NACDS sent Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) a letter asking him to sign SB 806, the Food is Medicine bill that would improve access to essential nutrition services for Medicaid beneficiaries and incentivize improvements in their health, utilizing an 1115 waiver.
Also in Oklahoma, SB 789 was amended in the House removing the rate floor language that triggered the fiscal note, and returned to the Senate for concurrence.
Finally in Oklahoma, SB 906, legislation that empowers pharmacists to optimize the pharmacy technician workforce and delegate more administrative and technical activities that do not require a pharmacist's by expanding the pharmacist-to-pharmacy technician ratio to 4:1, passed both houses and was sent to Gov. Kevin Stitt (R). NACDS sent a support letter asking Gov. Stitt (R) to sign the bill into law.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.