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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO ENSURE THAT ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE REIMBURSED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
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description: "TO ENSURE THAT ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE REIMBURSED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1459"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1459 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Penzo"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-09T19:47:45+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-19T18:21:53+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaaabaa1-6f82-4b20-a9f2-5db6a99ef33d"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "a85eeab7a885aee66e1311ee2406d8003e6636403c7168b00acc6c133931d74e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas HB 1459 (2021) — TO ENSURE THAT ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE REIMBURSED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1459-H1.pdf)
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2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1459-H2.pdf)
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3. **HB 1459** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1459.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- K. Hammer — primary (person)
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- Penzo — primary (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09T19:47:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-02-09T22:20:33+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`
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- **2021-02-23T14:24:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-02-23T14:24:45+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-02-23T16:31:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-22T13:34:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-22T13:34:04+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-22T15:31:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-04-01T23:39:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-05T19:27:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-05T21:34:44+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-04-05T21:34:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-13T18:47:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-14T20:32:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-14T20:32:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2021-04-14T21:58:19+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-04-14T21:58:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-15T13:42:54+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-04-19T18:21:53+00:00** Notification that HB1459 is now Act 764 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaaabaa1-6f82-4b20-a9f2-5db6a99ef33d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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