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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 441 By: Coleman
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the state Medicaid program;
7 requiring certain coverage of chiropractic care;
8 prohibiting certain exclusion from coverage;
8 preventing certain prior authorization requirement;
9 directing promulgation of rules; requiring Oklahoma
9 Health Care Authority to seek necessary federal
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1 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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1 5 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5029.2 of Title 63, unless there
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1 6 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. The state Medicaid program shall cover chiropractic care
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1 8 performed by licensed chiropractic physicians when such services are
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1 9 medically necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of illness or
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2 0 injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member.
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21 B. The state Medicaid program shall not exclude members from
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2 2 coverage under this section on the basis of age.
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23 C. No prior authorization shall be required for a member to
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2 4 receive medically necessary chiropractic care.
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1 D. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate
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2 rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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3 E. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall seek any federal
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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6 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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8 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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9 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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