---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS ACT."
description: "TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1450"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1450 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "Magie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08T20:45:57+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:03:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b467b795-41cb-4b8a-b591-3445a11377d6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "200210a4b1067340aadda73b224d160ab9337b6574c9882fa9fc99c3b770a227"
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 1450 (2021) — TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1450-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1450** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1450.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bledsoe — primary (person)
- Magie — primary (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08T20:45:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-08T22:48:10+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`
- **2021-03-04T23:07:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T14:37:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:37:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:44:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-09T19:35:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:38:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:39:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T00:11:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T21:31:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T21:32:11+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:28:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:28:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:46:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:03:05+00:00** Notification that HB1450 is now Act 357 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b467b795-41cb-4b8a-b591-3445a11377d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).