House Passes Bill to Add People Working Through DHS Programs to Definition of Employee

People who provide services for programs administered by the state Department of Human Services would no longer be excluded from the definition of “employee,” under a bill the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed. The House voted 86-8 on Monday to pass HB 2026, by House Speaker Pro Tem Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa. The bill would repeal a statute that excludes from the definition of employee “any person who is providing services in a medical care or social services program, or who is a participant in a work or training program, administered by the Department of H...