STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 48	By:	Wilson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Insurance Department; requiring certain entities to be under specified regulation; specifying which entities meet certain criteria; defining term; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6830 of Title 36, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  All hospitals licensed by this state which are determined by the Insurance Department to manage or modify risk shall be under the regulation of the Insurance Department.
B.  A hospital shall be determined by the Insurance Department to manage or modify risk if the hospital:
1.  Collects different fees from different persons or entities for the same medical service; or
2.  Expects to collect different fees from different persons or entities for the same medical service.
C.  For the purposes of this section, “medical service” shall mean any care, service or treatment of illness or dysfunction of, or injury to, the human body including, but not limited to, physician care, inpatient care, hospital surgical services, emergency services, ambulance services, dental care services, vision care services, mental health services, substance abuse services, chiropractic services, podiatric care services, laboratory services, and medical equipment and supplies.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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