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Bills discussed (54)
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status |
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HB1880
· 10 mentions in chapter, agenda, transcript
Matched: “HB1880 Hudson TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT AND…”
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT AND THE ARKANSAS UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT … | Hudson | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1908
· 4 mentions in chapter, agenda, transcript
Matched: “HB1908 Long TO CREATE THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE…”
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TO CREATE THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING … | Long | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1008
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. DEFERRED BILLS Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1008 A. Collins TO REQUIRE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR POSTPARTUM MOTH…”
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TO REQUIRE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR POSTPARTUM MOTHERS FOR ONE YEAR AFTER GIVING BIRTH. | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1010
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…AGE FOR POSTPARTUM MOTHERS FOR ONE YEAR AFTER GIVING BIRTH. HB1010 A. Collins TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE ARKANSAS ME…”
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TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES. | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1011
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES. HB1011 A. Collins TO CREATE THE RESTORE ROE ACT; AND TO RESTORE A…”
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TO CREATE THE RESTORE ROE ACT; AND TO RESTORE A WOMAN'S ACCESS TO ABORTION SERVICES. | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1012
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ACT; AND TO RESTORE A WOMAN'S ACCESS TO ABORTION SERVICES. HB1012 A. Collins TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO EXTE…”
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TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO EXTEND ELIGIBILITY TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FOR FAMILY PLANNING … | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1013
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1013 Hudson TO PROTECT FERTILITY TREATMENT RIGHTS IN THIS STATE.”
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TO PROTECT FERTILITY TREATMENT RIGHTS IN THIS STATE. | Hudson | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1029
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1029 D. Garner TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE ARKANSAS MED…”
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TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND … | D. Garner | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1032
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1032 A. Collins TO BAN CONVERSION THERAPY.”
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TO BAN CONVERSION THERAPY. | A. Collins | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1132
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1132 Pilkington TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVID…”
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TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES; AND TO AMEND … | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1224
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…RIPTIVE AUTHORITY OF AN ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE. HB1224 Nazarenko TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR…”
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TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; AND TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC … | Nazarenko | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1244
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1244 K. Brown TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE…”
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TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY BY A … | K. Brown | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1270
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER OR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST. HB1270 Pilkington TO ESTABLISH A PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CAR…”
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TO ESTABLISH A PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH A SECTION 1115 MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION … | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1302
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1302 L. Johnson TO ADD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TO THE UNIVER…”
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TO ADD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TO THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT. | L. Johnson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1532
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…G UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD TO INCLUDE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS. HB1532 L. Johnson TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COU…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL. | L. Johnson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1566
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…hnson TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL. HB1566 McClure TO REQUIRE ADOPTION OF A STATEWIDE PRACTICAL NURSIN…”
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TO REQUIRE ADOPTION OF A STATEWIDE PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM CORE CURRICULUM TO INCREASE CONSISTENCY IN … | McClure | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1588
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1588 McAlindon TO REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFOR…”
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TO REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SEEKS OR … | McAlindon | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1592
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…LUM TO INCREASE CONSISTENCY IN PRACTICAL NURSING EDUCATION. HB1592 J. Mayberry TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. | J. Mayberry | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1723
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1723 Pilkington TO AMEND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 2000, ALSO KNOWN AS…”
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TO AMEND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 2000, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS ACT; … | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1762
Act 1009
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…llen Rep. Wayne Long REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1762 Hall TO REQUIRE REVOCATION OF A PERMIT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF…”
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TO REQUIRE REVOCATION OF A PERMIT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN AN AGRICULTURAL … | Hall | Notification that HB1762 is now Act 1009 |
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HB1776
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1776 Lundstrum TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED TO OBTA…”
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TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL OR TRANSFER … | Lundstrum | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1781
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ADMINISTER A GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. HB1781 Crawford TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF CLINICS, HEALTH CENT…”
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TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF CLINICS, HEALTH CENTERS, OR OTHER FACILITIES IN WHICH A PREGNANCY … | Crawford | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1791
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…OR PASTORAL APPLICATION FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS. HB1791 C. Cooper TO CLARIFY THAT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND…”
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TO CLARIFY THAT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE UNITED NATIONS DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION … | C. Cooper | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1795
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1795 A. Brown TO CREATE THE FERTILITY CLINIC LICENSURE ACT.”
