Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB1161: Insurance; health benefit plans; insurance committees; impact analysis; Legislative Service Bureau; Oklahoma Insurance Department; report; effective date.
Status: In committee, April 1, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to insurance; defining terms; directing that legislation containing mandates impacting health benefit plans be submitted to the Insurance Department by the Legislative Service Bureau; directing Department to return report within certain time frame; providing required contents of report; permitting contracting with third party; permitting Department to seek input from state agencies; limiting number of submissions; requiring written permission; directing Bureau to provide copy of report; directing report be made publicly available; providing for codification…
From the engrossed text, February 10, 2026:
An Act relating to insurance; defining terms; directing that legislation containing mandates impacting health benefit plans be submitted to the Insurance Department by the Legislative Service Bureau; directing Department to return report within certain time frame; providing required contents of report; permitting contracting with third party; permitting Department to seek input from state agencies; limiting number of submissions; requiring written permission; directing Bureau to provide copy of report; directing report be made publicly available; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8000 of Title 36, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this act: 1. "Bureau" means the Legislative Service Bureau as established in Section 450.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; ENGR. H. B. NO. 1161 Page 2. "Department" means the Oklahoma Insurance Department as established in Section 301 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 3. "Health benefit plan" means a health benefit plan as defined pursuant to Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 4. "Mandate" means any requirement proposed in legislation or regulation that obligates health benefit plans to: a. provide, offer, or expand coverage …