HB 1840 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT TO ENSURE THAT SEDATION DENTISTRY IS COVERED BY RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.

House Bill 1840 amends the Medicaid Provider-Led Organized Care Act. This bill ensures that sedation dentistry services are covered by risk-based provider organizations within the Medicaid program. The change directly affects Medicaid beneficiaries who require sedation for dental procedures, ensuring access to these services through their managed care plans.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Signed Apr 21, 2025
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Act 967 HB 1840 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text shows only formatting and signature line changes, with no substantive policy modifications. The legislative text was converted from Act 967 to HB 1840 format, removing the approval date line while keeping the bill's core provisions intact.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'APPROVED: 4/21/25' line that previously appeared after the signature line, likely due to formatting conversion from Act to Bill format.

Added blank lines in the header section to standardize formatting for the new bill number HB 1840.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Apr 21, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1840 is now Act 967
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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