Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB2969: Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; immigration status attestation; application; illegal aliens; federal authority; effective date.
Status: In committee, February 10, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to Medicaid; mandating the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to include an immigration status attestation on every application; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to refer illegal aliens to the appropriate federal authority; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, January 5, 2026:
An Act relating to Medicaid; mandating the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to include an immigration status attestation on every application; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to refer illegal aliens to the appropriate federal authority; 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 4030 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall include an immigration status attestation on every application when hospitals or other health care providers are making presumptive eligibility determinations for providing Medicaid or SoonerCare. The attestation shall be a self-certification under penalty of perjury, subject to post-enrollment verification. No hospital or health care Req. No. 14160 Page prov ider shall be subject to civil or administrative liability for good-faith reliance on an applicant's attestation. B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall, where required by federal law, provide information to appropriate federal authority all illegal aliens applying for Medicaid or SoonerCare. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026. 60-2-14160 TJ 12/22/25 Req. No. 14160 Page
Sponsors
- Neil Hays (R, HD-013) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to Rules
- : Withdrawn from Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
- : Withdrawn from Public Health Committee
- : Referred to Public Health
- : Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- : Authored by Representative Hays
- : First Reading
Subjects: Health Care, Immigration
Common questions
- What is HB2969?
- HB2969 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; immigration status attestation; application; illegal aliens; federal authority; effective date.
- What does HB2969 do?
- In its own words: An Act relating to Medicaid; mandating the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to include an immigration status attestation on every application; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to refer illegal aliens to the appropriate federal authority; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
- What is the status of HB2969?
- In committee as of February 10, 2026. Latest action: Referred to Rules (February 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2969?
- Neil Hays (R, HD-013).
- Where is the official record for HB2969?
- On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB2969&Session=2600
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