---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care; directing Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish certain provider enrollment and credentialing processes; creating certain exception; effective date."
description: "Health care; directing Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish certain provider enrollment and credentialing processes; creating certain exception; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1657"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1657 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntire", "Rosino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd708ab1-3968-483c-ac7a-93a73f306f92"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1657&session=2400"
source_hash: "c001c6bb9edb23fffd2b7b67e0a416316c928303c461808293d32066aeaa6383"
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 HB 1657 (2024) — Health care; directing Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish certain provider enrollment and credentialing processes; creating certain exception; 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/hB/HB1657 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1657 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1657 PCS.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1657 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1657 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1657 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1657 SFLR.PDF)
8. **Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCSH/HB1657 SCSH.PDF)

## Votes

- Fourth Reading — **83–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Health & Human Services: Committee Substitute, Motion By Senator Rosino - Adopted (Request No: 2111) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- General Government Committee: Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntire — primary (person)
- Rosino — 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 Representative McEntire
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2023-02-13** Referred to General Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** CR; Do Pass General Government Committee `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Authored by Senator Rosino (principal Senate author)
- **2023-03-13** General Order
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-03-14** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-14** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** General Order, Considered
- **2023-04-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2023-04-24** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2023-04-24** SA's received
- **2023-05-11** SA's read, adopted
- **2023-05-11** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 3 `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Referred for enrollment
- **2023-05-15** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2023-05-15** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2023-05-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor 05/17/2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd708ab1-3968-483c-ac7a-93a73f306f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).