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An act relating to professions and occupations, the official text

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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 874           By: Hall
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to professions and occupations;

7   transferring certain administration to Service

8   Oklahoma by certain date; providing for the

8   promulgation of rules; directing the Executive

9   Director of Service Oklahoma and Secretary of

9   Licensing and Regulation to make certain

10  determination; requiring certain annual performance

10  report; allowing for adoption, amendment, or

11  rejection of certain recommendations; requiring

11  certain quarterly report; providing for codification;

12  and providing an effective date.

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

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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6021 of Title 59, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19  A. No later than December 31, 2030, the administration of

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20 professional and occupational licensing in this state including, but
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21 not limited to, the licensing of health care providers, behavioral
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22 health providers, and professional occupations, shall be transferred
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23 to Service Oklahoma.
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24  B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

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1   1. Remove, abrogate, reduce, or otherwise affect any power or

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2 duty of a licensing board to establish or enforce licensure
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3 qualifications, examination requirements, or disciplinary standards
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4 or procedures, or to exercise any other power or duty of the
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5 licensing board as provided by law; or
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6   2. Confer to Service Oklahoma any power or duty of a licensing

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7 board provided by law including, but not limited to, those described
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8 in paragraph 1 of this section. The sole function of Service
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9 Oklahoma under the provisions of this section shall be to administer
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10 the issuance of professional and occupational licenses in this
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11 state.
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12  C. Service Oklahoma and all licensing boards covered under this

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13 section may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the
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14 provisions of this section.
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15  D. 1. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma and the

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16 Secretary of Licensing and Regulation shall determine the order in
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17 which professional and occupational licensing services are onboarded
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18 to Service Oklahoma.
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19  2. Beginning no later than July 1, 2026, and to be completed no

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20 later than December 31, 2030, the boards identified by the Executive
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21 Director of Service Oklahoma and the Secretary of Licensing and
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22 Regulation shall transition to Service Oklahoma for the application
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23 and renewal of professional and occupational licenses.
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1   3. Before the third Tuesday of November of each year, Service

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2 Oklahoma shall prepare and submit a detailed annual performance
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3 report and recommendation to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore
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4 of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The
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5 first report shall be due by November 18, 2025. The report shall
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6 include the following:
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7   a. information related to the metrics used for assessing

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8                 customer satisfaction, transaction efficiency, and

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9                 service reliability,

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10  b. analysis of cost-effectiveness and adherence to the

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11                approved budget,

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12  c. information on identified areas for improvement and a

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13                corrective action plan, if necessary, and

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14  d. recommendations for expanding or discontinuing

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15                professional and occupational licensing services

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16                established by this section.

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17  4. Any change in professional and occupational licensing

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18 services established by this section, unless rejected or amended as
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19 provided by this subsection, shall become effective on July 1 of the
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20 following calendar year.
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21  5. If the annual performance report demonstrates that the

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22 established performance metrics have been met or exceeded,
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23 additional boards, commissions, or agencies identified within the
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24 annual report shall transition their professional and occupational
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1 licensing services as recommended by Service Oklahoma, effective on
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2 July 1 of the following calendar year.
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3   6. If the annual performance report demonstrates that the

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4 established performance metrics have not been met, the Legislature
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5 or the Governor may amend or reject the recommendations contained
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6 therein. Any amendment passed by a majority vote of each house of
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7 the Legislature shall become effective as provided by the amendment
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8 unless vetoed by the Governor.
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9   E. Beginning January 1, 2027, Service Oklahoma shall publish

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10 and make available publicly a quarterly report summarizing the
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11 applicable performance metrics, customer feedback, and progress
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12 toward achieving benchmarks established by the Executive Director of
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13 Service Oklahoma and the Secretary of Licensing and Regulation.
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14  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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