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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 1649 By: Nice
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the state Medicaid program;
7 prohibiting the Oklahoma Health Care Authority from
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8 promulgation of rules; providing for codification;
9 and declaring an emergency.
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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 5072 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. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall not require, as a
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17 condition of participation in the state Medicaid program, a provider
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18 to submit an attestation or other document disclosing whether the
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19 provider performs, refers for, or is affiliated with any entity that
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20 performs abortions including, but not limited to, by requiring such
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21 attestation or document as a condition of:
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22 1. Contracting with the Authority or any contracted entity for
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23 Medicaid services;
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24 2. Receiving payment for Medicaid services; or
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3 B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate
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5 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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6 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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7 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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8 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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