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SB 1906 prohibits hospitals in Oklahoma from requiring healthcare workers (including physicians, nurses, students, residents, and interns) to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or other diseases as a condition of employment, contract, or training. It also bans hospitals from discriminating against staff or trainees based on their vaccination status. The bill updates existing school vaccine rules (Section 1210.189) by removing an exception that previously allowed healthcare settings to enforce vaccination requirements. This law directly affects hospital employees, trainees, and healthcare students across Oklahoma. It takes immediate effect due to an emergency declaration.
HB 2148 regulates pain management clinics in Oklahoma that prescribe opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol for chronic nonmalignant pain (pain lasting over 90 days unrelated to cancer). It requires these clinics to register with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, meet ownership standards (51% physician-owned or hospital-run), and avoid staff with revoked DEA licenses or drug-related felony convictions. Clinics failing to comply face registration suspension (up to one year) or revocation, with owners barred from operating new clinics for one year after revocation. The bill directly affects clinics meeting its definition - advertising pain services and prescribing controlled substances to over 50% of non-hospice patients for long-term pain.
HB 2788 transfers specific funds back into Oklahoma's Statewide Recovery Fund from several existing programs. It moves $1.56 million from domestic violence services, $162,668 from food assistance programs, $1.49 million from health workforce initiatives, $2.16 million from rural healthcare, $5 million from medical facilities, $20.5 million from mental health hospital construction, and $3.3 million from water resources projects. All transfers align with recommendations from the Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025, and was enacted without the governor's signature on May 29, 2025.
