- Indicates action since the request date.
| HB 1014 |
Watson, Danny (R)
Hammer, Kim (R) |
Expands the approved number of medicolegal death investigation courses that meet training requirements for deputy coroners, allows online training courses, disqualifies those with felonies from employment as deputy coroner. |
| Bill History: |
02-01-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 28/N: 4) 02-03-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 02-03-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 33 ) |
| HB 1042 |
Allen, Fred (D)
Wallace, Dave (R) |
Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to adopt updated guidelines requiring coverage for more than one prostate cancer screening per year, if additional clinical recommendations are published by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. |
| Bill History: |
02-08-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 35/N: 0) 02-08-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 02-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 66 ) |
| HB 1102 |
Pilkington, Aaron (R)
Penzo, Clint (R) |
Requires newborns to be tested for medical conditions listed by the Secretary of the Department of Health. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-05-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-10-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 490 ) |
| HB 1103 |
Mayberry, Julie (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Requires the Department of Health to establish voluntary, evidence-based home visitation services for newborns and their parents; requires health benefit plans in Arkansas to provide coverage for the established home visitation services. |
| Bill History: |
02-28-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130
...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor
02-27-23 H Amendment 2 adopted 03-30-23 H Meeting set for 9:30 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1121 |
Allen, Fred (D)
Wallace, Dave (R) |
Requires a health benefit plan offered in Arkansas to provide coverage for biomarker testing for the diagnosis, treatment, management, or ongoing monitoring of a subscriber's condition when supported by medical and scientific evidence. |
| Bill History: |
03-29-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 2) 03-30-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-04-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 429 ) |
| HB 1126 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Expands list of medications that don't count toward the monthly Medicaid prescription benefit cap to include anti-seizure and psychotropic medications. |
| Bill History: |
01-12-23 H Filed 01-12-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1127 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Creates the Rural Emergency Hospital Act, establishes eligibility criteria for obtaining a rural emergency hospital license. |
| Bill History: |
02-09-23 S Emergency clause adopted 02-09-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 02-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 59 ) |
| HB 1128 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Requires the Department of Health to establish a voluntary licensure program for emergency medical responders, provides that emergency medical responders may be reimbursed by AR Medicaid and an insurance company. |
| Bill History: |
03-09-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
03-09-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 03-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 258 ) |
| HB 1129 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Requires behavioral health services to be reimbursed by Arkansas Medicaid and health benefit plans in certain settings. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 33/N: 0) 04-05-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-10-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 494 ) |
| HB 1130 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Clarifies that a covenant not to compete agreement is unenforceable for medical professionals holding a license under Arkansas Code Title 17, Subtitle 3. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 H Passed over on calendar
04-06-23 H Placed on the House calendar 04-06-23 H Passed over on calendar |
| HB 1174 | Womack, Richard (R) | Provides that all provisions of the Arkansas Criminal Code apply to a prosecution for the death of an unborn child that would apply to a prosecution for the death of any other person; amends definitions related to an unborn child. |
| Bill History: |
01-23-23 H Moved to deferred list H-Judiciary 03-09-23 H Amendment(s) Filed 03-13-23 H Amendment 1 adopted |
| HB 1178 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Reduces the minimum number of training hours required for licensure as a community paramedic from 300 to 160 hours, replaces emergency department services with social determinants of health as a required area of clinical experience. |
| Bill History: |
02-08-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
02-08-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 02-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 54 ) |
| HB 1250 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Requires the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Committee to have one obstetrician and gynecologist and one member of the Opioid Recovery Partnership; provides State Medical Examiner access to controlled substances database. |
| Bill History: |
02-09-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 34/N: 0) 02-09-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 02-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 67 ) |
| HB 1251 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Clarifies that criminal background checks apply to all emergency medical services personnel, includes offenses prosecuted in other states or federal court in background checks. |
| Bill History: |
02-09-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 34/N: 0) 02-09-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 02-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 51 ) |
