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HB2065 • 2026

Medicaid; reimbursement; multiplex respiratory PCR testing; effective date.

Medicaid; reimbursement; multiplex respiratory PCR testing; effective date.

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Sponsor
Stinson
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Medicaid; reimbursement; multiplex respiratory PCR testing; effective date.

Medicaid; reimbursement; multiplex respiratory PCR testing; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Medicaid; reimbursement; multiplex respiratory PCR testing; effective date.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  3. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Stinson

Official Summary Text

Medicaid; reimbursement; multiplex respiratory PCR testing; effective date.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 2065 By: Stinson

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to Medicaid; providing for
reimbursement for multiplex respiratory PCR testing;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

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 4009 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall reimburse providers for
Current Procedural Terminology codes 87636 and 87637 under the
Oklahoma Medicaid program to support multiplex respiratory PCR
testing for symptomatic patients for emergency room and urgent care
settings. These tests are critical for diagnosing respiratory
illnesses such as COVID-19, influenza A or B, and respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV), and align with clinical best practices for
patient care.

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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-11722 TJ 01/01/25