--- type: "Bill" title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND BENEFITS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL." description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND BENEFITS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL." jurisdiction: "us/states/ar" legislature: "Arkansas Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "SB 178" citation: "Arkansas SB 178 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Vaught"] version_count: 5 action_count: 35 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2023-01-26T22:27:19+00:00" last_action: "2023-04-11T20:35:33+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097cc18c-6236-444a-89e9-5a1b23e71b93" source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt" source_hash: "e4c40a91b17156557eaa1fa4753679d9c3dfee3bbe0c587e7d0264948420389a" 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 178 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND BENEFITS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Act 615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=615.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R) 2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB178-H1.pdf) 3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB178-S1.pdf) 4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB178-S2.pdf) 5. **SB 178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB178.pdf) ## Votes - Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper - Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower - Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - K. Hammer — primary (person) - Vaught — primary (person) - Irvin — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-01-26T22:27:19+00:00** Filed `introduction` - **2023-01-26T22:59:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2023-02-09T14:15:20+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1 - **2023-02-09T14:15:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. - **2023-02-09T14:15:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. - **2023-02-09T17:14:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED - **2023-02-09T17:15:03+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee` - **2023-03-06T14:18:34+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2 - **2023-03-06T14:18:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. - **2023-03-06T14:18:45+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. - **2023-03-06T19:20:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED - **2023-03-06T19:20:50+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee` - **2023-03-08T19:36:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-13T18:51:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2023-03-13T18:51:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. - **2023-03-13T21:59:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE - **2023-03-13T23:04:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-04-03T13:47:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. - **2023-04-03T13:47:52+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage` - **2023-04-03T19:21:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED - **2023-04-03T20:33:06+00:00** Motion by Rep. Vaught to move the rule against a bill being on multiple calendars be suspended for the sole purpose of allowing SB178 to be heard in committee this afternoon. - **2023-04-04T01:30:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage` - **2023-04-05T20:12:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3` - **2023-04-05T20:12:16+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 - **2023-04-06T00:24:18+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1 - **2023-04-06T00:24:27+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee` - **2023-04-06T16:03:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-06T22:13:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. - **2023-04-06T22:13:42+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in. - **2023-04-06T22:13:46+00:00** Rules suspended. - **2023-04-06T22:13:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2023-04-06T22:13:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED - **2023-04-07T19:04:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. - **2023-04-07T19:04:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-11T20:35:33+00:00** Notification that SB178 is now Act 615 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/097cc18c-6236-444a-89e9-5a1b23e71b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).