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SB1663 • 2026

Health benefit plan; requiring certain health benefit plan to provide coverage for certain cooling system; exempting coverage from certain limits. Emergency.

Health benefit plan; requiring certain health benefit plan to provide coverage for certain cooling system; exempting coverage from certain limits. Emergency.

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Sponsor
Burns
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Roe (principal House author)
Effective date
Not listed

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Health benefit plan; requiring certain health benefit plan to provide coverage for certain cooling system; exempting coverage from certain limits. Emergency.

Health benefit plan; requiring certain health benefit plan to provide coverage for certain cooling system; exempting coverage from certain limits.

What This Bill Does

  • Health benefit plan; requiring certain health benefit plan to provide coverage for certain cooling system; exempting coverage from certain limits.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1663 (Senate): Introduced (1/14/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1663 (Senate): SB1663 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Roe (principal House author)

  2. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Burns

Official Summary Text

Health benefit plan; requiring certain health benefit plan to provide coverage for certain cooling system; exempting coverage from certain limits. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1663 (Senate): Introduced (1/14/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1663 (Senate): SB1663 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1663 By: Burns

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to health benefit plans; defining
terms; requiring certain health benefit plans to
provide coverage for certain cooling system;
exempting certain coverage from certain limits;
providing for codification; and declaring an
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 6060a of Title 36, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Cooling system” means a cooling cap, hypothermia cap, cold
cap, physical cooling treatment, or any other therapeutic device
used to cool the scalp, hands, or feet of an individual to prevent
or reduce side effects of chemotherapy including, but not limited
to, hair loss, polyneuropathy, or palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia;
and
2. “Health benefit plan” means the same as defined in Section
6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

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B. All health benefit plans shall provide coverage cooling
systems used in connection with chemotherapy treatment.
C. Coverage under this section shall not be subject to any
annual deductibles, co-payments, or coinsurance limits as
established for all covered benefits under the health benefit plan.
D. If application of this section would result in health
savings account ineligibility under Section 223 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the provisions of this section
shall only apply to health savings accounts with qualified high
deductible health plans with respect to the deductible of such a
plan after the enrollee has satisfied the minimum deductible.
Provided, however, the provisions of this section shall apply to
items or services that are preventive care pursuant to Section
223(c)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
regardless of whether the minimum deductible has been satisfied.
SECTION 2. 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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