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OK HB1630

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Chris Sneed

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new licensing framework for "short-term emergency and nonemergency hybrid medical facilities" - dual-sided facilities separate from hospitals that operate 24/7, with one side providing emergency care and the other providing nonemergency care such as diagnostic testing, lab work, primary care, and imaging

  • Requires facilities to be staffed by board-certified emergency room physicians, limits emergency patient stays to 24 hours maximum, and mandates compliance with federal EMTALA standards including medical screening regardless of ability to pay

  • Prohibits licensing in cities with populations under 30,000 that are within 20 miles or 20 minutes of a rural hospital unless written permission is obtained from that hospital

  • Authorizes the State Department of Health to deny, suspend, or revoke licenses, impose administrative penalties up to $1,000 per violation ($5,000 maximum for continuing violations), and issue emergency suspension orders for immediate public health dangers

  • Creates the Short-term Emergency and Nonemergency Hybrid Medical Facility Licensing Fund as a revolving fund for administration and enforcement, with an effective date of November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Medical facilities; definitions; licensing; penalties; exceptions; application requirements; fees; revolving fund; facility standards; effective date.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services

4/1/2025

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services4/1/2025
Public Health2/4/2025
Health and Human Services Oversight2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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