---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MANDATE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM COVER A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DIABETES."
description: "TO MANDATE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM COVER A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DIABETES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 521"
citation: "Arkansas SB 521 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10T19:37:59+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:37:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2f7b377-b5de-4241-a592-87f96523e0ed"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "180f5aa5f99a5550684b4a032f353df153213cda3d605de9c5e30bcc2d1e0d7f"
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 521 (2021) — TO MANDATE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM COVER A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DIABETES.

## 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%2FSB521-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB521-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 521** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB521.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T19:37:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T21:19:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T13:29:24+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-16T13:29:32+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-16T18:10:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:10:35+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T22:50:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T23:37:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T18:23:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T18:23:32+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-18T22:14:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T18:32:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T18:32:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-22T21:05:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-22T22:15:38+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`
- **2021-04-01T19:00:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:33:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:34:05+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:28:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:28:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:45:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:45:54+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:37:46+00:00** Notification that SB521 is now Act 643 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2f7b377-b5de-4241-a592-87f96523e0ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).