Bill > HB3259

This bill aims to reform health insurance contracts by prohibiting certain restrictive clauses between healthcare providers and "general contracting entities," which are defined as any entity directly contracting with a provider for healthcare services. Specifically, it bans "all-or-nothing clauses" that force a contracting entity to include all of a provider's members or enter into additional contracts with affiliates, "anti-steering clauses" that prevent entities from encouraging patients to use competing providers, "gag clauses" that restrict the disclosure of price or quality information to various parties including patients and government entities, and "most favored nation clauses" that dictate reimbursement rates or require contract renegotiation based on rates with other entities. The bill clarifies that any such clauses in existing or future provider network contracts are void and unenforceable, and it mandates that when a general contracting entity encourages an enrollee, or patient, to use a specific provider, this must be done primarily for the enrollee's benefit. This legislation is set to take effect on November 1, 2026.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb3259&Session=2600