| HB 1252 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Expands the list of items a health benefit plan must cover to include a prosthetic device for athletics or recreation and a prosthetic device for showering or bathing. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 805 ) |
| HB 1259 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Requires a healthcare insurer to pay a healthcare provider any cost sharing, prohibits withholding any amount for cost sharing or requiring a healthcare provider to offer additional discounts outside the terms of the contract. |
| Bill History: |
01-25-23 H Filed 01-26-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Insurance and Commerce 03-15-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Insurance and Commerce |
| HB 1261 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Requires a health benefit plan to cover ambulance services under certain conditions, establishes reimbursement rates. |
| Bill History: |
04-03-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-04-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-06-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 480 ) |
| HB 1266 |
Evans, Brian (R)
Hammer, Kim (R) |
Allows a minor 16 years of age or older to consent to outpatient mental health services for suicide prevention, addiction, or abuse and allows a mental health professional to treat such a minor without parental consent. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-23 H Placed on the House calendar 02-13-23 H Re-referred to committee H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 02-16-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1271 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Exempts certain healthcare providers and services from prior authorization requirements. |
| Companions: |
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| Bill History: |
04-06-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 575 ) |
| HB 1272 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Prohibits a healthcare insurer from leasing, renting or selling a healthcare contract or provider network to another healthcare insurer or third-party administrator, a violation is an unfair trade practice. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-06-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 576 ) |
| HB 1273 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Amends the definition of healthcare sharing ministry to require the provision of an identification card to participants, defines short-term limited duration insurance. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 33/N: 0) 04-05-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-10-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 500 ) |
| HB 1274 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Makes various changes regarding a utilization review entity used under the Prior Authorization Transparency Act. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 33/N: 0) 04-05-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-10-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 501 ) |
| HB 1275 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Allows a healthcare provider to grant electronic access to the healthcare provider's medical records system to a healthcare payor or the healthcare payor's authorized designee. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 33/N: 0) 04-05-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-10-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 502 ) |
| HB 1276 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Exempts antipsychotic prescription drugs from regulation under step therapy protocols. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-06-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 577 ) |
| HB 1277 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Prohibits an insurer, HMO, hospital medical service corporation, or health benefit plan from using a person who has a medical license to review the decision of a prudent lay person to seek emergency medical care. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Insurance and Commerce 02-01-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Insurance and Commerce 02-01-23 H Moved to deferred list H-Insurance and Commerce |
| HB 1300 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Allows a healthcare organization licensed as a hospital to hold one retail pharmacy permit at each location licensed as a hospital, describes eligibility and responsibilities of pharmacy permit holders. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 H Filed 01-26-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1301 | Clowney, Nicole (D) | Expands the exceptions from the prohibitions against providing an abortion to include a fetal abnormality incompatible with life. |
| Bill History: |
03-07-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130
...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor
03-07-23 H Committee Motion for Do Pass Failed 03-08-23 H Moved to deferred list H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1304 | Ennett, Denise (D) | Requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage for prescribed prenatal vitamins on or after January 1, 2024, may be subject to deductibles or copays, does not diminish or limit benefits otherwise allowable under a health benefit plan. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 H Filed 01-26-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Insurance and Commerce 03-08-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Insurance and Commerce |
| HB 1314 | Eubanks, Jon (R) | Requires Arkansas Medicaid to classify doctors of optometry as physicians with respect to all services that doctors of optometry are authorized to perform under state law and to classify optometric physicians under the physician fee schedule. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 H Motion to withdraw from committee carried H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-04-23 H Withdrawn from further consideration 06-01-23 H Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 28 |
| HB 1315 |
Ennett, Denise (D)
Chesterfield, Linda (D) |
