Home care; directing Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish certain family caregiver reimbursement program. Effective date. Emergency.
SB 56 directs Oklahoma's Health Care Authority to create a program reimbursing family caregivers for providing home care services to Medicaid-eligible individuals under age 21 who qualify for private duty nursing. Family caregivers must pass background checks, work under a Registered Nurse's supervision, and be coordinated through a licensed home care agency. The program establishes reimbursement rates for these services and requires the Authority to seek federal approval for Medicaid funding. It amends existing definitions in Oklahoma's Home Care Act to clarify terms like "family member" and "home care agency." The bill takes effect immediately as an emergency measure.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 12, 2025
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This bill version was amended to transition from the House to Senate floor version, incorporating Senate committee amendments. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, with the primary changes being formatting updates, page numbering adjustments, and minor text reorganization to reflect Senate markup conventions. No major policy, eligibility, or funding changes were introduced in this version.
Scope change
No substantive changes to the bill's scope or applicability; this is primarily a formatting and markup version update.
TECHNICAL
Header and page numbering updated to reflect Senate Floor Version instead of House Floor Version
Minor text reorganization and formatting adjustments to align with Senate markup conventions
Added date 'February 20, 2025' to Senate version header
Sponsorship attribution formatting adjusted to include House sponsors in Senate version
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
May 1, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 5
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
General Order, Amended
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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