---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT RATES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY SYSTEM DEVICES."
description: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT RATES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY SYSTEM DEVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1810"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1810 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Beaty Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T20:21:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:10:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64fe9482-a2b4-4dd8-b16e-e383b93dc538"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8ab1e61cedfa377ceda44db837625d954d7047ca88ee0c0b8c673d695f0ac0c4"
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 1810 (2021) — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT RATES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY SYSTEM DEVICES.

## 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%2FHB1810-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1810** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1810.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T20:21:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:23:32+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`
- **2021-03-29T13:56:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T13:56:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:01:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-08T19:29:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T20:01:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T22:09:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-12T22:09:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:58:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T20:07:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T20:08:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:10:09+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:10:11+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:07:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:10:09+00:00** Notification that HB1810 is now Act 830 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64fe9482-a2b4-4dd8-b16e-e383b93dc538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).