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An act relating to public health, the official text

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1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

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3 SENATE BILL 1427           By: Hicks
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6                            AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to public health; mandating certain

7   pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing

8   for certain reimbursement; directing the State

8   Department of Health to seek certain funding;

9   directing promulgation of rules; providing for

9   codification; and providing an effective date.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-581 of Title 63, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16  A. Every child in this state shall be screened by his or her

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17 primary health care provider for type 1 diabetes during one routine
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18 visit when the child is five (5) years of age and during one routine
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19 visit when the child is twelve (12) years of age. The provider
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20 shall administer such screening in accordance with accepted medical
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21 practices and rules promulgated by the State Commissioner of Health.
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22  B. The screenings described in subsection A of this section

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23 shall be reimbursable under the state Medicaid program, subject to
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24 receipt of any necessary federal approval.
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1   C. The State Department of Health shall seek grants and other

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2 funding opportunities to support the provision of pediatric
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3 screenings for type 1 diabetes as described in subsection A of this
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5   D. 1. The State Commissioner of Health shall promulgate rules

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6 necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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7   2. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate

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8 rules necessary to implement subsection B of this section.
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9   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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