An Oklahoma House committee delayed action Tuesday on a measure to allow out-of-state insurers to offer health plans here.
The insurance committee laid over Senate Bill 478 until next week in order to review substantial amendments members didn't receive before Tuesday's meeting.
"The Freedom of Choice Act is public disclosure. That's no print smaller than 8 point, good-faith estimate by insurers, definition of facilities and genetic nondiscrimination is with the early detection of diseases, having that information but not using that information for nefarious purposes," said Rep. Lewis Moore, the committee chair.
A major complaint about the bill is it allows insurers to offer policies without coverage required by state law. Moore said one change to the bill is requiring disclosures about what out-of-state-insurers don’t cover.
"We want to make that clear to those persons if they were to purchase a policy from another state what mandates they have and how those line up with what the state of Oklahoma plans offer," Moore said.
Coverage insurers could skip includes maternity coverage and treatments for diabetes, cancer and autism. Critics say that would make policies essentially worthless.
