Office of Disability Concerns - State of Oklahoma
Legislative Bills Touching the Disability Community of the First Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature
The First Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature convened Monday February 2, 2009. The following House and Senate bills concern disability either directly or indirectly. If you would like to access the introduced version of the bill, click on the underlined bill. (Keep in mind that introduced bills may change as the legislative session progresses.) We will track these bills through the various deadlines of the legislative session. The Oklahoma Legislature will adjourn Friday, May 29, 2009.
House Bills
Number |
Date |
Description |
Author |
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2/2/2009 |
Handicapped parking; requiring certain language be displayed on signage for physically disabled reserved parking spaces; effective date. Approved by Governor April 14, 2009. |
Wesselhoft(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
State government; Oklahoma Sunset Law; clarifying language; effective date. Referred to House Administrative Rules Sub-Committee February 3, 2009. |
Wright(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Sunset; re-creating the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Advisory Board. Approved by Governor April 13, 2009. |
Wright(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Sunset; re-creating certain entities; modifying list of statutory entities subject to re-creation. Approved by Governor April 13, 2009. |
Wright(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Cities and towns; modifying the list of codes a municipality may adopt; effective date. Approved by Governor April 22, 2009. |
Murphey | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; expanding certain exemption; effective date. Referred to House Appropriations Committee February 3, 2009. |
Jordan(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; exempting firearms and ammunition from sales tax; effective date; emergency. Referred to House Appropriations February 3, 2009. |
Proctor(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Mental health; creating the Protection Against Sexual Exploitation By Mental Health Services Provider Act; codification; effective date. Referred to House Appropriations Committee February 16, 2009. |
Carey(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Motor vehicles; deleting certain time limitations for restricted, original and renewal driver licenses; effective date. Approved by Governor April 22, 2009. |
Sears(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Court procedure; modifying persons required to pay fee to the Lengthy Trial Fund; noncodification; effective date; emergency. Died in conference May 27, 2009 |
Sherrer(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act; requiring development of certain consumer guide; effective date. Approved by Governor April 20, 2009. |
Faught(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Mental health; requiring drug and alcohol screening test at time of initial assessment; effective date. Approved by Governor May 22, 2009. |
Faught(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Professions and occupations; modifying disciplinary procedures for certain licensed persons; effective date. Approved by Governor May 21, 2009. |
Tibbs(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; Oklahoma Access to Health Care Act; codification; effective date. Referred to House Public Health Committee February 3, 2009. |
Lamons(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to study the use of pressure ulcer preventative methods in certain facilities; codification; effective date. Referred to House Public Health Committee March 12, 2009. |
Trebilcock | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; Oklahoma Public Health Code; clarifying language; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Trebilcock | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; enacting the Public Health Care Improvement Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Trebilcock | |
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2/2/2009 |
Health and human services; enacting the Health and Human Services Act of 2009; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Trebilcock | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; relating to the Oklahoma Long-Term Care Partnership Program; effective date; emergency. Approved by Governor May 21, 2009. |
Miller(H), | |
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2/2/2009 |
Motor vehicles; requiring completion of minimum amount of sentence prior to parole and earned credits eligibility; effective date. Referred to House Judiciary & Public Safety Committee February 3, 2009. |
Jordan(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; creating Nick's Law; requiring certain insurance coverage; codification; effective date. Committee Report do not pass February 5, 2009. |
Brown(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Transportation; enacting the Oklahoma Transportation Analysis Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Transportation Sub-Committee February 3, 2009. |
Ortega(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; requiring certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for colorectal and ovarian cancer examinations; codification; effective date. Referred to House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
Denney(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; modifying age requirements for mammography screening; effective date. Referred to House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
Bailey(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Elections; providing procedure for absentee ballots for persons confined to veterans centers; effective date. Approved by Governor April 27, 2009. |
Hilliard(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; sales tax exemptions; eyeglasses; seniors; effective date; emergency. Referred to House Appropriations & Budget February 3, 2009. |
Kern(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; modifying policy exclusions to determine assistance to aged persons; effective date. Referred to House Human Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
Cannaday | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; creating sales tax exemption for certain veterans; effective date; emergency. Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee February 3, 2009. |
Proctor(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; enacting the Hospital Services Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Lamons(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; Medicaid; expanding scope of premium assistance program; effective date. Referred to House Appropriations and Budget Committee February 3, 2009. |
