as prior authorization) must include a detailed report analyzing social, medical, and financial effects. The report must assess impacts on healthcare access, treatment effectiveness, insurance premiums, and state programs, and be attached to the bill before it can be voted on in either legislative chamber. The law takes effect November 1, 2025, applying to all health benefit plans in Oklahoma.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 11, 2025

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SB1096 (3-24-25) (FRIX) FS FA1.PDF → Floor (Senate) · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to streamline the insurance mandate analysis process by clarifying definitions, changing the codification section number from 7601 to 6013, and restructuring the committee referral requirements. The changes simplify the language and adjust procedural rules for how bills impacting health benefit plans are assigned and analyzed by the Insurance Department.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on health benefit plan legislation, but the procedural requirements for committee referrals and analysis have been modified to be more straightforward.

TECHNICAL

Changed the codification section number from 36-7601 to 36-6013 in the Oklahoma Statutes.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'Bureau' to explicitly include the Legislative Service Bureau and clarified the definition of 'Legislative actuary'.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the committee referral and analysis requirements, changing the selection process from the President Pro Tempore and Speaker to committee-based assignment.

Added new subsections clarifying that no impact analysis is needed if a majority of the committee opposes the bill or requests no hearing.

Expanded the Department's authority to contract with third-party vendors and seek input from state agencies for impact analysis.

Added provisions allowing bills to be submitted for analysis following a written request from the committee chair or Majority Floor Leader if not previously analyzed.

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Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors