SB 1096 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

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

SB 1096 requires the Oklahoma Insurance Department to conduct impact analyses on health insurance mandate bills before they can be voted on. It affects health insurers, healthcare providers, and state-funded programs by mandating a review of proposed coverage requirements (like new treatments or administrative rules). The analysis, conducted by a third-party vendor, must evaluate social impact (who is affected and access to care), medical effectiveness, and financial costs (premiums, insurer expenses, market stability). Bills with mandates cannot advance without this attached analysis, effective November 1, 2025.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB1096 (3-24-25) (FRIX) FS FA1.PDF → Floor (Senate) · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill was revised to streamline the legislative process by clarifying committee responsibilities and simplifying the insurance mandate analysis requirements. The changes shift more authority to legislative committees to decide whether an impact analysis is needed, reduce the number of bills automatically selected for review, and update the codification section number.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing automatic selection of bills for analysis and giving committees more discretion to determine if an impact analysis is necessary.

REQUIREMENT

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

Removed the requirement that the Senate President Pro Tempore and House Speaker must select three bills each for mandatory impact analysis.

Added a provision that if a committee majority opposes a bill or denies it a hearing, no impact analysis is required.

Changed the reporting timeline from 'within sixty (60) days from referral' to 'within sixty (60) days' without specifying the referral date.

Added a provision allowing bills to be submitted for analysis after a written request from the committee chair or Majority Floor Leader, even if not initially selected.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'Bureau' to explicitly reference the Legislative Service Bureau and added a definition for 'Legislative actuary'.

TECHNICAL

Removed the effective date section and replaced it with a reference to codification, indicating the effective date may be set separately.

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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