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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO ENABLE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAKE APPROPRIATE BILLING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT."
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description: "TO ENABLE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAKE APPROPRIATE BILLING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT."
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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 1907"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1907 (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", "Lowery"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-04-12T21:29:38+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-03T21:15:27+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee1b57bc-e9b7-46e5-875a-ee6ecb644f73"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "1bf9fd45214af6c9952bebd9ad6f3c0d86318ee4f4c94c6cb6126b97fcf63052"
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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 1907 (2021) — TO ENABLE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MAKE APPROPRIATE BILLING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE BILLING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PATIENTS ACT.
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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 S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1907-S1.pdf)
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2. **HB 1907** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1907.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- K. Hammer — primary (person)
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- Lowery — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-12T21:29:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-04-12T22:46:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-14T16:18:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-15T18:43:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-15T22:28:22+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-04-15T22:28:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-21T00:14:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22T18:38:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-04-22T18:38:15+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2021-04-22T21:54:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-04-23T01:38:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-23T01:38:50+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
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- **2021-04-23T02:06:40+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
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- **2021-04-23T02:06:50+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-26T18:20:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-27T16:44:18+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
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- **2021-04-27T16:44:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-28T16:25:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-05-03T21:15:27+00:00** Notification that HB1907 is now Act 1105 `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/ee1b57bc-e9b7-46e5-875a-ee6ecb644f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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