Health care providers; requiring certain continuing education; requiring specified mental health screening. Effective date.
SB 670 requires certain health care providers to complete specific continuing education, including mandated mental health screening training. This bill directly affects licensed health care professionals who must fulfill this education requirement as part of their ongoing professional development. The key provision establishes a new continuing education component focused on identifying and addressing mental health concerns, integrated into existing provider training standards. The bill is currently under consideration in the Health and Human Services committee.
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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This bill was amended from its original introduction to a floor substitute version, primarily reorganizing the document structure and updating formatting. The substantive policy content regarding physician license renewals, continuing medical education requirements, and mental health screening mandates remains substantially unchanged, though some minor wording adjustments were made to improve clarity and consistency.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same - it applies to physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses in Oklahoma, requiring mental health screening during patient visits and updating continuing education requirements for license renewals.
TECHNICAL
Document formatting and page numbering were updated from original introduction format to floor substitute format with new requirement numbers.
Reorganized bill structure from original introduction format to floor substitute format with updated header information and page references.
REQUIREMENT
Minor wording changes to Section 1 regarding continuing medical education requirements, adding clarification that pain management or opioid education is required unless the licensee does not hold a valid DEA registration number.
Added new Section 2 requiring physicians to provide evidence-based mental health screening instruments to patients during routine primary care visits at least once annually.
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Committee
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Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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