{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1374","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-1374","heading":"Vision plans","body":"A. For the plan year beginning January 1, 2017, and for each\n\nyear thereafter, it shall be the responsibility of the Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services to offer vision plans to\n\nparticipants during the open enrollment period. Providers of plans\n\neligible for selection shall submit information requested by the\n\nOffice of Management and Enterprise Services. For the plan year\n\nbeginning January 1, 2022, and for each year thereafter, the Office\n\nof Management and Enterprise Services shall have the authority to\n\nrenew vision plan contracts with plan providers for succeeding one-\n\nyear terms if the provider had a contract for the immediately\n\npreceding year. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services\n\nmay, at its discretion, require the provider to submit information\n\nincluding, but not limited to, rate schedules, contact information\n\nfor the plan, policy limits and applicable deductibles and billing\n\npractices of the plan prior to the renewal. Plans eligible for\n\nselection shall meet or exceed the following criteria:\n\n1. Has in place a statewide network of at least one hundred\n\nfifty providers. \"Providers\", for purposes of this section, means\n\nOptometrists (OD), Ophthalmologists (MD), and Ophthalmologists (DO)\n\nwhich shall be counted once regardless of the number of locations\n\nwhere they may practice. Optical shops and retail optical locations\n\nshall not be listed as providers. The company offering the vision\n\nplan must have a direct relationship with each provider on its\n\npanel, and may not lease, borrow, or otherwise obtain use of a\n\nprovider panel from another company. This would not prevent a\n\ncompany from offering its plan through one corporate entity and\n\nadministering the plan or provider panel through another legal\n\nentity of the same organization so long as the entity receiving\n\npremiums remains legally responsible for the payment of benefits.\n\nProviders must be actively engaged in providing the services offered\n\nunder the vision plan they represent;\n\n2. Has operated in Oklahoma for at least five (5) years;\n\nprovided, that an immediately prior operation in Oklahoma of a\n\nnonsurviving corporation that merges into an affiliated corporation\n\nshall be counted in determining whether the surviving corporation\n\nhas operated a plan in Oklahoma for five (5) years;\n\n3. Is properly licensed, registered, certified or authorized to\n\noperate its business in this state by the Insurance Department.\n\nVision plans must be offered by the company administering the plan,\n\nnot by an agent or third party. A company shall offer only one\n\nvision plan and rate schedule for each plan year;\n\n4. Presents accurate product information in a reproducible\n\nformat not to exceed two pages; and\n\n5. Vision plans must provide an examination, frames and lenses,\n\nand/or contact lenses and some form of indemnified payment to the\n\ncontracted providers for each component of the benefits, i.e., the\n\nexam, frames and lenses and/or contact lenses. This does not\n\neliminate discounted supplementary benefits under a qualified plan,\n\nso long as such benefits pertain to vision care.\n\nB. Any administrative fees imposed by the Office of Management\n\nand Enterprise Services shall be applied equally to all qualified\n\nvision plans. There shall be no additional requirements imposed on\n\na vision plan other than the proper licensing, certification or\n\nauthorization to operate its business by the Oklahoma Insurance\n\nDepartment.\n\nC. No more than two Oklahoma-based vision care benefits\n\ncompanies that meet the criteria as specified in subsection A of\n\nthis section and no more than two out-of-state vision care benefits\n\ncompanies that meet the criteria as specified in subsection A of\n\nthis section shall be offered as vendors for enrollment in any state\n\nemployee benefit offering. For purposes of this subsection, an\n\n\"Oklahoma-based vision care benefits company\" shall be defined as\n\nfollows:\nthat meet the criteria as specified in subsection A of\n\nthis section and no more than two out-of-state vision care benefits\n\ncompanies that meet the criteria as specified in subsection A of\n\nthis section shall be offered as vendors for enrollment in any state\n\nemployee benefit offering. For purposes of this subsection, an\n\n\"Oklahoma-based vision care benefits company\" shall be defined as\n\nfollows:\n\n1. A vision care benefits company that has a home office,\n\ncustomer service and administration located within the State of\n\nOklahoma and is subject to Oklahoma state income taxes; or\n\n2. A vision care benefits company that has a majority of\n\nownership interest held either directly or indirectly by residents\n\nof the State of Oklahoma and is subject to Oklahoma state income\n\ntaxes.\n\nD. In the event the number of vision companies submitting\n\nofferings exceeds the amount permitted under subsection C of this\n\nsection, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have\n\nthe authority to reject excess offerings based upon failures to meet\n\nbid requirements or for providing lesser value for the State of\n\nOklahoma.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f3fa6e80e1bc17d10c76ebea208e32c8ee2083f2093d71ed9ecf01eba41abbda","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1373","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-1375"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}