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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"ADVERSE DECISION\" UNDER THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RECONSIDERATION UNDER THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"ADVERSE DECISION\" UNDER THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RECONSIDERATION UNDER THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1622"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1622 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27T20:38:39+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:37:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bca109d-bd03-4205-88b9-088fa9e7de9e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4340e0ae06de29887f7c4ddb743c2404baf1f47c1b7b21abf17c13fb6d344691"
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 HB 1622 (2025) — TO AMEND THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "ADVERSE DECISION" UNDER THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RECONSIDERATION UNDER THE MEDICAID FAIRNESS ACT.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 635** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=635.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1622-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1622** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1622.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-27T20:38:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-27T23:18:47+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`
- **2025-03-13T18:27:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T13:43:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-17T13:44:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17T17:59:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T19:43:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T22:08:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-18T22:08:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:42:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:27:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:27:51+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:35:12+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:35:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T15:54:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:37:38+00:00** Notification that HB1622 is now Act 635 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bca109d-bd03-4205-88b9-088fa9e7de9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).