---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE ANNUAL CAP ON DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
description: "TO MODIFY THE ANNUAL CAP ON DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 395"
citation: "Arkansas SB 395 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Gray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24T21:22:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T00:36:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ce231c5-7239-4430-b701-9ba0bfbdd193"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24df5dba3f1e6c8e4feb37b5d82290bd8c26bf3f1298a14329a76b2dbb2d5f66"
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 SB 395 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE ANNUAL CAP ON DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SERVICES IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB395-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 395** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB395.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Gray — primary (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T21:22:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T23:03:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T22:47:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T18:26:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T18:26:54+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-06T19:03:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:03:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-06T21:31:17+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-06T22:33:43+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`
- **2021-04-15T18:13:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:50:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:51:01+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:43:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:43:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:13:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:15:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-27T00:36:52+00:00** Notification that SB395 is now Act 891 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ce231c5-7239-4430-b701-9ba0bfbdd193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).