Requires public and private schools to have at least two employees who have met the training requirements to administer or assist with seizure medication and recognize the signs and symptoms of seizures. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 25/N: 1) 03-14-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 03-16-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 286 ) |
| HB 1323 | Vaught, DeAnn (R) | Requires a public school, open enrollment charter school, private school, or childcare facility to implement a mental health screening for participating students using an evidence-based screening program. |
| Bill History: |
02-02-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130
...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor
02-21-23 H Motion to withdraw from committee carried H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 02-21-23 H Withdrawn from further consideration |
| HB 1356 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Requires the Insurance Commissioner to consider a health insurer's surplus levels in determining whether a proposed rate is excessive. |
| Bill History: |
02-06-23 H Filed 02-06-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Insurance and Commerce 02-08-23 H Committee hearing set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Insurance and Commerce |
| HB 1385 |
Vaught, DeAnn (R)
Davis, Breanne (R) |
Requires Arkansas Medicaid to reimburse a healthcare provider for providing long-acting reversible contraception immediately and during postpartum in addition to the regular payments for services to pregnant women. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 28/N: 0) 04-06-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 581 ) |
| HB 1418 |
Richmond, Marcus (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Provides that the recovery of damages for necessary medical care includes only those costs actually paid by or on behalf of the plaintiff or that remain unpaid and for which the plaintiff or any third party is legally responsible. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Judiciary 02-23-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Judiciary 02-21-23 H Committee Motion for Do Pass Failed |
| HB 1421 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Creates a tax credit for donations to rural hospitals by individuals of up to $5,000, by partnerships and shareholders up to $10,000, and by corporations up to 75 percent of their state income tax liability, with a maximum of $2M per hospital. |
| Bill History: |
02-14-23 H Filed 02-14-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Revenue and Taxation |
| HB 1422 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Creates a $1,000 nonrefundable income tax credit for certain wages paid to an uncompensated faculty preceptor and a $6,000 nonrefundable income tax credit for payments received by a compensated faculty preceptor for preceptor training. |
| Bill History: |
03-09-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 151
...H-Revenue and Taxation
03-09-23 H Amendment(s) Filed 03-13-23 H Amendment 1 adopted |
| HB 1446 |
Cavenaugh, Frances (R)
Hammer, Kim (R) |
Requires the Department of Human Services to set minimum standards governing the quality of care provided by a regulated facility to a child, prohibits a psychiatric residential treatment facility from admitting a child unless certain conditions are met. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 806 ) |
| HB 1452 | Gonzales, Justin (R) | Requires a hospital to comply with federal hospital transparency pricing regulation 45 C.F.R. Part 180, requires the Department of Health to fine hospitals $250 per day for noncompliance. |
| Bill History: |
04-03-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-04-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-06-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 482 ) |
| HB 1456 |
Gazaway, Jimmy (R)
Gilmore, Ben (R) |
Creates new death by delivery criminal offenses for when a person knowingly delivers a controlled/counterfeit substance to another person and the controlled/counterfeit substance causes the death of that person. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Emergency clause adopted 04-06-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 584 ) |
| HB 1458 |
Cavenaugh, Frances (R)
Sullivan, Dan (R) |
Requires a physical fitness instructor to obtain/maintain certification on the recognition and management of certain health conditions that can occur during physical activity. |
| Bill History: |
03-02-23 S Emergency clause adopted 03-02-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 03-06-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 199 ) |
| HB 1481 |
Achor, Brandon (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Requires an enrollee’s defined cost sharing for a prescription drug to be calculated at the point-of-sale based on a price that is reduced by at least 100% of all rebates received in connection with the dispensing/administration of the prescription drug. |
| Bill History: |
03-15-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 35/N: 0) 03-16-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 03-21-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 333 ) |
| HB 1500 |
Achor, Brandon (R)
Hammer, Kim (R) |
Amends the duties of the Insurance Commissioner regarding pharmacy benefit managers, including permitting the examination of their books to determine the aggregate amount of rebates received, distributed, and passed on to enrollees. |
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| Bill History: |
02-24-23 H Filed 02-27-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Insurance and Commerce 03-08-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Insurance and Commerce |
| HB 1509 |
Mayberry, Julie (R)
Clark, Alan (R) |
Adds outpatient facility to the definition of healthcare facility within the No Patient Left Alone Act, makes changes to certain visitation policies for healthcare facilities, adds fines of at least $500/day for visitation policy violations. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 93/N: 3) 03-13-23 S Received in the Senate - Referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-30-23 S Meeting set for 10 Minutes Upon Adjournment - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1514 | Shephard, Tara (D) | Requires the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to collaborate with the Department of Health to ensure public high schools/state-supported higher education institutions have an overdose rescue kit on each campus. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 811 ) |
