Oklahoma Senate passes bill to change health commissioner requirements
Published: Mar. 14, 2022 at 10:07 PM CDT
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KSWO) - A new bill going through the Legislature would make it so the state’s health commissioner would no longer need to be a doctor, or have a background in health.
The Senate passed State Bill 709 31-15, which was authored by Senator Greg McCortney, on Monday. It now heads to the House for a vote.
Under current law, the state health commissioner must be a doctor or have a doctoral degree in public health or a master’s degree with five years of experience in health administration.
The bill adds an exemption for candidates with a master’s degree and experience in managing “state agencies or large projects.”
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