---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENSURE THAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE PROPERLY REIMBURSED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION IMMEDIATELY AND DURING POSTPARTUM."
description: "TO ENSURE THAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE PROPERLY REIMBURSED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION IMMEDIATELY AND DURING POSTPARTUM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1385"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1385 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Vaught"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09T18:16:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:24:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00268505-99c2-47e1-955f-20312c67e219"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "79d9ffefc7eda6f8a61adf02a7abb9fc84d6c5ee12352e91f9ade3fe32c286ce"
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 1385 (2023) — TO ENSURE THAT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE PROPERLY REIMBURSED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION IMMEDIATELY AND DURING POSTPARTUM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=581.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1385.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09T18:16:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T22:32:39+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`
- **2023-03-14T16:56:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:35:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T00:02:21+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T00:02:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:17:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T22:31:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:31:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:14:09+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:14:11+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:54:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:24:10+00:00** Notification that HB1385 is now Act 581 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00268505-99c2-47e1-955f-20312c67e219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).