| HB 1542 |
Vaught, DeAnn (R)
Hammer, Kim (R) |
Makes various changes regarding the reporting of child abuse and the failure to report child abuse by mandated reporters, amends certain procedures regarding the investigation of alleged child maltreatment. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149
...H-Judiciary
03-14-23 H Motion to withdraw from committee carried H-Judiciary 03-14-23 H Withdrawn from further consideration |
| HB 1544 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Removes requirement that the community served by the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program be less than 20,000 population and at least 20 miles from a city or town with a population over 20,000. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-23 H House concurred in Senate amendment 1
04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-12-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 725 ) |
| HB 1545 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Removes requirement that the community served by the Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program be less than 20,000 population and at least 20 miles from a city or town with a population over 20,000. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 91/N: 2) 03-13-23 S Received in the Senate - Referred to S-Education 04-05-23 S Meeting set for Upon Adjournment of Joint Budget - Room 207 ...S-Education |
| HB 1553 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Requires the Department of Human Services to implement an abbreviated independent assessment process for beneficiaries who have chronic conditions and who receive home- and community-based services through a risk-based provider organization. |
| Bill History: |
03-06-23 H Filed 03-06-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-09-23 H Meeting set for 9:30 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1554 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Allows a certified Medicaid provider to challenge an enforcement action by filing a reconsideration request setting forth the reasons the violation is incorrect. |
| Bill History: |
03-30-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130
...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor
03-29-23 H Amendment 1 adopted 04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1558 | Pilkington, Aaron (R) | Expands the exemption from prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction to include treatment for alcohol addiction. |
| Bill History: |
03-29-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 35/N: 0) 03-30-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-04-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 451 ) |
| HB 1562 |
Schulz, Bart (R)
Gilmore, Ben (R) |
Expands the list of people to which a healthcare professional acting in good faith can prescribe, dispense, and supply an opioid antagonist. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-06-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 586 ) |
| HB 1574 |
Vaught, DeAnn (R)
Hammer, Kim (R) |
Requires Arkansas Medicaid to provide a supplemental reimbursement rate for physician practices enrolled in the patient-centered medical home program that actively participate in a team- and evidence-based pediatric practice transformation care model. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-05-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-10-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 513 ) |
| HB 1611 |
Miller, Josh (R)
Payton, John (R) |
Repeals the prohibition against the Worker's Compensation Commission approving attorney's fees in respect of a claim on medical benefits or services awarded. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-23 H Filed 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1612 |
Miller, Josh (R)
Payton, John (R) |
Repeals the limitations on the total disability rate regarding compensation payable to an injured employee for disability and compensation payable to surviving dependents of a deceased employee. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-23 H Filed 03-13-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1628 |
Meeks, Stephen (R)
Johnson, Mark (R) |
Prohibits covenant not to compete agreements in Arkansas. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-23 H Filed 03-14-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Insurance and Commerce 04-05-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Insurance and Commerce |
| HB 1643 | Johnson, Lee (R) | Requires an automated external defibrillator to be placed at each school-sponsored sporting event for grades 7-12 and at appropriate locations across each institution of higher education campus. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 30/N: 0) 04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-12-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 737 ) |
| HB 1684 | Garner, Denise (D) | Amends the definition of medical emergency within the Arkansas Human Life Protection Act to include a condition in which an abortion is necessary to preserve the health of a pregnant woman whose life or health is endangered. |
| Bill History: |
03-27-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Judiciary 04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Judiciary 06-02-23 H Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 37 |
| HB 1686 | Long, Wayne (R) | To create the Arkansas Chemical Abortions Ban Act and to prohibit chemical abortions. (Shell Bill) |
| Bill History: |
04-03-23 H Amendment 1 adopted
04-03-23 H Reported from committee - w/o recommendation H-Journal Committee 04-03-23 H Read second time - Referred to H-Judiciary |
| HB 1705 | Brown, Karilyn (R) | Clarifies that a professional relationship for physical therapy services under the Telemedicine Act shall only be established if the healthcare professional conducts an in-person examination of the patient. |
| Bill History: |