Renegar(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and Safety; enacting the Health Code Act; noncodification; effective date. Approved by Governor April 27, 2009. |
Trebilcock | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; health benefits; adding post-traumatic stress disorder to definition of severe mental illness; effective date. Referred House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
Collins(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Mental health; Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act; modifying scope of act; effective date. Referred to House Public Health Committee February 3, 2009. |
Inman(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Children; providing that certain attorneys may serve as guardian ad litem in certain circumstance; effective date. Referred to House Judiciary & Public Safety Committee February 3, 2009. |
Buck(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to study funding mechanisms for portable generators in certain facilities; providing certain immunity from liability; codification; effective date. Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee March 12, 2009. |
Holland(H | |
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2/2/2009 |
Mental health; emergency detention of persons appearing to be mentally ill, alcohol dependent, or drug dependent; specifying procedures when a person is medically unstable; effective date. Approved by Governor May 22, 2009. |
Sullivan(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Children; enacting the Mental Health for Youth Review Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Pittman(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; implementing Self-Directed Care Program; specifying content of the cash and counseling program for the plan to implement alternatives for long-term care; effective date. Referred to House Appropriations & Budget Committee February 3, 2009. |
Morrisset | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; enacting the Nursing Home Care Assessment Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Ownbey(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; modifying dispute resolution pilot program to be dispute resolution panel; deleting obsolete dates for reimbursement from the Nursing Facility Quality of Care Fund; deleting required nurse staffing ratios and related provisions; effective date. Approved by Governor April 20, 2009. |
Cox(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; requiring test for human immunodeficiency virus for pregnant women; effective date. Referred to House Appropriations & Budget Committee February 16, 2009. |
Cox(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; the Home Care Act; modifying definition; effective date. Approved by Governor May 22, 2009. |
Peters(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Children; establishing family drug court program; codification; effective date. Returned to calendar, Senate Amendments May 21, 2009. |
Peters(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; prohibiting certain health benefit plans from limiting, reducing or denying prescription drug coverage under specific circumstances; codification; effective date. House General Order February 25, 2009. |
Martin(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Schools; requiring special education due process hearing officers to complete certain training; effective date; emergency. Approved by Governor April 22, 2009. |
Enns(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Health care; creating the Oklahoma Independent Living Program Act of 2009; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Pittman(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; creating exemption for senior citizen centers; effective date; emergency. Returned to calendar, Senate Amendments May 13, 2009. |
Martin(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; Medicaid; expanding scope of certain premium assistance program; effective date. Referred to House Appropriations & Budget Committee February 3, 2009. |
Johnson(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Professions and occupations; creating the Oklahoma Licensed Interpreter Act; creating the Oklahoma Board of Licensed Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing; codification; effective date. Senate failed in committee April 6, 2009. |
Duncan(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; authorizing Department of Human Services to develop and implement the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium initiative; codification; effective date. Approved by Governor April 20, 2009. |
Peterson(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; enacting the Autism Services Improvement Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
Benge(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; enacting the Autism Services Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
Benge(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Health care coverage; creating the Oklahoma Health Care Coverage Legislation Act of 2009; noncodification; effective date. Vetoed by Governor April 30, 2009. |
Benge(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Autism; providing for the licensing of certain persons; directing funds to be used for certain training; providing for a behavioral analysis research pilot project; codification; effective date. Senate amendments pending April 15, 2009. |
Steele(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; enacting the Indigent Care and Assistance Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 16, 2009. |
Steele(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Health and human services; enacting the Health and Human Services Act of 2009; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Steele(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; enacting the Long-term Care Facility Assessment Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules February 3, 2009. |
Steele(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; enacting the Poor Persons Relief Act; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Steele(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Landlord and tenant; creating the Oklahoma Landlord and Tenant Act of 2009; noncodification; effective date. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Thompson | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; creating the Donut Hole Act; requiring Department of Human Services to establish program to provide prescription drugs to senior citizens; codification; effective date. Referred to House Human Services Committee February 3, 2009. |
