Personal injury suits; stating criteria to determine satisfaction of certain financial obligation; authorizing certain admissible amount. Effective date.

SB 833 changes how medical expenses are proven in Oklahoma personal injury lawsuits. It requires courts to use actual payments made by patients or Medicare reimbursement rates (instead of full billed amounts) when establishing medical costs for past treatment or future care. This applies to both current bills and future treatment costs, limiting evidence to amounts that would be covered by insurance or Medicare. The law directly affects plaintiffs, medical providers, and courts by standardizing evidence rules and preventing inflated billed amounts from being used in trials.