---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXPAND THE REVIEW OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; TO ELIMINATE ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY LICENSES; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN LONG-TERM CARE MANAGEMENT."
description: "TO EXPAND THE REVIEW OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; TO ELIMINATE ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY LICENSES; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN LONG-TERM CARE MANAGEMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Arkansas SB 568 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T17:07:40+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T17:47:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/014a92a3-db84-44dc-89b0-2f00093d4b02"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5d147ccbcb560e1f5ee34cf3bd6d0a90d8615986a7142f42ce95a19a4f6ba202"
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 568 (2021) — TO EXPAND THE REVIEW OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; TO ELIMINATE ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY LICENSES; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN LONG-TERM CARE MANAGEMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 568** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB568.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T17:07:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T18:33:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T22:46:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T19:15:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:16:13+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:55:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:23:02+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`
- **2021-04-08T19:28:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T20:28:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:28:31+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-13T18:51:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-13T18:51:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T21:01:48+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-13T21:01:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19T17:47:19+00:00** Notification that SB568 is now Act 721 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/014a92a3-db84-44dc-89b0-2f00093d4b02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).