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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral health; requiring health insurer to cover certain out-of-network services under certain circumstances; providing exceptions. Effective date."
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description: "Behavioral health; requiring health insurer to cover certain out-of-network services under certain circumstances; providing exceptions. Effective date."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
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legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 254"
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citation: "Oklahoma SB 254 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Boatman", "Garvin"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0ece86-3b8c-4126-9cd1-ae7dac754770"
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source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB254&session=2300"
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source_hash: "492a7381f2df55b367ed84c6855facb146ec60c507d30171383e5250d4e9367f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
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---
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# Oklahoma SB 254 (2023) — Behavioral health; requiring health insurer to cover certain out-of-network services under certain circumstances; providing exceptions. Effective date.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/SB/SB254 INT.PDF)
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2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB254 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
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3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB254 PCS.PDF)
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4. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB254 CA1.PDF)
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5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB254 CS.PDF)
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6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/SB/SB254 ENGR.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/SB/SB254 ENR.PDF)
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8. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/SB254 HFLR.PDF)
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9. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/SB254 SFLR.PDF)
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10. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB254 HCS.PDF)
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11. **SB254 FULLPCS1 JEFF BOATMAN-TJ.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB254 FULLPCS1 JEFF BOATMAN-TJ.PDF)
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## Sponsors
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- Boatman — primary (person)
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- Garvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-06** Authored by Senator Garvin
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- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13** Coauthored by Representative Boatman (principal House author)
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- **2023-02-21** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Title stricken
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- **2023-03-23** General Order, Considered
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- **2023-03-23** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Referred for engrossment
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- **2023-03-27** Engrossed to House `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-29** Second Reading referred to Public Health `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Health Committee `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Title restored
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- **2023-04-24** General Order
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- **2023-04-24** Coauthored by Representative(s) Provenzano
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- **2023-04-24** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-24** Referred for engrossment
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- **2023-04-25** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-25** HAs read
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- **2023-04-25** Coauthored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
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- **2023-05-18** HAs adopted
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- **2023-05-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1 `passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Referred for enrollment
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- **2023-05-19** Enrolled, to House
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- **2023-05-19** Signed, returned to Senate
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- **2023-05-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor 05/25/2023 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d0ece86-3b8c-4126-9cd1-ae7dac754770`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
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