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SB1427 • 2026

Public health; mandating certain pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing for certain reimbursement and funding. Effective date.

Public health; mandating certain pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing for certain reimbursement and funding. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Hicks
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Public health; mandating certain pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing for certain reimbursement and funding. Effective date.

Public health; mandating certain pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing for certain reimbursement and funding.

What This Bill Does

  • Public health; mandating certain pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing for certain reimbursement and funding.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1427 (House): Engrossed (4/6/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1427 (Senate): Introduced (1/6/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1427 (Senate): SB1427 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate)) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1427 (Senate): SB1427 AMD 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 Senate Bill No.
  • 1427 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 1, Line 16, by deleting after the word “Every”, all language; 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 Senate Bill No.
  • 1427 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 1, Line 18, by deleting after the word “Every” and before the word “health”, the word “primary”; 2.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026

  2. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  3. 2026-04-30 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2026-04-29 House

    General Order

  6. 2026-04-29 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0

  7. 2026-04-29 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  8. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Referred for enrollment

  9. 2026-04-23 House

    CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee

  10. 2026-04-23 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Deck

  11. 2026-04-07 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee

  12. 2026-03-31 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee

  13. 2026-03-30 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  14. 2026-03-26 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  15. 2026-03-26 House

    First Reading

  16. 2026-03-25 Senate

    General Order, Amended

  17. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Advanced to Third Reading

  18. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Ayes: 43 Nays: 0

  19. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 2

  20. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  21. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Withdrawn from Appropriations committee

  22. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  23. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Marti (principal House author)

  24. 2026-02-16 Senate

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

  25. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Referred to Appropriations

  26. 2026-02-03 Senate

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

  27. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  28. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Hicks

Official Summary Text

Public health; mandating certain pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes; providing for certain reimbursement and funding. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1427 (House): Engrossed (4/6/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1427 (Senate): Introduced (1/6/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1427 (Senate): SB1427 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1427 (Senate): SB1427 AMD FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1427 By: Hicks of the Senate

and

Marti and Deck of the House

An Act relating to public health; authorizing health
care providers to conduct pediatric screenings for
type 1 diabetes subject to parental consent;
providing for certain reimbursement; directing the
State Department of Health to seek certain funding;
directing promulgation of rules; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT: Pediatric diabetes screening

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 1-581 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. Every health care provider in this state may conduct
pediatric screenings for type 1 diabetes in accordance with accepted
medical practices and subject to the informed consent of the child’s
parent or legal guardian.

B. The screenings described in subsection A of this section
shall be reimbursable under the state Medicaid program, subject to
receipt of any necessary federal approval and in accordance with
rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board.

C. The State Department of Health shall seek grants and other
funding opportunities to support the provision of pediatric

ENR. S. B. NO. 1427 Page 2
screenings for type 1 diabetes as described in subsection A of this
section.

D. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate
rules necessary to implement subsection B of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

ENR. S. B. NO. 1427 Page 3
Passed the Senate the 25th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of April, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________