---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MEDICAID WAIVER FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS TO DIAGNOSE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER."
description: "TO AMEND THE MEDICAID WAIVER FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS TO DIAGNOSE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1586"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1586 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T20:24:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:50:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f99c366-5197-4c3b-9c33-1e609f846262"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2e79582cb8110ff3078b265f09c225e5fcfc4305687525cde2b064d12b8d653c"
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 HB 1586 (2025) — TO AMEND THE MEDICAID WAIVER FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS TO DIAGNOSE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 386** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=386.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1586** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1586.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T20:24:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T23:06:41+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`
- **2025-02-27T18:10:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:07:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T22:13:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-04T22:13:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:44:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T20:08:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:08:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:06:20+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:06:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T13:56:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:50:28+00:00** Notification that HB1586 is now Act 386 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f99c366-5197-4c3b-9c33-1e609f846262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).