---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENSURE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM REIMBURSES FOR DENTAL AND ANESTHESIA COSTS FOR HIGH COMPLEXITY ORAL HEALTH CARE."
description: "TO ENSURE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM REIMBURSES FOR DENTAL AND ANESTHESIA COSTS FOR HIGH COMPLEXITY ORAL HEALTH CARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1241"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1241 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T19:24:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:09:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81c49522-3327-4730-9a13-db40071f0d4d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0a469b1eab537a98f3427d99d6a2ac4a61de1e3e63fc3a57ad10e1ea30dfb943"
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 1241 (2025) — TO ENSURE THAT THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM REIMBURSES FOR DENTAL AND ANESTHESIA COSTS FOR HIGH COMPLEXITY ORAL HEALTH CARE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 568** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=568.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1241-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1241-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1241.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T19:24:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:49:20+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`
- **2025-02-10T14:34:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-10T14:34:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10T18:37:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T19:45:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T13:31:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:31:50+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:17:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T19:17:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:14:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:14:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:47:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T01:37:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T01:37:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:21:32+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:21:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:21:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:09:18+00:00** Notification that HB1241 is now Act 568 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81c49522-3327-4730-9a13-db40071f0d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).