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2025R: SB626
TO REQUIRE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT REIMBURSEMENT RATES; TO ENSURE PARITY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES; TO AMEND THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Latest action: Sine Die adjournment
Interim study: ISP-2025-019 (Adopted)
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| Sponsor | Role |
|---|---|
| Irvin | lead |
| L. Johnson | primary |
| When | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025, 5:45 p.m. CT | Senate | Filed |
| Apr 3, 2025, 5:58 p.m. CT | Senate | Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE |
| Apr 8, 2025, 6:43 p.m. CT | Senate | Rules suspended. |
| Apr 8, 2025, 6:43 p.m. CT | Senate | Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 |
| Apr 8, 2025, 6:44 p.m. CT | Senate | Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. |
| Apr 8, 2025, 10:25 p.m. CT | Senate | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED |
| Apr 8, 2025, 10:25 p.m. CT | Senate | Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE |
| Apr 16, 2025, 1:09 p.m. CT | Senate | Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar. |
| Apr 16, 2025, 1:09 p.m. CT | Senate | Recommended for study in the Interim Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE |
| May 5, 2025, 11:23 a.m. CT | Senate | Sine Die adjournment |
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| When | Meeting | Video |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2025, 8:30 a.m. CT | Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber | Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar |
Filed amendments on record: S1 (Senate) by Irvin, filed Apr 8, 2025, 6:26 p.m. CT: ARKANSAS SENATE 95th General Assembly - Regular Session, 2025 Amendment Form ______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle of Senate Bill 626 TO REQUIRE FAIR AND TRANSPARENT REIMBURSEMENT RATES; TO ENSURE PARITY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES; TO AMEND T.
| Number | Chamber | Sponsor | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Senate | Irvin | Apr 8, 2025, 6:26 p.m. CT |
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- Low reimbursement rates force Arkansas hospitals to scale back services
Arkansas Advocate · Apr 21, 2026
Last checked Nov 12, 2026, 9:15 a.m. CT.
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