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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND BENEFITS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND BENEFITS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Arkansas SB 178 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Vaught"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26T22:27:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:35:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097cc18c-6236-444a-89e9-5a1b23e71b93"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e4c40a91b17156557eaa1fa4753679d9c3dfee3bbe0c587e7d0264948420389a"
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 SB 178 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT AND BENEFITS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS THAT ARE DELIVERED THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=615.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB178-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB178-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB178-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB178.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **330** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **930** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-26T22:27:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:59:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T14:15:20+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-09T14:15:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-09T14:15:31+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-09T17:14:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-09T17:15:03+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T14:18:34+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-03-06T14:18:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T14:18:45+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-06T19:20:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T19:20:50+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:36:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T18:51:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T18:51:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:59:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-13T23:04:20+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`
- **2023-04-03T13:47:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T13:47:52+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:21:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T20:33:06+00:00** Motion by Rep. Vaught to move the rule against a bill being on multiple calendars be suspended for the sole purpose of allowing SB178 to be heard in committee this afternoon.
- **2023-04-04T01:30:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T20:12:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:12:16+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:24:18+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:24:27+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:03:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:13:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T22:13:42+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T22:13:46+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T22:13:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:13:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:04:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:04:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:35:33+00:00** Notification that SB178 is now Act 615 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/097cc18c-6236-444a-89e9-5a1b23e71b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).