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type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENSURE THAT REIMBURSEMENT IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED VIA TELEMEDICINE CONTINUES AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO ENSURE THAT REIMBURSEMENT IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED VIA TELEMEDICINE CONTINUES AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1176"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1176 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-13T20:21:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T19:48:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3399dbd8-9526-4d40-bc28-035318905e81"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c59012e7c9db2d48abb6a68b3466dcdd7d1b299afccfb40dd4e13ab0da18e758"
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 1176 (2021) — TO ENSURE THAT REIMBURSEMENT IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED VIA TELEMEDICINE CONTINUES AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1176-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1176-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1176-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1176** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1176.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **880** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **940** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **970** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- B. Davis — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-13T20:21:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T22:02:55+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`
- **2021-02-02T14:36:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-02T14:37:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02T16:29:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-04T17:51:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T14:36:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-08T14:37:08+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08T16:11:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:17:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T21:42:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-09T21:42:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T14:06:47+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-04T14:06:56+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-04T19:09:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T19:09:44+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T23:02:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T20:43:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T20:46:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-09T20:47:08+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-09T21:33:24+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-09T21:33:33+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T23:28:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:31:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:57:26+00:00** Motion to expunge vote on HB 1176 passes
- **2021-03-31T19:58:44+00:00** The vote by which HB1176 Passed was expunged.
- **2021-03-31T19:58:50+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee passed
- **2021-03-31T19:59:38+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:59:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T18:19:06+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-05T18:19:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-05T18:19:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:16:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-08T19:48:17+00:00** Notification that HB1176 is now Act 624 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3399dbd8-9526-4d40-bc28-035318905e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).