---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SEEK A WAIVER TO THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR COVERAGE FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SEEK A WAIVER TO THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR COVERAGE FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1559"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1559 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "McGrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T19:12:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:36:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c612a70c-61f6-4bd4-97d2-0d68cbb98490"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "15a62ba0a82b6e407e5717fb2292e7ad45ed1a62864cc45c1ddffa066e0c4fbe"
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 1559 (2025) — TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SEEK A WAIVER TO THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR COVERAGE FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 632** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=632.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1559.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- McGrew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T19:12:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T22:51:46+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`
- **2025-03-04T18:44:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T21:05:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T23:23:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:23:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:41:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:11:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:11:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:33:26+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:33:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T16:13:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:36:07+00:00** Notification that HB1559 is now Act 632 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c612a70c-61f6-4bd4-97d2-0d68cbb98490`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).