Legislators seemed to concentrate this past week on bills that were assigned to two committees for hearings since the committee deadline is this coming Thursday. Thus, several bills have made it through their first committee but must go on to the second committee this week. Double assignment tends to happen if the bill has a fiscal impact or is particularly complicated.
Here’s a rundown of a few things that happened this past week:
Lastly, the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner has announced a special enrollment period on the health care marketplace for individuals being disenrolled in SoonerCare on April 30 due to the the public health emergency ending. See the following bulletins for more information: BULLETIN NO. 2-2023 | Oklahoma Insurance Department and BULLETIN NO. 1-2023 | Oklahoma Insurance Department
The coming week will be full of committee work as members try to get their bills through committee. Wish us luck in another busy week!