2016 Interim Studies Tracking List Committees

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1 2016 Interim Studies Tracking List Committees Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: DHS Child Care Facility Licensing Requirements Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: REQUSTED BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Faught, George; Cockroft, Josh; Russ, Todd; TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: DHS Child Care Facility Licensing Requirements EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: This interim study will investigate the effects of the DHS Child Care Licensing Regulations that were implemented via emergency rules last year and finalized via permanent rule this session. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Workers' Compensation Insurance Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: REQUESTED BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Moore, Lewis TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Workers' Compensation Insurance EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Injuries and Treatment of Workers' Compensation applicants. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Provider Balance Billing Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: REQUESTED BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Strohm, Chuck; Mulready, Glen; TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Provider Balance Billing EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: This study will investigate reasons hospital patients may receive services from out of network physicians. It will also look at ways hospital patients can be informed that they may receive treatment from out of network physicians and that they may be responsible for charges not covered by their insurance policy. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Uninsured Motorists Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: REQUESTED BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Moore, Lewis TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Uninsured Motorists EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Discussion of various proposals to reduce the number of uninsured motorist in Oklahoma. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Healthcare Costs Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: REQUESTED BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Moore, Lewis TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Healthcare Costs EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Discuss various ideas to provide a good faith estimate on the cost of a healthcare procedure. Review the proposed cost to the patient and the provider. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Sleep Studies Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: REQUESTED BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Moore, Lewis TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Sleep studies

2 EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Sleep studies: saving Oklahomans sleep and money! Innovations in sleep studies that can save the state millions of dollars! Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Zika Virus Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Morrissette, Richard TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: The Spread of Zika Oklahoma Now at Moderate Risk among Southern States: poverty, vulnerable populations and public health priorities. EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: The Spread of Zika Oklahoma Now at Moderate Risk among Southern States: poverty, vulnerable populations and public health priorities. Associate Professor Aaron Wendelboe, Ph.D., and Professor Hélène Carabin, DVM, Ph.D., both of the OU College of Public Health, will present an overview of infectious disease transmission and epidemiology including a review of the Zika virus and its potential for transmission in Oklahoma. In Texas and Oklahoma, significant flooding occurred in Now, historic levels of rain have fallen in 2016, as warm temperatures create favorable climate conditions for the disease carrying Aedes mosquitoes. Four cases of the mosquito borne Zika virus, transmitted by the Aedes, have been confirmed in Oklahoma and 30 in Texas. As of April 27, 2016, no localized transmissions of the virus have been documented within the United States, but on January 20th, the Oklahoma State Department of Health issued an official OSHD Zika Health Advisory, supplying information to healthcare providers and other public health partners. A second Zika health advisory was issued in February about sexual transmission of the virus but Oklahoma has a history of making public health a low priority and funding was cut again to the Oklahoma State Department of Health during the 2016 legislative session that ended in May. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the states that make up the south, including Oklahoma, have an overall poverty rate of 16.5%. Since 2008, Oklahoma and the other impoverished Southern states that surround it, struggling to balance state budgets, have cut their public health funding by an average of 25%. Among those cuts was a 41% drop in the number of people working at least part time in mosquito surveillance. The CDC federal funding to support state and local efforts to monitor and control mosquito and tick borne diseases was cut by approximately 74%, despite cases of West Nile, dengue fever and chikungunya all carried by the Aedes mosquito, having occurred between 2008 to the present. The Obama administration requested $1.9 billion in emergency funding to help mosquito control programs, vaccine research and improved healthcare for expectant mothers, related to Zika, but as of April, 2016, the partisan Congress had yet to approve this funding. Many expectant mothers in Oklahoma live in poverty and we know from evidence presented in a previous interim study held in the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2015 IS ) that these mothers are often unable to maintain access to adequate levels of nutritious food during pregnancy. Inadequate nutrition can contribute to poor brain development within the fetus. It is known that many women infected with the Zika virus during the first trimester develop a fetus with microcephaly and other severe fetal abnormalities, multiplying the risk and increasing the need for programs of prevention among this population. Localized transmission of Zika in the United States is probable in the coming months, according to health experts, which also means a possible increase in cases of Guillain Barré Syndrome(damage to nerve cells), which the Aedes genus also spreads. But Zika and GBS are just two of the known threats. In the case of Zika, like SARS and MERS, the disease is a single stranded RNA virus, which means it is highly prone to mutation, meaning that a relatively new disease could emerge, or we could have a brand new virus that we've never come in contact with, according to OU Health Sciences epidemiologists, enhancing the risks for the spread of disease during a time of budget cuts. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Protecting Access to Wellness Services by Removing Liability Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Griffith, Claudia TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Protecting Access to Wellness Services by Removing Liability from Practitioners of Various Traditional/Non Traditional Treatments/Therapies EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: This study will look at liability

