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This bill establishes a new process for reviewing proposed legislative mandates that impact health benefit plans in Oklahoma. The legislation defines key terms like "mandate" (which includes bills that provide, expand, or modify health care coverage or related administrative processes) and creates a formal analysis procedure. When a legislative committee votes to advance a health care mandate bill, the Legislative Service Bureau must submit the bill to the Insurance Department for a comprehensive impact analysis. This analysis must be completed within 60 days and include evaluations of social impact (such as public health significance and demographic effects), medical efficacy (reviewing scientific evidence and expert input), and financial implications (examining potential premium changes, cost impacts on insurers and providers, and insurance market stability). The Department may contract with third-party experts to help complete the analysis and can consult other state agencies. The bill limits the number of mandate reviews to five per fiscal year and requires the analysis to be electronically distributed to the bill's author and relevant committee chairs, with the report to be published on the legislative website. Importantly, no bill providing a health care mandate can advance without first undergoing this impact analysis, with some limited exceptions. The legislation will take effect on November 1, 2025.

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