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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 927 By: Hicks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the state Medicaid program;
7 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 5030.1, which relates
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8 modifying appointment procedure for certain members;
9 updating statutory language; and providing an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 5030.1, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 5030.1. A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma
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16 Health Care Authority the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board,
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17 which shall be responsible for the development, implementation and
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18 assessment of retrospective and prospective drug utilization
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19 programs under the direction of the Authority.
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20 B. The Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board shall consist of
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21 ten (10) members appointed by the administrator of the Authority as
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1 1. Four physicians, licensed and actively engaged in the
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2 practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine in this state, of
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4 a. three shall be physicians, each of whom is chosen from
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5 a list of not less than six three names submitted by
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6 the Oklahoma State Medical Association, and
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7 b. one shall be a physician chosen from a list of not
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8 less than two names submitted by the Oklahoma
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9 Osteopathic Association;
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10 2. Four licensed pharmacists actively engaged in the practice
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11 of pharmacy, chosen from a list of not less than six names submitted
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12 by the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Pharmacists Association;
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13 3. One person representing the lay community, who shall not be
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14 a physician or a pharmacist, but shall be a health care professional
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15 with recognized knowledge and expertise in at least one of the
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16 following:
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17 a. clinically appropriate prescribing of covered
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18 outpatient drugs,
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19 b. clinically appropriate dispensing and monitoring of
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20 covered outpatient drugs,
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21 c. drug use review, evaluation and intervention, and
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22 d. medical quality assurance; and
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23 4. One person representing the pharmaceutical industry who is a
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24 resident of the State of Oklahoma this state, chosen from a list of
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1 not less than two names submitted by the Pharmaceutical Research and
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2 Manufacturers of America. The member representing the
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3 pharmaceutical industry shall be prohibited from voting on action
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4 items involving drugs or classes of drugs.
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5 C. Members shall serve terms of three (3) years, except that
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6 one physician, one pharmacist and the lay representative shall each
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7 be initially appointed for two-year terms in order to stagger the
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8 terms. In making the appointments, the administrator shall provide,
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9 to the extent possible, for geographic balance in the representation
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10 on the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board. Members may be
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11 reappointed for a period not to exceed three three-year terms and
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12 one partial term. Vacancies on the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review
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13 Board shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term from new
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14 lists submitted by the entity originally submitting the list for the
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16 D. The Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board shall elect from
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17 among its members a chair and a vice-chair vice chair who shall
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18 serve one-year terms, provided they may succeed themselves.
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19 E. The proceedings of all meetings of the Medicaid Drug
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20 Utilization Review Board shall comply with the provisions of the
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21 Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and shall be subject to the provisions of
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22 the Administrative Procedures Act.
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23 F. The Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board may advise and
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1 and emergency rules governing retrospective and prospective drug
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2 utilization programs. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board
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3 shall promulgate rules pursuant to the provisions of the
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4 Administrative Procedures Act for implementation of the provisions
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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