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type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE TELEMEDICINE ACT; TO SPECIFY THAT THE HOME OF A PATIENT MAY BE AN ORIGINATING SITE FOR TELEMEDICINE AND THAT GROUP MEETINGS MAY BE PERFORMED VIA TELEMEDICINE; AND TO CLARIFY REIMBURSEMENT OF TELEMEDICINE SERVICES."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE TELEMEDICINE ACT; TO SPECIFY THAT THE HOME OF A PATIENT MAY BE AN ORIGINATING SITE FOR TELEMEDICINE AND THAT GROUP MEETINGS MAY BE PERFORMED VIA TELEMEDICINE; AND TO CLARIFY REIMBURSEMENT OF TELEMEDICINE SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1068 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pilkington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-31T19:59:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T18:23:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78c68717-f225-4641-ae8d-0d5ff041f3b3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e625f3b2471ae7a109c8614aea2be7c0ef2030d0af6bfe1b66160ea50613cca8"
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 1068 (2021) — TO CLARIFY THE TELEMEDICINE ACT; TO SPECIFY THAT THE HOME OF A PATIENT MAY BE AN ORIGINATING SITE FOR TELEMEDICINE AND THAT GROUP MEETINGS MAY BE PERFORMED VIA TELEMEDICINE; AND TO CLARIFY REIMBURSEMENT OF TELEMEDICINE SERVICES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1068-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1068** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1068.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **332** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **970** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pilkington — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-31T19:59:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:29:14+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`
- **2021-02-02T18:57:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T19:35:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T21:57:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-03T21:57:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T23:15:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:13:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T20:13:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-31T20:45:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T19:37:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T19:38:03+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-01T22:16:08+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-01T22:16:15+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T00:08:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T18:20:11+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-14T18:20:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T13:31:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-19T18:23:14+00:00** Notification that HB1068 is now Act 767 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78c68717-f225-4641-ae8d-0d5ff041f3b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).