HB 2782 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Health Care Authority; Rate Preservation Fund; adding authorized uses of funds; authorization; requiring conditions for return of funds; emergency.

HB 2782 creates a "Rate Preservation Fund" within Oklahoma's Health Care Authority to prevent cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for healthcare providers when the state's federal Medicaid funding percentage decreases. The bill allows the Authority to use fund monies to maintain these rates and permits temporary transfers of up to one-third of the fund's balance to other Medicaid program accounts for cash flow needs - provided the funds are fully repaid to the preservation fund by year-end. This directly affects hospitals, clinics, and other Medicaid providers who rely on stable reimbursement rates. The law also declares an emergency to take immediate effect.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to reflect its status as the House Floor version, removing the 'Committee Substitute' header and adding the 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' designation. The substantive legal content regarding the Rate Preservation Fund, including its purpose, funding mechanisms, and emergency declaration, remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' to indicate the bill has been returned to the full House for final consideration.

The specific listing of the Senate sponsors (Hall and Haste) was removed from the bill header, likely because the text is now being presented solely from the House floor perspective.

A footer note explaining that bold face text denotes committee amendments was added to the page headers.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House May 20, 2025

How they voted

393
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 50
May 22, 2025
D Democratic9
6 Yea 1 Nay 2
66% Yea
R Republican41
33 Yea 2 Nay 6
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
3
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 3
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 14
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
JCR adopted
upper
May 20, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 20, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR adopted
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors