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HB2834 • 2026

Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid programs without therapy benefits.

Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid programs without therapy benefits.

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Sponsor
Burns
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Remove as author Senator Woods; authored by Senator Stanley
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid programs without therapy benefits.

Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid programs without therapy benefits.

What This Bill Does

  • Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid programs without therapy benefits.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2834 (House): Introduced (2/5/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: HB2834 FA1 KaneJo-CC 3/10/2025 3:44:58 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: John Kane Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB2834 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By striking the Title.

  • HB2834 FA1 KaneJo-CC 3/10/2025 3:44:58 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: John Kane Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB2834 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By striking the Title.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 Senate

    Remove as author Senator Woods; authored by Senator Stanley

  2. 2025-04-01 Senate

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

  3. 2025-03-11 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  4. 2025-03-11 Senate

    First Reading

  5. 2025-03-10 House

    General Order

  6. 2025-03-10 House

    Amended

  7. 2025-03-10 House

    Title stricken

  8. 2025-03-10 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed and Emergency failed: Ayes: 64 Nays: 25; Ayes: 64 Nays: 25

  9. 2025-03-10 House

    Referred for engrossment

  10. 2025-03-05 House

    CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee

  11. 2025-03-05 House

    Authored by Senator Woods (principal Senate author)

  12. 2025-02-05 House

    Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health

  13. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight

  14. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Public Health

  15. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  16. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Burns

Official Summary Text

Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; coverage; Medicaid programs without therapy benefits.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2834 (House): Introduced (2/5/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. H. B. NO. 2834 Page 1
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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2834 By: Burns of the House

and

Woods of the Senate

[ Medicaid - Oklahoma Health Care Authority –
expansion of coverage for Medicaid services or
programs – codification ]

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 4020 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall expand Medicaid
coverage for Medicaid services or programs for in-home physical
therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy to ninety-six
percent (96%) of what Medicare coverage pays.

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Passed the House of Representatives the 10th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate