HB 1161: Insurance; health benefit plans; insurance committees; impact analysis; Legislative Service Bureau; Oklahoma Insurance Department; report; effective date. - Oklahoma

Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to remove the 'Proposed Oversight' label and update the legislative session header to reflect the Floor version. A significant substantive change occurred in the reporting limits: the maximum number of bills the Legislative Bureau can refer for impact analysis per fiscal year was increased from five to six, with a new requirement that these referrals be split equally between the House and Senate.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the volume of oversight reviews was expanded, allowing for one additional bill to be analyzed annually.

REQUIREMENT

Increased the annual limit for impact analysis referrals from five to six bills.

Added a new requirement that the six annual referrals must be divided equally between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers and titles to reflect the Floor version and removed the 'Proposed Oversight' designation.

House Committee Substitute → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was substantially rewritten to change its title from 'Committee Substitute' to 'Proposed Oversight Committee Substitute,' indicating a procedural shift in how the bill is being handled. The core policy content regarding insurance mandates and legislative oversight remains largely intact, though minor technical adjustments were made to section numbering and the specific number of annual referrals allowed for analysis.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding insurance mandate analysis remains the same, but the procedural title and specific administrative limits on referrals were adjusted.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was changed from 'Committee Substitute' to 'Proposed Oversight Committee Substitute' to reflect its current procedural status.

Minor formatting changes were made to section headers and page reference numbers throughout the document.

REQUIREMENT

The maximum number of annual referrals for insurance mandate analysis was reduced from six to five, with additional referrals now requiring written approval from the Insurance Commissioner.

Introduced → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted into a 'Committee Substitute' version, which typically means it has been amended by the House committee before moving forward. The substantive policy content regarding insurance mandate analysis remains largely the same, but the document structure and page numbers have been updated to reflect the committee's edits.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's requirements has not changed; it still governs how the Oklahoma Insurance Department analyzes bills that create mandates on health benefit plans.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from 'As Introduced' to 'Committee Substitute,' indicating the bill has been amended by the House committee.

Page tracking numbers and reference numbers (Req. No.) were updated from 11438 to 13028.

Line numbers and formatting were adjusted throughout the text to accommodate the committee's edits.

Insurance; health benefit plans; insurance committees; impact analysis; Legislative Service Bureau; Oklahoma Insurance Department; report; effective date.

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