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One Reply to “SB 1648 (2026)”
SB 1648 (the “Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act”) requires Oklahoma Medicaid to cover and reimburse a set of pregnancy-related services, including depression screening for pregnant women.
It also requires Medicaid to pay prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care as separate services (not bundled into one all-inclusive “global” maternity payment) and specifically includes things like office visits, labs/tests, remote monitoring, fetal nonstress tests, and continuous glucose monitors for gestational diabetes when medically necessary.
The bill adds presumptive eligibility for pregnant applicants so prenatal care can start while the full application is pending, and it covers at-home supports like self-measured blood pressure monitoring (devices + training + data reporting) and certain remote ultrasound services when standards are met.
Finally, it requires Medicaid reimbursement for doulas and community health workers for prenatal/postpartum home visitation, directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek any needed federal approvals, and sets an effective date of November 1, 2026
An Act relating to the state Medicaid program; creating the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act; providing short title; requiring coverage and reimbursement of specified services; requiring certain reimbursement methodology; describing covered services; providing certain coverage conditions; requiring the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek certain federal authority; directing promulgation of rules; providing for codification; and providing an effective date
One Reply to “SB 1648 (2026)”
SB 1648 (the “Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act”) requires Oklahoma Medicaid to cover and reimburse a set of pregnancy-related services, including depression screening for pregnant women.
It also requires Medicaid to pay prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care as separate services (not bundled into one all-inclusive “global” maternity payment) and specifically includes things like office visits, labs/tests, remote monitoring, fetal nonstress tests, and continuous glucose monitors for gestational diabetes when medically necessary.
The bill adds presumptive eligibility for pregnant applicants so prenatal care can start while the full application is pending, and it covers at-home supports like self-measured blood pressure monitoring (devices + training + data reporting) and certain remote ultrasound services when standards are met.
Finally, it requires Medicaid reimbursement for doulas and community health workers for prenatal/postpartum home visitation, directs the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek any needed federal approvals, and sets an effective date of November 1, 2026
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