03-30-23 S Received in the Senate - Referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-05-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-05-23 S Committee Motion for Do Pass Failed |
| HB 1717 |
Lundstrum, Robin (R)
Crowell, Steve (R) |
Exempts from sales tax the sale of over-the-counter drugs prescribed by licensed healthcare professionals. |
| Bill History: |
03-27-23 H Filed 03-27-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Revenue and Taxation |
| HB 1719 |
Lundstrum, Robin (R)
Crowell, Steve (R) |
Exempts from sales tax the sale of a service providing for the electronic transmission of a drug prescription directly to a pharmacy. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 827 ) |
| HB 1725 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Petty, Jim (R) |
Requires Arkansas Tobacco Control to create and maintain a certification directory for manufacturers of vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and e-liquid containers. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 89/N: 5) 04-05-23 S Received in the Senate - Referred to S-City, County and Local Affairs 04-06-23 S Meeting set for 8:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-City, County and Local Affairs |
| HB 1734 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Makes changes regarding prohibited conduct and injunctive relief under the Patient Right-to-Know Act. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Placed on the Senate calendar 04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 830 ) |
| HB 1741 |
Ferguson, Deborah (D)
Boyd, Justin (R) |
Requires a dental plan enrollee to provide annual consent of an assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider and a healthcare insurer or payor, requires a healthcare provider to provide notice informing the enrollee of certain information. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 831 ) |
| HB 1747 | McAlindon, Mindy (R) | Expands rural medical practice loan program to include medically underserved communities, includes education programs in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, and food systems management as eligible for expanded loan program. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 H Motion to withdraw from committee carried H-Education 04-04-23 H Withdrawn from further consideration 06-02-23 H Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 41 |
| HB 1778 |
Johnson, Lee (R)
Irvin, Missy (R) |
Changes the authority to appoint members of the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board, shifting appointments by the Ark. Hospital Association and the State Medical Board to the governor and legislative leadership. |
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| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 32/N: 0) 04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 844 ) |
| HB 1785 | Pilkington, Aaron (R) | Requires a healthcare provider to obtain written informed consent from the patient or the patient's representative before surgical mesh is implanted or inserted into a patient. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 94/N: 0) 04-04-23 S Received in the Senate - Referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-05-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1786 |
Pilkington, Aaron (R)
Penzo, Clint (R) |
Provides that an abortion to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency is prohibited from being performed or attempted unless the abortion takes place in a hospital or an emergency room. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Passed (Vote: Y: 28/N: 4) 04-07-23 H Enrolled in the House - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 848 ) |
| HB 1787 | Pilkington, Aaron (R) | Includes aggravated assault on a family or household member as an underlying offense for domestic battery charges of varying degrees. |
| Bill History: |
03-29-23 H Filed 03-29-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 130 ...H-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| HB 1803 | Mayberry, Julie (R) | Creates a School Nurse Salary Trust Fund to contribute to the salaries of public school nurses, requires $5 million in revenues from the soft drink tax to be deposited in the trust fund annually. |
| Bill History: |
04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 151
...H-Revenue and Taxation
04-04-23 H Committee motion for D.P. as amended Failed 04-04-23 H Moved to deferred list H-Revenue and Taxation |
| HB 1822 | Burkes, Rebecca (R) | Requires a court to reduce damages by the amount the plaintiff has or will receive in compensation from third parties when a verdict has been issued in an action to recover damages for a tort resulting in death/injury to a person or damage to property. |
| Bill History: |
03-30-23 H Filed 03-30-23 H Introduced and referred to H-Judiciary 04-04-23 H Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 149 ...H-Judiciary |
| SB 48 |
Johnson, Mark (R)
Pilkington, Aaron (R) |
Expands definition of a good samaritan to include non-healthcare professionals who render suicide prevention interventions at the scene of a threatened suicide and nonprofits that participate in providing suicide prevention interventions. |
| Bill History: |
02-06-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 98/N: 0) 02-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 02-09-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 47 ) |
| SB 53 | Joint Budget | Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services - Division of Medical Services for 2023-2024 operations. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 H Emergency clause adopted 04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 865 ) |
| SB 57 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Allows the Arkansas State Medical Board to reduce fees, if in the best interest of the state, through the administrative rule process and by approval of the Governor and either Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 99/N: 0) 02-14-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 02-17-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 79 ) |
| SB 79 |
Hammer, Kim (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Adds a clinical nurse specialist as a person who the Full Independent Practice Credentialing Committee can grant independent practice authority under Arkansas Code § 17-87-314. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Senate concurred in House amendments 1 & 2
