---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health and substance use disorder benefits; requiring certain plans and Medicaid provide reimbursement for care pursuant to collaborative care model; allowing for denial in certain circumstances. Effective date."
description: "Mental health and substance use disorder benefits; requiring certain plans and Medicaid provide reimbursement for care pursuant to collaborative care model; allowing for denial in certain circumstances. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 444 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Montgomery"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d40f25-0ad0-417a-a31c-72707acf1847"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB444&session=2300"
source_hash: "a2870b5a1a7eaa9195ca8d263f60cfedd9b58352d595a11fb0fb868adf2a8a1d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma SB 444 (2023) — Mental health and substance use disorder benefits; requiring certain plans and Medicaid provide reimbursement for care pursuant to collaborative care model; allowing for denial in certain circumstances. Effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/SB/SB444 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB444 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB444 PCS.PDF)
4. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB444 CS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB444 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB444 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB444 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB444 SFLR.PDF)
9. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB444 HCS.PDF)
10. **SB444 FULLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-TJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB444 FULLPCS1 NICOLE MILLER-TJ.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Montgomery — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Montgomery
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Coauthored by Representative Sneed (principal House author)
- **2023-02-09** Remove as principal author Representative Sneed and substitute with Representative Miller
- **2023-02-21** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** Title stricken
- **2023-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2023-03-08** Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Title restored
- **2023-04-26** General Order
- **2023-04-26** Coauthored by Representative(s) Provenzano
- **2023-04-26** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-27** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-27** HAs read
- **2023-05-24** HAs adopted
- **2023-05-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 39 Nays: 6 `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-24** Enrolled, to House
- **2023-05-24** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2023-05-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Approved by Governor 06/09/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d40f25-0ad0-417a-a31c-72707acf1847`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).