Oklahoma HB 2013: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); Dylan's Law; Service Oklahoma; driver license; unique symbol; voluntary; State Commissioner of Health; power and duty; Division of Health Care Information; autopsy; findings; records; determination; effective date.

Bill Text

HB2013 FULLPCS2 Daniel Pae-MKS
2/25/2025 9:33:32 am
AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS

Amendment submitted by: Daniel Pae
Adopted: _____________________________

______________________________________
Reading Clerk

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
State of Oklahoma

SPEAKER:

CHAIR:

I move to amend HB2013
Of the printed Bill
Page Section Lines
Of the Engrossed Bill

By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu
thereof the following language:

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

PROPOSED COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2013 By: Pae

PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

An Act relating to sudden unexpected death in
epilepsy (SUDEP); creating Dylan's Law; providing
insurance coverage for individuals diagnosed with
epilepsy; prohibiting refusal of coverage or renewal
based on epilepsy diagnoses; mandating coverage for
seizure protection; defining terms; authorizing
Service Oklahoma to create certain driver licenses
for people diagnosed with epilepsy; prescribing the
use of a unique symbol; making the use of the symbol
voluntary; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-106, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 85, O.S.L. 2022 (63
O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1-106), which relates to
State Commissioner of Health, qualifications, and
powers and duties; adding a power and duty to the
Commissioner of Health; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 1-118, which relates to the creation of
Division of Health Care Information, duties, rules,
contracts, grants, and contributions; adding a duty
to the Division of Health Care Information; amending
63 O.S. 2021, Section 934, which relates to
appointment and qualifications of examiner; directing
the Chief Medical Examiner to provide information
about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; amending
63 O.S. 2021, Section 945, which relates to person to
perform autopsy, extent, report of findings, and
records request; requiring an investigation and
determination of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
of an individual with a history of seizures;
requiring certain notations on death certificates;
requiring certain reporting; providing for

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noncodification; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as "Dylan's Law."
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6060.31 of Title 36, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. All individual and group health insurance policies, issued
pursuant to provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, 42 U.S.C., Chapter 157, that provide medical and surgical
benefits shall provide the same coverage and benefits to any
individual who has been diagnosed with epilepsy as it would provide
coverage and benefits to an individual who has not been diagnosed
with epilepsy.
B. No insurer, subject to the Affordable Care Act, shall
terminate coverage or refuse to renew an individual's health
insurance coverage solely based upon the individual's diagnosis of
epilepsy.
C. To reduce the risk of death from sudden unexpected death in
epilepsy (SUDEP), all individual and group health insurance policies

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that provide medical and surgical benefits, pursuant to the
Affordable Care Act, shall adopt medical policies that provide
coverage for medically necessary neurostimulation devices prescribed
by a physician who is actively treating the enrollee.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-130 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. 1. Effective June 1, 2026, Service Oklahoma shall permit a
driver license or state identification cardholder to voluntarily
designate with the placement of a unique symbol that the person has
been diagnosed with epilepsy by a licensed physician. The
designation shall be used by a law enforcement officer or an
emergency medical professional to identify and effectively
communicate with a person who has been diagnosed with epilepsy and
shall not be used for any other purpose by any other person.
2. The cardholder may choose whether the voluntary designation
indicating that a person has been diagnosed with epilepsy, pursuant
to paragraph 1 of this subsection, shall be displayed on the driver
license or identification card or in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Telecommunications System (OLETS) in accordance with procedures
prescribed by Service Oklahoma. A holder of a driver license or
identification card who makes a voluntary designation pursuant to