Representative Michelle Gray
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Committees
- House Rules
- Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
- Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House)
- Public Health Welfare & Labor Committee (Senate & House)
- Revenue & Taxation (House)
- State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (House)
Recent Meetings
| Date | Committee | Speaking Time |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2021 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 5s |
| April 13, 2021 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 165s |
| March 23, 2021 | — | 224s |
| March 2, 2021 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 65s |
| Feb. 10, 2021 | House Rules | 66s |
| Feb. 3, 2021 | — | 24s |
| Feb. 3, 2021 | State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (House) | 16s |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Public Health, Welfare & Labor Committee (House) | 119s |
| Jan. 28, 2021 | Revenue & Taxation (House) | 102s |
| Jan. 25, 2021 | State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (House) | 17s |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs (House) | 52s |
| Jan. 11, 2021 | — | 15s |
| Nov. 12, 2020 | — | 119s |
| March 9, 2020 | Public Health Welfare & Labor Committee (Senate & House) | 341s |
| Feb. 19, 2020 | Insurance & Commerce (Senate) | 141s |
Recent Transcript Excerpts
that up to mention that i don't know if it's doable or not uh i
So I just don't want you to under undersell yourself there And then it's kind of also wanted to clarify that with our EMS fee It covers everyone in that as long as it's paid it covers everyone in the household for Emergency runs only no transports from hospital to hospital and no non-emergency runs So I guess and that was just clarification But also my question is I just want to make sure make sure I understand what our purpose or what your intent was are you asking us to subsidize you guys for is that what your ask is of us at one side brought
here representative gray you're recognized thank you mr chair um just based on my experience with the ems board the number that you kind of give us of the 240 000 i believe to be short so i don't want you to undersell yourself i think just payroll alone runs our trucks about 300 000 and that doesn't include benefits or any periphery type things
good and that's without that we wouldn't have ambulance service
all over rural arkansas and it's one of the things i was going to ask is have you are you have you looked at doing the ems fee um and even if you have i don't know what amount you're looking at but i can tell you that ours doesn't subsidize enough um so just make sure that you
with the the 50 yearly fee that helps to subsidize these trucks population of roughly 13 000 and what we've seen over the last couple years we lost a nursing home a few months ago we have a hospital in some serious financial distress and expect to lose that so as of last night we were informed we're going from three trucks now to two trucks and looking at their numbers if they decline much more i have one truck in my entire county so we're we feel your pain um it's not just it's
sorry we were we were working through some issues here um but i wanted to say you know i'm i'm actually from rural arkansas izzard county and i've got vital link is here you know our our ambulance provider and so kind of a little bit of a history but also a little bit of a suggestion as well i'm on the ems board in izzard county we actually met last night um and so we have the ems board
run somewhere around 50 to 70 a month that's around the average one a day okay and of
quick question. I know we're getting ready to hold this, but do we have any rule?
Do we have any permit 6 in the state of Arkansas? Because it's my understanding that this was going away a federal reg. This is a federal reg. It was going away. We would no longer be doing it.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess I'm just trying to figure out, what's the urgency here? Are we on a time frame? Is there a deadline that we're trying to meet with this? Or is this something that we couldn't take more time and study more data to see what the impacts of actually stopping farming are going to be? And this is the first step. I read the public comments, and a lot of the public comments were, we don't go far enough with this, and they want to stop cattle, poultry, and that's my biggest concern. So I
out in its entirety. Justice number F, we pass it out in its entirety and we do not break it up.
Subsequent motion. Yeah, you can have an alternate motion. I'd like an alternate motion that we go ahead and pass this
comment? Thank you. I just wanted to know if a subsequent motion would be in order.
Thank you. And I think my point would be that they've had plenty of time and knew that this second rate survey was coming since they
a difference between why how the rates were set for assisted livings and how they were set for nursing homes i want that and then also you know i had a bill last session not saying it was a perfect bill but I had a bill that would have required cost reports for assisted living facilities and if I remember correctly Senator Hamer you killed that or else we would have
had this information already ready so if you would answer my question but I just had to throw that out there. I would
you and i kind of want to you just to reiterate one time why did we do this rate survey why did we do this survey again to begin with because there's
that something that this committee or ALC agreed to on record? I'm not sure. Because I'm not remembering that. Director White's
So they are clustered. Thank you. You're welcome. Representative Gray, you recognize. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know you're tired of me today already. One more thing. You mentioned the John Stevens group. I don't remember that ever coming into play. Could one of the chairs or someone please talk to me about where the John Stevens group, or if you are aware, where they were supposed to come into play in looking at the Milliman? Okay. I'm not aware. And maybe Mark White, or if you could attest to that, where you came up with that?