04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 872 ) |
| SB 82 |
Sullivan, Dan (R)
Womack, Richard (R) |
Includes the preparation and dispensing of contact lenses in the definition of ophthalmic dispensing. |
| Bill History: |
01-19-23 S Filed 01-23-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-15-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| SB 86 | Penzo, Clint (R) | Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study regarding naturopathic physicians and the practice of naturopathic medicine by no later than June 30, 2024. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 89/N: 1) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 670 ) |
| SB 88 |
Johnson, Mark (R)
Gonzales, Justin (R) |
Defines healthcare provider in the context of definitions related to student athlete concussion education. |
| Bill History: |
01-23-23 S Filed 01-23-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 02-22-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| SB 90 |
Hill, Ricky (R)
McCollum, Austin (R) |
Authorizes occupational licensing entities to provide for automatic and expedited licensure for individuals licensed in another state; outlines requirements of occupational licensing entities. |
| Bill History: |
03-29-23 S Senate concurred in House amendment 1
03-30-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-04-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 457 ) |
| SB 91 |
Hammer, Kim (R)
Fite, Charlene (R) |
Establishes an audiology and speech pathology interstate compact in Arkansas, effective when 10th state enacts compact. Establishes a Commission and provides procedures for compliance. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-23 H On floor for consideration
03-14-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 92/N: 0) 03-16-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 301 ) |
| SB 112 |
Boyd, Justin (R)
Pilkington, Aaron (R) |
Requires a physician assistant to be identified as the treating provider in billing/claims processes when he/she delivered medical services, allows physician assistants to bill Medicaid beneficiaries or patients with a health benefit plan. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-23 H On floor for consideration
03-14-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 93/N: 0) 03-16-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 303 ) |
| SB 113 |
Davis, Breanne (R)
Vaught, DeAnn (R) |
Requires Arkansas Medicaid to reimburse healthcare providers for providing long-acting reversible contraception immediately and during postpartum in addition to the regular payments for services to pregnant women provided by a healthcare provider. |
| Bill History: |
01-24-23 S Filed 01-25-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-31-23 S Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| SB 119 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Allows an insurer to consider and apply the Patient Protection Act of 1995 when setting a reimbursement rate for a healthcare service provided by an outpatient surgery center, sets minimum reimbursement requirements for outpatient surgery centers. |
| Bill History: |
01-25-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Insurance and Commerce 04-04-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce 06-02-23 S Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 55 |
| SB 130 |
Penzo, Clint (R)
Eubanks, Jon (R) |
Requires Arkansas Medicaid to remove the reimbursement cap for pediatric bone marrow transplant services and refrain from placing a cap on reimbursement for pediatric bone marrow transplant services. |
| Bill History: |
01-25-23 S Filed 01-25-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-31-23 S Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| SB 137 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage for necessary maxillofacial services, provides that an exclusion for coverage for dental care or orthodontic services does not apply to necessary maxillofacial services. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Insurance and Commerce 04-04-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce 06-02-23 S Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 56 |
| SB 138 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Burkes, Rebecca (R) |
Repeals the requirement that a clinic, health center, or other facility in which a pregnancy is willfully terminated or aborted must be licensed by the Department of Health. |
| Bill History: |
02-23-23 S Senate concurred in House amendment 1
02-23-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 02-27-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 162 ) |
| SB 139 | Bryant, Joshua (R) | Requires Arkansas Medicaid to provide coverage for authorized prescription digital therapeutics if an individual is eligible to receive treatment. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 S Filed 01-26-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-31-23 S Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| SB 140 | Bryant, Joshua (R) | Adds licensed lay midwives to the definition of 'healthcare provider' under the Patient Protection Act and the any willing provider laws. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 S Filed 01-26-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Insurance and Commerce 01-31-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce |
| SB 141 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Amends the definition of healthcare insurer to include an entity that has any subscribers in Arkansas, provides that the Prior Authorization Transparency Act applies to healthcare insurers located in Arkansas. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 99/N: 0) 02-14-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 02-17-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 87 ) |
| SB 143 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Exempts healthcare providers from prior authorization requirements for providing certain healthcare services. |
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| Bill History: |
