---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRY RECORDS CHECKS AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR IN-HOME CAREGIVERS OF MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES."
description: "TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRY RECORDS CHECKS AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR IN-HOME CAREGIVERS OF MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1427"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1427 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T20:38:27+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T18:33:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc61662-fc56-48fa-a050-25c18b9e3654"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7a005a3b37486ad69633954908b3dd2109b830940ea48271959ed4396dd8bd3b"
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 1427 (2021) — TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRY RECORDS CHECKS AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR IN-HOME CAREGIVERS OF MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1427** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1427.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T20:38:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T22:29:37+00:00** 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`
- **2021-03-12T00:11:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T18:43:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T22:19:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-18T22:20:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T23:01:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T19:39:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:40:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:44:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-12T21:44:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T13:45:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-14T18:33:38+00:00** Notification that HB1427 is now Act 717 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bc61662-fc56-48fa-a050-25c18b9e3654`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).