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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 833 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to personal injury suits; amending 12
7 O.S. 2021, Section 3009.1, which relates to medical
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8 certain financial obligation; authorizing certain
9 admissible amounts in certain circumstances;
9 prohibiting certain retroactivity; providing for
10 codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 12 O.S. 2021, Section 3009.1, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 3009.1. A. Upon the trial of any civil action arising
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17 from personal injury, the actual amounts paid for any services in
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18 the treatment of the injured party, including doctor bills, hospital
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19 bills, ambulance service bills, drug and other prescription bills,
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20 and similar bills shall be the amounts admissible at trial, not the
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21 amounts billed for such expenses incurred in the treatment of the
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22 party. If, in addition to evidence of payment, a party submits a
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23 signed statement acknowledged by the medical provider or an
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24 authorized representative or sworn testimony that the provider will
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1 accept the amount paid as full payment of the obligations, the
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2 statement or testimony shall be admitted into evidence. The
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3 statement or testimony shall be part of the record as an exhibit but
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4 need not be shown to the jury. If a medical provider has filed a
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5 lien in the case for an amount in excess of the amount paid, then
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6 the bills in excess of the amount paid, but not more than the amount
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7 of the lien, shall be admissible.
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8 B. If no payment has been made, the Medicare reimbursement
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9 rates in effect when the personal injury occurred, not the amounts
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10 billed, shall be admissible if, in addition to evidence of
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11 nonpayment, a party submits a signed statement acknowledged by the
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12 medical provider or an authorized representative or sworn testimony
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13 that the provider will accept payment at the Medicare reimbursement
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14 rate less cost of recovery as provided in Medicare regulations as
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15 full payment of the obligation. The statement or testimony shall be
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16 admitted into evidence and shall be part of the record as an exhibit
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17 but need not be shown to the jury. If a medical provider has filed
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18 a lien in the case for an amount in excess of the Medicare rate,
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19 then the bills in excess of the amount of the Medicare rate, but not
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20 more than the amount of the lien, shall be admissible.
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21 C. If no bills have been paid, or no statement acknowledged by
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22 the medical provider or sworn testimony as provided in subsections A
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23 and B of this section is provided to the opposing party and listed
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24 as an exhibit by the final pretrial hearing, then the amount billed
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1 shall evidence to establish the reasonable value of the treatment
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2 provided to the injured party that shall be admissible at trial
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3 subject to the limitations regarding any lien filed in the case is
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4 limited to the amounts actually necessary to satisfy the financial
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5 obligation for medical services or treatment rendered to the
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6 plaintiff that have been incurred but not yet satisfied. This
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7 evidence may not include any reference to sums that exceed the
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8 amount for which the unpaid charges could be satisfied if submitted
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9 to any health insurance covering the plaintiff or any public or
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10 government-sponsored health care benefit program for which the
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11 injured party is eligible, regardless of whether the incurred but
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12 not yet satisfied charges have been or will be submitted to the
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13 injured party's health insurance or public or government-sponsored
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14 health care benefit program.
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15 D. This section shall apply to civil actions arising from
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16 personal injury filed on or after November 1, 2015.
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17 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3009.2 of Title 12, unless there
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19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. Upon the trial of any civil action arising from personal
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21 injury, evidence admissible to establish the reasonable value of any
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22 necessary future treatment of the injured party not yet incurred,
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23 including doctor or other health care provider bills, attendant care
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24 bills, hospital bills, ambulance service bills, drug and other
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1 prescription or medical equipment bills, bills for materials needed
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2 in providing medical care and treatment for the party, and similar
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3 bills shall be the amounts actually necessary to satisfy the
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4 financial obligation for such treatment. Such evidence may not
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5 include any reference to sums that exceed the amount for which the
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6 financial obligation for future treatment of the injured party not
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7 yet incurred could be satisfied if submitted to any health insurance
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8 covering the injured party or any public or government-sponsored
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9 health care benefit program for which the injured party is eligible.
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10 B. If, at the time of trial, the reimbursement rate allowed by
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11 any health insurance covering the injured party or any public or
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12 government-sponsored health care benefit program for which the
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13 injured party is eligible cannot be determined for any aspect of
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14 necessary future treatment of the injured party not yet incurred,
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15 then the Medicare reimbursement rates in effect at the time of trial
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16 shall be the only amounts admissible at trial to establish the
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17 reasonable value of any such necessary future treatment.
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18 C. If, at the time of trial, the injured party is not covered
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19 by any health insurance and is not eligible for coverage under any
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20 private, public, or government-sponsored health care benefit
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21 program, the Medicare reimbursement rates in effect at the time of
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22 trial shall be the only amounts admissible at trial to establish the
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23 reasonable value of any necessary future treatment of the injured
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1 D. The provisions of this section shall apply to civil actions
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2 arising from personal injury filed on or after the effective date of
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3 this act.
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4 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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