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OK SB40
Bill
Status
2/7/2011
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Adelson
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AI Summary
SB 40 Summary
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Oklahoma Health Care Authority and State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board prohibited from reimbursing hospitals for hospital-acquired conditions effective for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2012.
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Non-reimbursable conditions include foreign objects retained after surgery, wrong site surgery, air embolism, blood transfusion incompatibility, stage III and IV pressure ulcers, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, vascular catheter-associated infections, surgical site infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, iatrogenic pneumothorax, and pulmonary embolism.
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Codifies new sections in Oklahoma Statutes (Section 5028 of Title 63 for Health Care Authority and Section 1329 of Title 74 for State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board).
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Effective November 1, 2011.
Legislative Description
Insurance; prohibiting the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma State and Education Employees Group Insurance Board from making certain reimbursements. Codification. Effective date.
Health Care
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee
2/8/2011