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HB1380 • 2026

Oklahoma Health Care Authority; Insulin Access and Affordability Program; effective date; emergency.

Oklahoma Health Care Authority; Insulin Access and Affordability Program; effective date; emergency.

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Sponsor
Dempsey
Last action
2025-04-28
Official status
Coauthored by Senator Hicks
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Oklahoma Health Care Authority; Insulin Access and Affordability Program; effective date; emergency.

Oklahoma Health Care Authority; Insulin Access and Affordability Program; effective date; emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • Oklahoma Health Care Authority; Insulin Access and Affordability Program; effective date; emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1380 (House): Introduced (2/17/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1380 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (2/25/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1380 (House): Committee Substitute (3/7/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1380 (Senate): HB1380 ENG FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 1380 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 1, Line 17, by deleting after the first word “the” and before the period “.”, the words “State Department of Health” and inserting the words “University Hospitals Authority”; 2.
Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 1380 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 1, Line 17, by deleting after the first word “the” and before the period “.”, the words “State Department of Health” and inserting the words “Oklahoma Health Care Authority”; 2.
Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 1380 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 2, Lines 3 and 4, by deleting after the word “more” on Line 3 and before the word “registered” on Line 4, the words “nonprofit pharmaceutical companies” and inserting the words “not-for-profit manufacturers or for-profit manufacturers”; 2.
Filed

Plain English: HB1380 FULLPCS1 Eddy Dempsey-JM 2/25/2025 2:18:53 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Eddy Dempsey Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1380 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB1380 FULLPCS1 Eddy Dempsey-JM 2/25/2025 2:18:53 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Eddy Dempsey Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1380 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 12879 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 1380 By: Dempsey PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to the State Department of Health; creating the Insulin Access and Affordability Program; establishing purposes; authorizing certain agreements under certain conditions; establishing certain criteria related to pricing and matching funding; providing for codification; establishing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-28 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2025-04-28 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Hicks

  3. 2025-04-23 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed

  4. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed

  5. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Enacting clause stricken

  6. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Referred to Appropriations

  7. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  8. 2025-03-25 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  9. 2025-03-25 Senate

    First Reading

  10. 2025-03-24 House

    General Order

  11. 2025-03-24 House

    Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 13

  12. 2025-03-24 House

    Referred for engrossment

  13. 2025-02-26 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee

  14. 2025-02-26 House

    Authored by Senator Frix (principal Senate author)

  15. 2025-02-26 House

    Title stricken

  16. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  17. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  18. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Dempsey

Official Summary Text

Oklahoma Health Care Authority; Insulin Access and Affordability Program; effective date; emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1380 (House): Introduced (2/17/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1380 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (2/25/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1380 (House): Committee Substitute (3/7/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1380 (Senate): HB1380 ENG FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1380 By: Dempsey of the House

and

Frix of the Senate

[ State Department of Health – Insulin Access and
Affordability Program – effective date –
emergency ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-129 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Insulin Access and Affordability
Program at the State Department of Health. The Program is created
for the purpose of increasing marketplace competition, lowering
insulin prices, and addressing shortages in the market for generic
prescription drugs; to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for
public and private purchasers, taxpayers, consumers; and to increase
patient access to affordable drugs in Oklahoma.
B. To implement the Insulin Access and Affordability Program,
the State Department of Health may:

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1. Enter into agreements with one or more nonprofit
pharmaceutical companies registered with the United States Food and
Drug Administration to accelerate the development and affordability
of and access by Oklahomans of fast-acting insulin; and
2. Enter into memoranda of understanding or contractual
agreements with one or more nonprofit organizations:
a. containing performance objectives related to the
availability of fast-acting biosimilar insulin at
prices not exceeding Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per vial
and Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00) per pack of five pre-
filled insulin pens,
b. identifying the estimated savings to residents of
Oklahoma from the purchase of low-cost insulin,
including, but not limited to, the potential savings
to residents of Oklahoma and self-insureds from the
availability of affordable insulin, and
c. stating the amount or percentage of matching funds
provided by such nonprofit organization, in relation
to state appropriated funds.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate