Week In Review

• The Senate Health and Human Services Committee gave its stamp of approval to the following measures on Monday:

• The Senate met briefly Monday and took up no legislation. Monday's floor session was the first since last Thursday's deadline for bills and joint resolutions to be heard in their chamber of origin.

• The Senate Education Committee met on Monday morning and unanimously approved eight nominations for different committees and governing bodies. The following nominees were approved by the Senate Education Committee:

• The Senate met Monday, passing the following bills:

-SB 1030, by Sen. Josh Brecheen and Rep. Sean Roberts, requires the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to seek Medicaid waiver authority to pursue modifications to Medicaid eligibility criteria so that eligibility for the parent/caretaker group, relative to the federal poverty guidelines, is reduced to 20 percent. The measure passed 25-17.

Monday, March 5, 2018

• The Senate met Monday, passing the following bills: