---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM AND INSURANCE POLICIES TO REIMBURSE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED IN CERTAIN SETTINGS."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM AND INSURANCE POLICIES TO REIMBURSE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED IN CERTAIN SETTINGS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1129"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1129 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T20:06:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:07:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c316e472-816a-4bc0-8ff4-86b9fc7f8547"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5e0a17eaaa4a5dba9a3c09b24dd69e9315f2cc719dc8169e62bab5ea1bf75221"
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 1129 (2023) — TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM AND INSURANCE POLICIES TO REIMBURSE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED IN CERTAIN SETTINGS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=494.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1129-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1129-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1129.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T20:06:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T22:51:27+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`
- **2023-02-14T14:32:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:32:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14T16:51:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-20T14:27:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-20T14:27:43+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20T18:40:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T22:34:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:25:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T22:02:23+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-08T22:02:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:17:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:17:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:17:06+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:17:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:17:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:07:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:07:52+00:00** Notification that HB1129 is now Act 494 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c316e472-816a-4bc0-8ff4-86b9fc7f8547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).