---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE PERSONAL CARE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT ACT; AND TO ENSURE AN APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
description: "TO CREATE THE PERSONAL CARE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT ACT; AND TO ENSURE AN APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1548"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1548 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23T21:32:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T18:12:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477734a0-0ca4-4646-af38-7d1672921bd8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b1c21a09690b89268433be586de137f5659f08115d6bf5638b10e3f1bf97f6e9"
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 1548 (2021) — TO CREATE THE PERSONAL CARE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT ACT; AND TO ENSURE AN APPROPRIATE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.

## 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%2FHB1548-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1548-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1548** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1548.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T21:32:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T23:09:27+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`
- **2021-03-10T01:09:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T14:41:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-11T14:41:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T16:37:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T18:27:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T21:40:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-15T21:40:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T13:31:20+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-16T13:31:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-16T18:15:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:15:26+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:16:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T20:23:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:26:15+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-29T23:02:39+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-30T18:08:17+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-30T18:08:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T13:18:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-05T18:12:30+00:00** Notification that HB1548 is now Act 571 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477734a0-0ca4-4646-af38-7d1672921bd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).