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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 1479 By: Fugate
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to health insurance; amending 36 O.S.
2021, Section 3634.3, which relates to health
8 insurance plan providing prescription drug coverage;
requiring insurance notification of prescription drug
9 coverage; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 3634.3, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 Section 3634.3. A. A health insurance plan or policy or health
16 maintenance organization providing prescription drugs as a covered
17 benefit shall provide a pharmacy or group of pharmacies with the
18 right to bid on a periodic basis, but not less than every three (3)
19 years, on any pharmacy contract to provide pharmacy services,
20 including, but not limited to, prescription drugs.
21 B. A health insurance plan or policy or health maintenance
22 organization providing prescription drugs as a covered benefit shall
23 notify its customers in writing at least thirty (30) days in advance
24 of renewal of the insured's insurance premium if the health
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1 insurance plan or policy or health maintenance organization is no
2 longer providing coverage for a medication that was prescribed or
3 purchased in the past year by the insured.
4 C. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to preclude a
5 health insurance plan or policy or health maintenance organization
6 from establishing an open pharmacy network for the provision of
7 pharmacy services, including, but not limited to, prescription
8 drugs.
9 C. D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a
10 health insurance plan or policy or health maintenance organization
11 that maintains an open pharmacy network.
12 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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