Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Oklahoma Insurance Bill Information Forwarded from Wayne Rohde: We want to thank all of the parents, grandparents, and friends for a wonderful job helping pass Nick’s Law out of the Oklahoma Senate. All of you are to be congratulated for a job well done. We are now half way home. Nick’s Law is now in the House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee (Insurance). The 3 bills that have Nick’s Law as an amendment are: SB 2157 - Rep Charlie Joyner/ Sen. Barrington. To be heard in committee Tuesday, April 1st at 1:30pm SB 1895 - Rep Ron / Sen. Aldridge. SB 2118 - Rep Doug , MD/ Sen. Sparks. We need to contact all the House members of the committee along with the Speaker of The House, Benge, and ask for a fair and appropriate consideration of Nick’s Law. A few talking points for your discussion. 1. Similar legislation was passed in Indiana in 2001. The Indiana Insurance Commission’s office has yet to report any increase in health insurance premiums due to this legislation. That is over 6 years worth of research and study. 2. Arizona past similar legislation to Nick’s Law last week, joining a list of over 17 states. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Connecticut have introduced similar legislation in March. 3. The Insurance Industry’s own policy group CAHI.org reports that autism insurance coverage will cost less than 1%. 4. Nick’s Law is about autism insurance coverage. There is some discussion that covering additional mandates (60+) will increase costs. We are only talking about Nick’s Law. 5. Oklahoma is one of the least mandated states in the nation. Rep. Ron - Chairman ronpeterson@... (405) 557-7338 406 Rep. Faught – Vice Chair george.faught@... (405) 557-7310 338 Rep. Auffett johnauffet@... (405) 557-7394 325 Rep. Mike Brown mikebrown@... (405) 557-7408 539-B Rep. Ed Cannaday ed.cannaday@... (405) 557-7375 322 Rep. Wallace wallace.collins@... (405) 557-7386 500-A Rep. Derby david.derby@... (405) 557-7377 337 Rep. Jeff Hickman jwhickman@... (405) 557-7339 440 Rep. Chuck Hoskin chuck.hoskin@... (405) 557-7319 510-B Rep. Fred Jordan fred.jordan@... (405) 557-7331 300-B Rep. Jerry McPeak jerrymcpeak@... (405) 557-7302 501 Rep. Ron s ronpeters@... (405) 557-7359 328 Rep. Greg Piatt gregpiatt@... (405) 557-7326 442 Rep. Earl Sears earl.sears@... (405) 557-7358 300-C Rep. Mike Shelton mikeshelton@... (405) 557-7367 539-B Rep. Wesslehoft paulwesselhoft@... (405) 557-7343 329 Rep. Winchester susanwinchester@... (405) 557-7333 305-A Speaker of the House Chris Benge chrisbenge@... (405) 557-7444 401 Oklahoma State Capitol 2300 North Lincoln State Capitol Building Oklahoma City, OK 73105 www.okhouse.gov/Members/MemberListing.aspx. Last thing; You have walked with us this far, are you willing to go a little further? Thank You Nick’s Law Steering Committee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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