---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"HEALTHCARE PROVIDER\" UNDER THE PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 1995; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"HEALTHCARE PROVIDER\" AS USED UNDER THE ANY WILLING PROVIDER LAWS."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"HEALTHCARE PROVIDER\" UNDER THE PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 1995; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"HEALTHCARE PROVIDER\" AS USED UNDER THE ANY WILLING PROVIDER LAWS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1447"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1447 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc9c4fb-d80d-49c4-a180-3bd3a052b657"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "811b206597fb0a3b34a1134a9cd7390e65e8444a132667c1a4a4ce04cd269183"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1447 (2019) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTHCARE PROVIDER" UNDER THE PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 1995; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "HEALTHCARE PROVIDER" AS USED UNDER THE ANY WILLING PROVIDER LAWS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1447** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1447.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-13** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-18** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-02-28** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-28** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-28** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-03-05** Notification that HB1447 is now Act 316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dc9c4fb-d80d-49c4-a180-3bd3a052b657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).