---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN ABBREVIATED INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES ENROLLED IN A RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION."
description: "TO MODIFY THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN ABBREVIATED INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES ENROLLED IN A RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1171 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "K. Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16T20:56:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:32:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44eba8dc-f6d2-4c1f-b2fa-8f02abf2c00c"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bf889b4c5036b30f835722c2790ef47f52341cec43e6e7deaf91e12ca8b7dfd1"
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 1171 (2025) — TO MODIFY THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE AN ABBREVIATED INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES ENROLLED IN A RISK-BASED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 625** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=625.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1171-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1171-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1171.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- K. Moore — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16T20:56:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-16T22:55:45+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`
- **2025-02-04T14:31:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-04T14:31:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04T17:03:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-18T14:37:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-18T14:37:51+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18T16:31:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T20:24:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:42:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:29:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T23:29:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:38:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T22:48:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T22:49:04+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:30:43+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:30:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T16:18:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:32:06+00:00** Notification that HB1171 is now Act 625 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44eba8dc-f6d2-4c1f-b2fa-8f02abf2c00c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).