All Roll Calls
Yes: 160 • No: 28
OklahomaSB 1136Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionSenate
Oklahoma Health Care Authority; requiring portions of certain appropriated funds be used for certain purposes; providing for duties and compensation of administrators and employees.
Sponsored By: Chuck Hall (Republican)
Became Law
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Dedicated funding for Oklahoma health programs
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority must use $100.031677 million from its House Bill 2766 appropriation for two purposes. The money supports program growth and replaces funding lost because federal matching dollars fell. The Authority can also move money from Funds 205 and 270 to Funds 200 and 340. Those transfers must pay claims under the Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment Program Act. These rules do not set individual benefit amounts or eligibility.
Professional cost help for health agency staff
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority can pay its Administrator's professional dues, licenses, memberships, and continuing education costs. The classes must take place in Oklahoma. It can also pay full-time employees' dues, licenses, memberships, in-state continuing medical education, and medical malpractice insurance. Eligible employees must use those professional skills in their jobs and meet the full-time requirements of state law. Payment is allowed, not guaranteed. The Administrator sets needed employees' duties and pay when other laws do not already set them; no specific pay change is required.
Oklahoma health agency gets cash-flow tools
The Office of Management and Enterprise Services must move money between the Authority's federal and revolving funds as requested. These transfers help manage federal grant receipts and payments. The Administrator can request exemptions from spending and budget limits for unexpected federal funds awarded after July 1, 2025. Those exemptions are not automatic. The office must also transfer General Revenue Fund and Health Care Enhancement Fund money in the amounts and ratios requested. Total transfers cannot exceed the combined equal monthly allotments available to date. Money for the year ending June 30, 2026, can cover obligations from the year ending June 30, 2025. An equal amount must move back from the earlier year's appropriations to cover 2026 obligations. Transfer requests must be written, and the Authority must keep records of transfers between years. To ease cash shortages, the Administrator can also request early tax-collection transfers through the office's Director and Oklahoma Tax Commission.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Chuck Hall
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
John Haste
Republican • Senate
John Kane
Republican • House
Trey Caldwell
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/22/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 76 • No: 13
Senate vote • 5/20/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 31 • No: 14
House vote • 5/19/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 28 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/19/2025
Committee vote: Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Yes: 25 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/29/2025
5/29/2025SenateSent to Governor
5/22/2025SenateSigned, returned to Senate
5/22/2025HouseEnrolled, to House
5/22/2025SenateReferred for enrollment
5/22/2025SenateSigned, returned to Senate
5/22/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 13
5/22/2025HouseJCR adopted
5/22/2025HouseGeneral Order
5/22/2025HouseSecond Reading, direct to Joint Calendar
5/21/2025HouseFirst Reading
5/20/2025HouseEngrossed to House
5/20/2025SenateReferred for engrossment
5/20/2025SenateEmergency failed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 14
5/20/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 31 Nays: 14
5/20/2025SenateJCR adopted
5/20/2025SenateReported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget committee; JCR filed
5/19/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
4/2/2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Kane
3/31/2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey) (principal House author)
3/31/2025SenateCoauthored by Senator Haste
3/31/2025SenateAuthored by Senator Hall
3/31/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/31/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/22/2025
Floor (House)
5/22/2025
Engrossed
5/20/2025
Senate Joint Committee Report
5/19/2025
Introduced
3/31/2025
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