Oklahoma Action Alert

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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 <mailto:ronpeterson@...>

ronpeterson@... (405) 557-7338 406

Rep. Faught - Vice Chair

<mailto:george.faught@...> george.faught@... (405)

557-7310 338

Rep. Auffett

<mailto:johnauffet@...> johnauffet@... (405)

557-7394 325

Rep. Mike Brown

<mailto:mikebrown@...> mikebrown@... (405) 557-7408

539-B

Rep. Ed Cannaday

<mailto:ed.cannaday@...> ed.cannaday@... (405)

557-7375 322

Rep. Wallace

<mailto:wallace.collins@...> wallace.collins@... (405)

557-7386 500-A

Rep. Derby

<mailto:david.derby@...> david.derby@... (405)

557-7377 337

Rep. Jeff Hickman

<mailto:jwhickman@...> jwhickman@... (405) 557-7339

440

Rep. Chuck Hoskin

<mailto:chuck.hoskin@...> chuck.hoskin@... (405)

557-7319 510-B

Rep. Fred Jordan

<mailto:fred.jordan@...> fred.jordan@... (405)

557-7331 300-B

Rep. Jerry McPeak

<mailto:jerrymcpeak@...> jerrymcpeak@... (405)

557-7302 501

Rep. Ron s

<mailto:ronpeters@...> ronpeters@... (405)

557-7359 328

Rep. Greg Piatt

<mailto:gregpiatt@...> gregpiatt@... (405)

557-7326 442

Rep. Earl Sears

<mailto:earl.sears@...> earl.sears@... (405)

557-7358 300-C

Rep. Mike Shelton

<mailto:mikeshelton@...> mikeshelton@... (405)

557-7367 539-B

Rep. Wesslehoft

<mailto:paulwesselhoft@...> paulwesselhoft@... (405)

557-7343 329

Rep. Winchester

<mailto:susanwinchester@...> susanwinchester@...

(405) 557-7333 305-A

Speaker of the House

Benge

<mailto:chrisbenge@...> chrisbenge@... (405)

557-7444 401

Oklahoma State Capitol

2300 North Lincoln

State Capitol Building

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

<http://www.okhouse.gov/Members/MemberListing.aspx>

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