01-26-23 S Filed 01-26-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Insurance and Commerce 03-30-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce |
| SB 148 | Irvin, Missy (R) | Amends the law concerning the Prior Authorization Transparency Act. (Shell Bill) |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 S Filed 01-26-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Insurance and Commerce 03-28-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce |
| SB 169 | Bryant, Joshua (R) | Adds licensed lay midwives to the definition of 'healthcare provider' under the Patient Protection Act and the any willing provider laws. |
| Bill History: |
01-26-23 S Filed 01-26-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Insurance and Commerce 01-31-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce |
| SB 178 |
Hammer, Kim (R)
Vaught, DeAnn (R) |
Requires insurers that provide benefits for the treatment of mental illness or substance use disorders provide reimbursement for those benefits if they are delivered through a psychiatric collaborative care model. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Senate concurred in House amendment 1
04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 615 ) |
| SB 181 |
Hammer, Kim (R)
Warren, Les (R) |
Requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage for the use of intravenous immunoglobulin to treat certain disorders associated with streptococcal infection if the patient's primary doctor agrees its necessary, repeals ACA 23-79-1903. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-23 S Senate concurred in House amendment 1
04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 876 ) |
| SB 192 |
Boyd, Justin (R)
Achor, Brandon (R) |
Provides that the application of exceptions of step therapy protocols shall not be construed to prevent a health insurer, benefit plan, or utilization review organization from requiring a patient to try a biosimilar medical product. |
| Bill History: |
02-16-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 93/N: 2) 02-20-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 02-24-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 136 ) |
| SB 199 |
Stubblefield, Gary (R)
Bentley, Mary (R) |
Provides that a healthcare professional who performs a gender transition procedure on a minor is liable if the minor is physically or psychologically injured; injured minor may bring a civil action. |
| Bill History: |
03-08-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 76/N: 17) 03-08-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 03-13-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 274 ) |
| SB 236 | Hester, Bart (R) | Requires a license to own or operate a prescribed pediatric extended care center, describes requirements for license, requires AR Medicaid to provide reimbursement for services provided through a prescribed pediatric extended care center. |
| Bill History: |
03-27-23 S Motion to withdraw from committee carried S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-27-23 S Withdrawn from further consideration 06-02-23 S Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 57 |
| SB 265 |
Boyd, Justin (R)
Bentley, Mary (R) |
Allows the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy to permit a hospital to sell drugs and medications at retail for emergency room patients or for discharged patients for off premises use in an outpatient setting. |
| Bill History: |
03-01-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 96/N: 1) 03-01-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 03-06-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 233 ) |
| SB 274 |
Petty, Jim (R)
Gazaway, Jimmy (R) |
Prohibits a wholesale distributor from limiting/ending the sale of controlled substances or materially altering the pricing of any items/services limiting/ending their sale unless the distributor suspects aberrant purchasing or dispensing behavior. |
| Bill History: |
02-22-23 S Reported from committee - Do pass S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 02-23-23 S Placed on the Senate calendar 02-23-23 S Passed over on calendar |
| SB 278 |
King, Bryan (R)
Miller, Josh (R) |
Repeals the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Program, transfers all persons enrolled in the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Program to coverage under Medicaid. |
| Bill History: |
02-15-23 S Filed 02-15-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor 03-31-23 S Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. - Room 272 ...S-Public Health, Welfare and Labor |
| SB 283 |
Gilmore, Ben (R)
Gazaway, Jimmy (R) |
Creates new death by delivery criminal offenses for when a person knowingly delivers a controlled/counterfeit substance to another person and the controlled/counterfeit substance causes the death of that person. |
| Bill History: |
02-17-23 S Filed 02-20-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Judiciary 04-05-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Judiciary |
| SB 291 |
Dees, Tyler (R)
Meeks, Stephen (R) |
Transfers the duty to establish and maintain a central registry of persons with a disability resulting from a traumatic head injury from the Brain Injury Alliance of Arkansas to the Department of Health. |
| Bill History: |
03-15-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 96/N: 0) 03-16-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 03-21-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 355 ) |
| SB 309 |
Hester, Bart (R)
Fite, Charlene (R) |
Clarifies that the Child Welfare Agency Review Board is required to terminate the license of a psychiatric residential treatment facility licensee that has not been in operation for a consecutive twelve-month period. |
| Bill History: |
03-30-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 89/N: 0) 03-31-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-04-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 464 ) |
| SB 324 |
Dismang, Jonathan (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Exempts a nonprofit agricultural membership organization from the Arkansas Insurance Code and the law concerning hospital and medical service corporations. |
| Bill History: |
04-06-23 S Senate concurred in House amendment 1
