republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/hb-1450.md

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Bill	TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS ACT.	TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS ACT.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2021	HB 1450	Arkansas HB 1450 (2021)	bill		enacted	Bledsoe Magie	2	16	2	2021-02-08T20:45:57+00:00	2021-03-15T18:03:05+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b467b795-41cb-4b8a-b591-3445a11377d6	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	200210a4b1067340aadda73b224d160ab9337b6574c9882fa9fc99c3b770a227	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas HB 1450 (2021) — TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS ACT.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1450 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bledsoe — primary (person)
• Magie — primary (person)
• Eubanks — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-08T20:45:57+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2021-02-08T22:48:10+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
• 2021-03-04T23:07:50+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 committee-passage
• 2021-03-08T14:37:54+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-03-08T14:37:58+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-03-08T18:44:36+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-03-09T19:35:22+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-09T22:38:51+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2021-03-09T22:39:02+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-11T00:11:04+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11T21:31:48+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-11T21:32:11+00:00 Returned to the House as passed.
• 2021-03-11T23:28:27+00:00 Returned From the Senate as passed.
• 2021-03-11T23:28:29+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
• 2021-03-12T15:46:38+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
• 2021-03-15T18:03:05+00:00 Notification that HB1450 is now Act 357 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b467b795-41cb-4b8a-b591-3445a11377d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).