Bills Discussed
| Bill | Title | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| HB1068 | TO CLARIFY THE TELEMEDICINE ACT; TO SPECIFY THAT THE HOME OF A PATIENT MAY BE AN ORIGINATING SITE FOR TELEMEDICINE … | 5 |
| HB1428 | TO CREATE THE MEDICAID EXPANSION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2021; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 5 |
| HB1871 | TO ESTABLISH THE CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR (CROWN) ACT. | 5 |
| HB1332 | TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND SCHOOL ELECTION LAW; AND TO AMEND ELECTION NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. | 4 |
| HB1564 | TO AMEND THE TEACHER MANAGER INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION RELATING TO BARBERS. | 4 |
| HB1498 | CONCERNING THE CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN CAUSES OF ACTION AGAINST A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY BY A RESIDENT OF THAT FACILITY. | 4 |
| HB1857 | TO MODIFY THE DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD AND THE ARKANSAS STATE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINING COMMITTEE. | 4 |
| HB1757 | TO REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMED CONSENT WHEN PRESCRIBING OR ADMINISTERING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES. | 4 |
| HB1764 | TO EXEMPT BARBERS FROM LICENSING RESTRICTIONS BASED ON CRIMINAL RECORDS. | 4 |
| HB1799 | TO ALLOW AUTOMATIC CLAIM CROSSOVER IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR ALL THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE PRIMARY PAYERS. | 4 |
| SB259 | TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION INSPECTORS; AND TO CORRECT REFERENCES … | 4 |
| SB590 | TO END MANDATORY FACE COVERING REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 4 |
| HB1644 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CHILDCARE FACILITY LICENSING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CHILDCARE … | 4 |
| HB1580 | TO CREATE THE COMMISSION ON RACIAL INEQUITIES IN MATERNAL MORTALITY. | 4 |
| HB1053 | TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO APPOINT THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSESSMENT COORDINATION DIVISION … | 4 |
| HB1247 | TO MODIFY PHYSICIAN DISPENSING; AND TO ALLOW DELEGATION OF PHYSICIAN DISPENSING. | 4 |
| HB1681 | TO CREATE THE FOOD FREEDOM ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PRODUCERS OF HOMEMADE FOOD OR DRINK PRODUCTS FROM LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, … | 4 |
| HB1233 | TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN LICENSURE ACT. | 4 |
| HB1762 | TO CREATE THE CANCER PREVENTION AND CANCER PATIENT NAVIGATION ACT; AND TO IMPROVE THE CARE OF CANCER PATIENTS IN THIS … | 4 |
| HB1324 | TO GIVE PREGNANT WOMEN PRIORITY ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. | 4 |
| HB1263 | TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANT ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS. | 4 |
| HB1189 | TO AMEND THE REGULAR SALARY PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS ACT; AND TO ELIMINATE ADDITIONAL SALARY PAYMENTS TO CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES. | 4 |
| HB1759 | TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND POSTPARTUM MOTHERS AND BABIES. | 4 |
| HB1667 | TO CREATE THE UNIVERSAL LICENSING RECOGNITION ACT. | 4 |
| SB332 | TO ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC HEALTH READINESS ACT. | 4 |
| HB1153 | TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT OF 1973 CONCERNING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. | 3 |
| HB1440 | TO MODIFY THE CURRICULUM OF MASSAGE THERAPY SCHOOLS; TO ALLOW REMOTE EDUCATION TO MEET CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS; TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS … | 3 |
| HB1118 | TO PROVIDE THAT SALES BY A COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATION THROUGH THE INTERNET ARE EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF "FOOD … | 3 |
| HB1366 | TO CREATE A RAPBACK PROGRAM UNDER THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE. | 3 |
| HB1109 | TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT OF FUNDS BY THE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT. | 3 |