---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO SUPPORT POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN."
description: "TO SUPPORT POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1574"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1574 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08T14:39:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:21:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9c52b8b-e924-4f09-85cc-f62add306525"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "96b843517acd2350855fdc20a97880b685ce70b1641db393e6d6f67d403e0015"
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 1574 (2023) — TO SUPPORT POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=513.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1574-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1574.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T14:39:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T22:33:26+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`
- **2023-03-27T13:33:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T13:33:13+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27T16:48:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-28T22:52:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:29:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T23:26:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-29T23:26:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:39:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:10+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:24:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:24:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:24:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:21:03+00:00** Notification that HB1574 is now Act 513 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9c52b8b-e924-4f09-85cc-f62add306525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).