MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of dental care for certain residents of intermediate care facilities (EN +$1,380,557 GF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2022
Last action May 31, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2022 · House May 3, 2022
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 27
May 26, 2022
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Amendments
2
May 26, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 24, 2022
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 12, 2022
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
May 9, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
May 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 25, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (17-0).
lower
Mar 28, 2022
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rhonda Butler
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Villio
RRepublican
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Foy Gadberry
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
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