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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT A HEALTHCARE INSURER FROM LEASING A HEALTHCARE CONTRACT OR PROVIDER NETWORK."
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description: "TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT A HEALTHCARE INSURER FROM LEASING A HEALTHCARE CONTRACT OR PROVIDER NETWORK."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1272"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1272 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-26T18:09:34+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-11T14:12:43+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13385034-d06d-4ee7-8b50-889c01f0f5ec"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "87c13abf3bfb3a682e095fa337dd977fe688b5d3142041477bcd698fec326bb8"
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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 1272 (2023) — TO AMEND THE HEALTHCARE CONTRACTING SIMPLIFICATION ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT A HEALTHCARE INSURER FROM LEASING A HEALTHCARE CONTRACT OR PROVIDER NETWORK.
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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. **Act 576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=576.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1272-H1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1272-H2.pdf)
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4. **HB 1272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1272.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Irvin — primary (person)
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- L. Johnson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-26T18:09:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-01-26T22:41:36+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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- **2023-03-08T14:32:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-08T14:33:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-08T16:39:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-29T19:57:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-30T13:34:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-30T13:35:00+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-30T16:40:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-04-03T19:45:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-04T00:09:51+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2023-04-04T00:10:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-05T17:24:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06T16:54:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-06T16:54:46+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
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- **2023-04-06T18:53:34+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-04-06T18:53:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2023-04-06T20:12:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2023-04-11T14:12:43+00:00** Notification that HB1272 is now Act 576 `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/13385034-d06d-4ee7-8b50-889c01f0f5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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