Workers' compensation; approving certain fee schedule; effective date; emergency.
This bill establishes the "Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Policy Act of 2025," creating a new framework for setting medical fees in workers' compensation cases. It directly affects medical providers treating work-related injuries and injured workers receiving medical care through workers' compensation. The policy will take effect on November 1, 2025, standardizing fee rates for medical services under workers' compensation claims.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 13, 2026
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The document was updated from the House floor version to the Senate floor version, incorporating amendments from the Senate Business and Insurance Committee. The substantive policy content regarding the workers' compensation fee schedule, distribution, and effective date remains unchanged, though the committee report attribution and page headers were modified to reflect the Senate's review.
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The committee report attribution was changed from the 'Committee on Rules' to the 'Committee on Business and Insurance' to reflect the bill's current stage in the legislative process.
Page headers and version labels were updated to indicate the document is now the 'Senate Floor Version' dated April 16, 2026.
Minor formatting adjustments were made to the title block, including the addition of the sponsor's full name and the removal of the original House-specific metadata.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 29, 2026 · House Mar 24, 2026
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 29, 2026
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican41
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 6, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 2
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
SA's read, adopted
lower
Apr 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Introduced
General Order, Amended
upper
Apr 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 94 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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