04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 626 ) |
| SB 344 |
Hammer, Kim (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Requires healthcare facilities to post notices regarding the felony status of the criminal offense of attacking a healthcare worker, including a nurse. Allows healthcare professionals to list work addresses when filing related police reports. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 94/N: 0) 03-15-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 03-16-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 313 ) |
| SB 345 |
Hill, Ricky (R)
Mayberry, Julie (R) |
Requires the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services to establish a Dementia Services Coordinator as a full-time position. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 95/N: 0) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 682 ) |
| SB 348 | Johnson, Mark (R) | Requires a health insurer to respond to claims inquiries within 60 business days after receipt of written documentation by a Medicaid recipient, applies certain provisions regarding health insurer liability under Medicaid to third-parties. |
| Bill History: |
03-16-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 89/N: 0) 03-16-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 03-21-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 369 ) |
| SB 358 |
Dees, Tyler (R)
Gazaway, Jimmy (R) |
Prohibits a person from selling a hemp-derived product without being permitted by Arkansas Tobacco Control, adds a product converting industrial hemp into delta-8, delta-9, or delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol to the Schedule VI controlled substance list. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-23 S Senate concurred in House amendments 1 & 2
04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 629 ) |
| SB 359 |
Chesterfield, Linda (D)
Maddox, John (R) |
Amends the law regarding access to medical records for legal proceedings, adding access for interested parties for the adjustment of an insurance claim and for the processing/underwriting of a life insurance policy application. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-23 S Senate concurred in House amendment 1
04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-12-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 765 ) |
| SB 463 |
Gilmore, Ben (R)
McAlindon, Mindy (R) |
Requires the State Medical Board to revoke the medical license of a physician who is found to have failed to comply with the Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 77/N: 13) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 702 ) |
| SB 465 |
Dotson, Jim (R)
Bentley, Mary (R) |
Creates the Continuum of Care Program, prohibits the Life Choices Lifeline Program from contracting with an organization that provides or assists in providing abortions or that has personnel/volunteers that have provided/assisted with abortions. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 96/N: 0) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 703 ) |
| SB 490 |
Leding, Greg (D)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage for recommended genetic testing for inherited cancer mutations for an enrollee with a history of breast cancer and evidenced-based screenings for an enrollee with an inherited cancer risk. |
| Bill History: |
04-03-23 S Meeting set for 6:30 p.m. - Room 171
...S-Insurance and Commerce
04-03-23 S Committee motion for D.P. as amended Failed (Vote: Y: 3/N: 2) 04-05-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Insurance and Commerce |
| SB 515 | Irvin, Missy (R) | Amends provisions related to Medicaid fraud and investigations, civil remedies and restitution. Amends related criminal law and creates new offenses. |
| Bill History: |
04-03-23 S Meeting set for 9:00 a.m. - Room 171
...S-Judiciary
04-03-23 S Motion to withdraw from committee carried S-Judiciary 04-03-23 S Withdrawn from further consideration |
| SB 517 | Penzo, Clint (R) | Adds provisions to healthcare facility visitation policies for visits by clergy members under various circumstances. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 93/N: 2) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 716 ) |
| SB 518 | Irvin, Missy (R) | Amends provisions related to Medicaid fraud and investigations, civil remedies and restitution. Amends related criminal law and creates new offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-28-23 S Introduced and referred to S-Judiciary 04-05-23 S Meeting set for 10:00 a.m. - Room 171 ...S-Judiciary 06-02-23 S Assigned study proposal number - see ISP 71 |
| SB 519 | Irvin, Missy (R) | Creates a new chapter related to abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older persons in an inpatient facility receiving 24 hours care. |
| Bill History: |
04-07-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 91/N: 0) 04-07-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-12-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 783 ) |
| SB 520 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Changes the authority to appoint members of the Graduate Medical Education Residency Expansion Board, shifting appointments by the Ark. Hospital Association and the State Medical Board to the governor and legislative leadership. |
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| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 94/N: 0) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 663 ) |
| SB 542 |
Irvin, Missy (R)
Johnson, Lee (R) |
Requires an abortion provider who knowingly refers a woman for an abortion to comply with the Right-to-Know-and-See Act. |
| Bill History: |
04-05-23 H Passed (Vote: Y: 80/N: 12) 04-06-23 S Enrolled in the Senate - Sent to Governor 04-11-23 G Signed by the Governor (Act: 559 ) |
| SB 548 |
Boyd, Justin (R)
Ferguson, Deborah (D) |
Requires a dental plan enrollee to provide annual consent of an assignment of benefits to a healthcare provider and a healthcare insurer or payor, requires a healthcare provider to provide notice informing the enrollee of certain information. |
| Bill History: |
04-03-23 S Reported from committee - Do pass S-Insurance and Commerce 04-05-23 S Placed on the Senate calendar 04-05-23 S Withdrawn from further consideration |