Loading chat...
OK HB3928
Bill
Status
2/2/2026
Primary Sponsor
Rande Worthen
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Reimbursement for licensed optometric physicians must be at least the 60th percentile of usual and customary charges for the same services in the same geographic region, as determined by an independent nonprofit using private insurance claims data
-
Increases in reimbursement for covered services cannot be offset by decreases in reimbursement for ophthalmic materials (frames, lenses, contacts), unless changes apply uniformly to all providers including those owned by the vision plan
-
Vision plans cannot reduce reimbursements to providers who use nonaffiliated labs or frame vendors, provided those vendors meet credentialing standards
-
Vision plans must disclose average reimbursements to both affiliated and independent providers for services and materials
-
Effective date: November 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Vision insurance; reimbursements; Medicare or Medicaid; non-Medicare reimbursements; charges; services; ophthalmic materials; nonaffiliated labs or frame vendors; effective date.
Last Action
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Insurance
2/11/2026