3 protection for practitioners of such techniques as homeopathy, aromatherapy, traditional cultural healing, energetic healing, mind body healing and holistic kinesiology, to name a few. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Ways to Reinstate Uncompensated Care Fund Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Griffith, Claudia, Young, George TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Ways to Reinstate Uncompensated Care Fund EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: This study will look at viable methods as options for reinstating the uncompensated care fund. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Health Insurance Benefits Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Griffith, Claudia TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Health Insurance Benefits EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: The study will review medical and dental benefits for State employees. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Healing Arts Legislation for Wellness Services Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Griffith, Claudia TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Healing Arts Legislation for Wellness Services EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: The study will review legislation now in place in the state of Nevada: Assembly Bill 295. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Improvement to End of Life Care Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Kouplen, Steve TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Improvements to end of life care; Death with Dignity Act. EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Examine the Oregon's Death with Dignity Act within the context of Oklahoma's healthcare and societal structure. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Athletic Training Healthcare Services Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Kirby, Dan TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Athletic Training Healthcare Services in the State of Oklahoma. EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Athletic trainers (ATs) are highly qualified, multi skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Athletic trainers work under the direction of a physician as prescribed by the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. Although sometimes confused with personal trainers, athletic training academic curriculum and clinical training follows a medical model and athletic trainers must graduate from an accredited baccalaureate or master's program. This interim study seeks to inform the legislature of the value of the athletic trainer and demonstrate how the athletic trainer is currently involved in Oklahoma's healthcare system. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Improving healthcare outcomes Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Roberts, Sean TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Improving healthcare outcomes EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: A study to look at current strategies and incentives to improve health outcomes and access to healthcare, especially in rural areas.

4 Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Abortion Regulations Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Strohm, Chuck; TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Abortion Regulations EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: This study will investigate the issues surrounding abortion laws in Oklahoma. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Increase Health Cost for State Employees Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Rogers, Michael TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Increase Health Cost for State Employees EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Increase cost to flexible benefits. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Health Insurance in Oklahoma Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Perryman, David TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Health Insurance in Oklahoma Rates and Regulatory Review EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: The purpose of this study is to review the current cost of health insurance available to Oklahomans who are qualified to purchase health insurance and review/enhance the authority of the Oklahoma Insurance Commission to review those rates. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Real ID Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Perryman, David TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: REAL ID Ensuring our Citizens' Access to Air Travel, Federal Buildings and Federal Facilities EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: The purpose of this study is to review what may be done legislatively to protect the rights of Oklahoma citizens to use state issued identification for commercial air travel and access to federal properties. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Addressing the Uninsured Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Glen Mulready TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Addressing the uninsured EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: A deeper look at the Medicaid Rebalancing Act and other potential solutions. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Child Care Center Reform and Regulations Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Todd Russ TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Child Care Center Reform and Regulations EXPLANATORY COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY PROPOSAL: Looking at barriers or problems starting new child care centers and exploring reasons why existing child care centers are closing at a rapid pace. Committee: 2016 Interim Study H Branch: House Subject: Faimly Caregivers Support Act Type of Committee: Interim Study Description: BY REPRESENTATIVE(S): Goodwin, Regina TOPIC OF THE PROPOSAL: Study on expanding the Family Caregivers Support Act as it relates to services ecapitol, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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