---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN MORE THAN ONE (1) RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN MORE THAN ONE (1) RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1515"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1515 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Hester"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T20:01:49+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c8ad8ea-2405-4369-b72e-1cc6c347ba42"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2e6563a866e3201fd9f02222d3cb9a6afdbd395f2591c68c2754ae32fa5afecb"
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 1515 (2021) — TO AMEND THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN MORE THAN ONE (1) RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1515** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1515.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T20:01:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:08:32+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`
- **2021-03-10T01:07:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T20:07:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:16:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:16:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:18:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T20:13:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:13:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-29T23:16:02+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-29T23:16:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T13:44:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Notification that HB1515 is now Act 508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c8ad8ea-2405-4369-b72e-1cc6c347ba42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).