---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO REMOVE A REFERENCE TO THE ARKANSAS SUBSTANCE ABUSE CERTIFICATION BOARD."
description: "TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO REMOVE A REFERENCE TO THE ARKANSAS SUBSTANCE ABUSE CERTIFICATION BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Arkansas SB 607 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-29T18:49:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:15:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b6a3bff-c90c-4757-9a6a-6a58d53998cc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f3455f268aeee0b6593feacf0bd3b16c2a7687267df5e909456eb5772ef2d053"
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 607 (2021) — TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO REMOVE A REFERENCE TO THE ARKANSAS SUBSTANCE ABUSE CERTIFICATION BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 607** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB607.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-29T18:49:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T22:33:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T22:28:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T19:25:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:25:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-06T21:31:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-06T22:34:43+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`
- **2021-04-14T00:17:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:46:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:46:42+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:12:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:12:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:34:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:34:21+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:15:44+00:00** Notification that SB607 is now Act 782 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b6a3bff-c90c-4757-9a6a-6a58d53998cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).