McPeak(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Motor vehicles; creating the Gaje Jeffrey Florence Act. Effective date. Emergency. Approved by Governor May 11, 2009. |
Christian | |
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2/2/2009 |
Oklahoma Constitution; ad valorem taxation; senior freeze; homestead exemption; qualifying income limit; ballot title; filing. House General Order February 26, 2009. |
Dank(H) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Oklahoma Constitution; ad valorem taxation; senior freeze; disabled persons; homestead exemptions; ballot title; filing. Referred to House Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Morrissette | |
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2/2/2009 |
Constitutional amendment; directing funds for certain adult stem cell research; special election; ballot title; filing. Returned to calendar/Senate Amendments, May 12, 2009. |
Enns(H) |
Senate Bills
Number |
Date |
Description |
Author |
|---|---|---|---|
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; creating Nick's Law. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Elections; requiring proof of identity to vote; providing exceptions. Effective date. Vetoed April 8, 2009. |
Ford(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; increasing earned income tax credit. Effective date. Referred to Senate Finance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; requiring a health benefit plan to fully cover medically necessary health care services. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; creating a pilot program for a comprehensive health program for the uninsured. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 3, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to act as administrator and collector for uninsured. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations committee February 3, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
State government; creating the Oklahoma Department on Aging. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 3, 2009. |
Easley(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; requiring coverage of autism. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Anderson | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; providing income tax credit for medically necessary foods used in the treatment of phenylketonuria. Effective date. Referred to Senate Finance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Leftwich(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Game and fish; allowing persons holding a nonambulatory motor vehicle hunting permit to use motor driven vehicle to hunt in certain areas. Effective date. Referred to Senate Tourism & Wildlife Committee February 3, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to set a monthly maintenance standard for individuals in nursing homes. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Health and Social Services Sub-Committee February 3, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to provide an assisted living benefit under Medicaid. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Health and Social Services Sub-Committee February 3, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; creating Steffanie's Law for Clinical Trial Access. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Rice(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; directing pharmacies to deliver drugs and devices in a certain manner. Effective date. Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee February 3, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; reinstating the Medicaid medically needy program. Emergency. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Health and Social Services Sub-Committee February 3, 2009. |
Corn(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; modifying the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) voucher program. Effective date. Approved by Governor May 6, 2009. |
Anderson | |
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2/2/2009 |
Schools; directing Attorney General to intervene in legal proceedings relating to education of children with disabilities and represent school districts and employees. Effective date. Referred to Senate Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; providing sales tax exemption for hearing aids and related equipment, lenses, eyeglasses, frames and spectacles. Effective date. Referred to Senate Finance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Leftwich(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; authorizing the Department of Human Services to establish the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium initiative. Effective date. Referred to House Human Services Committee March 11, 2009. |
Anderson | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; creating the Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease Act. Effective date. Referred to Senate Health and Human Resources Committee February 3, 2009. |
Adelson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; requiring health benefit plans to provide coverage for colorectal cancer examinations. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee February 3, 2009. |
Leftwich(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; requiring hospice coverage under Medicaid. Effective date. Referred to House Appropriations Committee March 18, 2009. |
Crain(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Mental health; modifying reporting requirement for abuse of a vulnerable adult. Effective date. Referred to Senate Health and Human Resources Committee February 3, 2009. |
Rice(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; expanding coverage for immunizations for children. Effective date. Referred to House Economic Development & Financial Services Committee March 18, 2009. |
Rice(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; requiring a drug test as a condition of eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. Effective date. Senate Conferees disagree May 21, 2009. |
Brogdon(S | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; creating the Restroom Access Act. Effective date. Referred to Senate Business & Labor Committee February 3, 2009. |
Crain(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; creating assisted living subsidy program. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Health and Social Services Sub-Committee February 3, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; directing the State Department of Health to provide a cancer patient navigation program. Effective date. Referred to House Appropriations March 23, 2009. |
Eason | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; modifying provisions related to sex offenders in nursing homes. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Public Safety & Judiciary Committee February 3, 2009. |
