Medicaid; creating the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act; requiring coverage and reimbursement of specified services; requiring certain reimbursement methodology. Effective date.

SB 1648, the "Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act," requires Oklahoma Medicaid to cover specific maternal health services for pregnant and postpartum women. It mandates separate reimbursement for prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care (including office visits, lab work, remote monitoring, and gestational diabetes management) instead of bundled payments, and adds coverage for depression screening, self-measured blood pressure monitoring, remote ultrasounds, and doulas/community health workers for home visits. The bill also establishes presumptive eligibility for pregnant applicants to access immediate prenatal care while processing full applications. These changes take effect November 1, 2026, and require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek necessary federal approvals.