OK HB2049

Oklahoma Health Care Authority must ensure Medicaid managed care plans comply with federal and state laws for mental health and substance use disorder coverage

Medicaid managed care contracts must require regular parity compliance analysis for each nonquantitative treatment limitation, including prior authorization requirements, with new analysis required whenever changes are made

State Medicaid and CHIP programs must review compliance analyses from all managed care and alternative benefit plans and address noncompliance through a standardized process

OHCA must develop a standardized process for receiving, investigating, and resolving parity complaints, and must publicly release surveys, audits, de-identified complaints, and parity reports

Parity reports submitted to CMS must be made public within 30 days of submission; effective November 1, 2025