Bills affecting Caregiver (family or unpaid) in Oklahoma — 2026 session

Family caregiver credit; mileage; eligible expenditures; age requirement; eligible family member; effective date.

Long-term care; eliminating the Alzheimer-Dementia Disclosure Act Advisory Council. Effective date.

Home care; directing Oklahoma Health Care Authority to establish certain family caregiver reimbursement program. Effective date. Emergency.

Medicaid; requiring coverage and reimbursement of certain services for Alzheimer's and dementia diagnoses; effective date.

Sunsets; Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board; repealer; effective date; emergency.

Insurance; enforcement and power of the Insurance Commissioner; bulletins; Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Program; expanding length of program; acquisitions; Long-Term Care Insurance Act; prohibiting persons from selling without proper license; effective date.

Venous thromboembolisms screening and treatment; Blake Burgess Act; training; State Department of Health; statewide venous thromboembolism registry; requirements; hospitals; reports; Governor; Legislature; applicability; definitions; Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act; promulgation of necessary rules, nursing care component, and adult daycare component; consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents; power and duties; State Department of Health, certified nursing aides within the Nursing Home Care Act; certain training for certified nursing aides; effective date; emergency.

Nursing homes; notice of violation and right to hearing; Nursing Home Care Act; State Department of Health; personnel to remain on site; effective date.

Long-term care referral fees; referral agency referrals; disclosure requirements; restrictions; duties; compensation for referral agency; effective date.

Caretakers; Oklahoma Respite Care Pilot Program for Seniors Act; purpose; definitions; pilot programs; eligibility; application process; participating providers; funding; reporting and evaluation; effective date.

Long-term care; Options Counseling for Long-term Care Revolving Fund; purpose; effective date; emergency.

Intermediate care facilities; electronic monitoring; long-term care facilities; term; intermediate care facilities; effective date.

Alzheimer's Dementia and Other Forms of Dementia Special Care Disclosure Act; imposing certain duties; broadening applicability of certain penalties; effective date.

Sunset; Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Council; extending sunset year.

Health; Alzheimer's Dementia and Other Forms of Dementia Special Care Disclosure Act; type of care; penalties; misdemeanor; effective date.

Abuse of elderly and disabled adults; Protective Services for the Vulnerable Adults Act; definition; persons required to report; investigation and reporting; Oklahoma's Protection and Advocacy System; Nursing Home Care Act; liability; waivers; reports; effective date.

Long-term care; requiring assisted living centers to post certain assisted living center bill of rights. Effective date.

Nursing home; Oklahoma Nursing Home Care Standards Modernization Act of 2026; effective date.

Long-term care; Oklahoma Long-Term Care Modernization Act of 2026; effective date.

Long-term care; directing promulgation of specified rules; requiring assisted living centers to establish internal quality assurance committee. Effective date.