Rice(S), | |
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2/2/2009 |
Medical records; placing cap on charges for copies of medical records for persons seeking disability benefits. Effective date. Referred to Senate Health and Human Resources Committee February 3, 2009. |
Paddack(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Schools; placing burden of proof on school districts in special education proceedings. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 3, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Schools; establishing notification and reporting requirements for students educated by other means; removing exemption from truancy and temporary detention provisions. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to Senate Rules Committee February 3, 2009. |
Easley(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
State government; creating the Oklahoma Department on Aging. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 3, 2009. |
Leftwich(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; specifying eligibility for Medicaid Income Pension Trusts. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to House Appropriations Committee March 11, 2009. |
Gumm(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; relating to the Health Insurance High Risk Pool Act; modifying definitions and providing exceptions. Emergency. Senate, House amendments read April 13, 2009. |
Justice(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; creating the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee for Long-Term Care. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to Senate Health & Human Resources Committee February 3, 2009. |
Burrage(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Health care; creating the Medical Price Transparency Act. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Health and Human Resources Sub-Committee February 9, 2009. |
Brown(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; creating a patient advocate pilot program. Effective date. Referred to Senate Rules Committee February 5, 2009. |
Wilson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Schools; providing for approval of alternative tests by State Board of Education; specifying examinations as alternative tests. Effective date. House, measure failed April 23, 2009. |
Paddack(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
State government; creating the Oklahoma Department on Aging. Effective date. Emergency. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 5, 2009. |
Johnson(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; creating a task force to study the consolidation of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Effective date. Emergency. Senate Conferees disagree May 12, 2009. |
Coffee(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; directing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to study the use of pressure ulcer preventative methods. Effective date. House General Order April 1, 2009. |
Jolley(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Motor vehicles; relating to wheelchairs in roadways; requiring safety flag. Effective date. Referred to House General Government and Transportation Committee March 17, 2009. |
Ellis(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; requiring a drug test as a condition of eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations-Health and Human Resources Sub-Committee February 9, 2009. |
Sykes(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health; creating the Oklahoma Sleep Diagnostic Testing Regulation Act. Emergency. Approved by Governor May 26, 2009. |
Nichols(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public finance; modifying membership of Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Advisory Council. Emergency. Approved by Governor April 13, 2009. |
Russell(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; creating the Patient's Bill of Rights Act. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement & Insurance Committee February 9, 2009. |
Reynolds | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public health and safety; modifying authorized expenditures of the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund. Emergency. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 9, 2009. |
Paddack(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Education; modifying provisions related to vision screening for school children. Emergency. Approved by Governor May 11, 2009. |
Paddack(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; relating to assistance of aged persons; increasing amount of exclusion of policies when determining assistance. Effective date. Approved by Governor May 22, 2009. |
Crutchfield | |
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2/2/2009 |
Insurance; requiring health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain screenings and services for colorectal cancer. Effective date. Referred to Senate Retirement & Insurance Committee February 9, 2009. |
Sparks(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Poor persons; modifying provisions of the Independent Living Services Act. Effective date. Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee February 9, 2009. |
Sparks(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Revenue and taxation; tax credit for handicapped parking. Effective date. Referred to Senate Finance Committee February 9, 2009. |
Ivester(S) | |
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2/2/2009 |
Public Safety; relates to qualifications of Highway Patrol Division personnel; deleting certain requirements; providing holiday leave exemption for certain Department of Public Safety employees; providing procedures for the scheduling. Effective date. Emergency. 2 Conference Committee Reports failed May 22, 2009. |
Leftwich |
The Oklahoma Legislature adjourned Friday, May 29, 2009 for the First Session of the 52nd Legislature. This final review of bills touching the disability community was done June 16, 2009. Bills which have been approved by the Governor will become Oklahoma law. If any bill did not pass through the legislative deadlines, it still may be resurrected next year during the Second Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature. To contact your legislators when the Legislature is not in session, call the County Election Board of the county in which you reside. Give them your address, and they will tell you local contact information. During the period when the Legislature is not in session, legislators are considering bills to introduce. The Second Session of the 52nd Oklahoma Legislature will convene the first Monday of February, 2010.