An act relating to lung cancer screening, the official text

1                              STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 2238                 By: Munson

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6                              AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to lung cancer screening; creating

    the Lung Cancer Screening Program; providing the

8   purpose; directing the State Department of Health to

    promulgate rules; providing for codification; and

9   providing an effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

13  SECTION 1.        NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-580 of Title 63, unless there

15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

16  A. A Lung Cancer Screening Program shall be created within the

17 State Department of Health. The program may provide grants to

18 National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Centers for the

19 purpose of expanding mobile lung cancer screening services. The

20 program may provide funding for assessment, referral, consultation,

21 and screening for lung cancer, including equipment for mobile lung

22 cancer screening.

23  B. The Department may contract with entities to carry out the

24 purposes and functions of the Lung Cancer Screening Program and

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1 shall establish standards and criteria for entities to be eligible

2 to contract with the Department.

3   C. The State Board of Health shall:

4   1. Promulgate rules necessary for the administration of the

5 Lung Cancer Screening Program; and

6   2. Establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of

7 the Lung Cancer Screening Program.

8   D. The Lung Cancer Screening Program shall focus on increasing

9 the lung cancer screening rate for individuals who qualify as "high-

10 risk" per the United State Preventative Services Task Force.

11  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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13  60-1-11084      TJ  12/17/2024

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