Pharmacy benefit managers; permitting use of certain records without limitations of date or source for certain purposes; establishing certain reimbursement rates for certain drugs. Effective date.
SB 789 clarifies audit rules for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in Oklahoma, directly affecting pharmacies and PBMs. It requires PBMs to allow pharmacies to use hospital/physician records and drug purchase records (without date or source limits) to validate claims, prohibits recoupment for simple clerical errors like typos, and caps audits at 50 prescriptions per year per pharmacy. The law also mandates PBMs to refund patient-paid portions of recouped funds and prohibits audits during the first seven days of any month without consent. Effective May 28, 2025, this law aims to reduce unfair audit burdens on pharmacies while maintaining compliance with state/federal pharmacy regulations.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 28, 2025
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This bill version transitioned from the House to the Senate floor, significantly reducing the number of sponsoring legislators and removing committee amendment markings. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, with the Senate version consolidating the sponsor list to just four members and streamlining the document structure.
TECHNICAL
Removed House-specific header and committee amendment markings; converted to Senate floor format with February 20, 2025 date.
Reduced sponsor list from 33 legislators to just 4 legislators (Gollihare, Alvord, Coleman, and Jech).
Reorganized bill structure by removing bracketed summary text and consolidating into standard Senate bill format.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
72
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
2
May 21, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
HAs adopted
upper
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
May 7, 2025
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Health
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
General Order, Amended
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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