Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1443: Health benefit plans; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining payments for services. Effective date.
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to health benefit plans; defining terms; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining certain payments for certain services; requiring certain payments to be made in certain situations; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Health benefit plans.
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
An Act relating to health benefit plans; defining terms; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining certain payments for certain services; requiring certain payments to be made in certain situations; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Health benefit plans SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7501 of Title 36, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. As used in this act: 1. "Anesthesia services" means the same as defined by the prevailing medical coding and billing standards in the professional medical billing community, including the most recent version of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code books, the Medicare Claims Processing Manual, and American Society of Anesthesiologists guidance; 2. "Base unit" means the value for each anesthesia code that reflects all activities other than anesthesia time including usual preoperative and postoperative visits, the administration of fluids and blood incident to anesthesia care, and monitoring services; 3. "Health benefit plan" means any plan that provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses or disease management incurred as a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness, including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital service contract, or an individual or group evidence …
Sponsors
- Julie Daniels (R, SD-029) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by Governor 05/07/2026
- : Sent to Governor
- : Enrolled, to House
- : Referred for enrollment
- : Signed, returned to Senate
- : Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 17
- : General Order
- : CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
- : Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Insurance
- : Referred to Insurance
Votes
- Third Reading (May 5, 2026): 68 yea, 17 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (April 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Floor Vote (April 7, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third Reading (March 16, 2026): 38 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Senate Business & Insurance Committee (February 12, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Insurance
Common questions
- What is SB1443?
- SB1443 is a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Health benefit plans; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining payments for services. Effective date.
- What does SB1443 do?
- In its own words: An Act relating to health benefit plans; defining terms; requiring certain health benefit plans to consider certain factors when determining certain payments for certain services; requiring certain payments to be made in certain situations; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Health benefit plans.
- What is the status of SB1443?
- Signed into law as of May 11, 2026. Latest action: Approved by Governor 05/07/2026 (May 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1443?
- Julie Daniels (R, SD-029).
- Where is the official record for SB1443?
- On the Oklahoma Legislature website: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1443&Session=2600
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