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TO CREATE THE FERTILITY CLINIC LICENSURE ACT. | A. Brown | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1818
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1818 L. Johnson TO CREATE THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED CARE TRANSPA…”
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TO CREATE THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED CARE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. | L. Johnson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1882
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…T AND ASSISTANCE DURING THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD. Page 3 of 4 HB1882 Pilkington TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ENROLLABLE MEDICAID B…”
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TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ENROLLABLE MEDICAID BENEFICIARY POPULATION AND ALLOW THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE … | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1890
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1890 J. Mayberry TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BILL FOR HEALTHCAR…”
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TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BILL FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID … | J. Mayberry | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1906
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1906 Lundstrum TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL G…”
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TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN WHEN PRESCRIBING LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION … | Lundstrum | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1909
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1909 Long TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SERVICES ONLY FOR CITIZENS ACT; A…”
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TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SERVICES ONLY FOR CITIZENS ACT; AND TO REQUIRE VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP … | Long | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1987
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1987 Ennett TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE BOARD OF EMBAL…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, CEMETERIES, AND BURIAL … | Ennett | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB117
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…VISE THE ARKANSAS FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY ON CERTAIN MATTERS. SB117 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ACT;…”
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TO CREATE THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSURE OF NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS IN … | C. Penzo | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB120
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB120 C. Penzo TO REQUIRE LICENSURE FOR ALL PRIVATE CARE AGENCIES…”
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TO REQUIRE LICENSURE FOR ALL PRIVATE CARE AGENCIES IN THIS STATE; AND TO ENSURE CONSUMER … | C. Penzo | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB168
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB168 Rice TO ESTABLISH A STATE EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE OF MASS…”
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TO ESTABLISH A STATE EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS. | Rice | Died on House Calendar at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB187
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB187 Irvin TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID DRU…”
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TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD TO INCLUDE PHYSICIAN … | Irvin | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB238
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…G FOR SALE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. SB238 J. Payton TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILI…”
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TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. | J. Payton | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB347
Act 1025
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB347 C. Penzo TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO INCREA…”
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TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN DENTAL SERVICES AND … | C. Penzo | Notification that SB347 is now Act 1025 |
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SB444
Act 970
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB444 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE MEDICAL ETHICS AND DIVERSITY ACT.”
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TO AMEND THE MEDICAL ETHICS AND DIVERSITY ACT. | K. Hammer | Notification that SB444 is now Act 970 |
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SB497
Act 655
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…SET AN ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT CAP FOR ADULT DENTAL SERVICES. SB497 D. Wallace TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A POSTER REGARDING VE…”
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TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A POSTER REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE … | D. Wallace | Notification that SB497 is now Act 655 |
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SB507
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB507 G. Leding TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO COVER…”
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TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO COVER APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES. | G. Leding | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB534
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY THE POSTER. SB534 G. Leding TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECT…”
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TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REMOVE MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE, ALSO … | G. Leding | Died in House at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB546
Act 935
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB546 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TRUST FUND CONTRI…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTION FEE FOR WATER PERMITS RELATED TO … | K. Hammer | Notification that SB546 is now Act 935 |
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SB554
Act 1022
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB554 C. Tucker TO CREATE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LOAN FORGIVENESS…”
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TO CREATE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. | C. Tucker | Notification that SB554 is now Act 1022 |
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SB560
Act 740
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB560 J. English TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCRE…”
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TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING … | J. English | Notification that SB560 is now Act 740 |
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SB576
Act 623
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…AS KRATOM, FROM THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST IN ARKANSAS. SB576 B. Davis TO AMEND THE COVERAGE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITO…”
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TO AMEND THE COVERAGE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM. | B. Davis | Notification that SB576 is now Act 623 |
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SB601
Act 971
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB601 Hester TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDI…”
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TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE LICENSED … | Hester | Notification that SB601 is now Act 971 |
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SB9
Act 622
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY A LICENSEE. SB9 B. Davis TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND…”
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TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, DISTRIBUTING, … | B. Davis | Notification that SB9 is now Act 622 |
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HB1401
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1401 Pilkington TO INCLUDE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SERVICES WIT…”
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TO INCLUDE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SERVICES WITHIN THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT. | Pilkington | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1463
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1463 Hudson TO PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL OR PSYC…”
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TO PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST MATERIALS OR TEST DATA. | Hudson | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1718
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1718 Gramlich TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATI…”
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TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES LICENSED IN THIS STATE. | Gramlich | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1731
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1731 Vaught TO STRENGTHEN CHILD LABOR LAWS THROUGH THE REINSTATE…”
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TO STRENGTHEN CHILD LABOR LAWS THROUGH THE REINSTATEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES. | Vaught | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1816
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1816 L. Johnson TO PROHIBIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND HEALTHCARE…”
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TO PROHIBIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND HEALTHCARE INSURERS FROM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE DELIVERY OF … | L. Johnson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1819
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1819 L. Johnson TO REQUIRE THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS…”
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TO REQUIRE THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS TO COORDINATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS … | L. Johnson | WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR |
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HB1888
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “HB1888 Steele TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; AND…”
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TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; AND TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT RECORDS … | Steele | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB473
· 1 mention in chapter
Matched: “SB473 Stone TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION S…”
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TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD; AND TO PROVIDE FOR … | Stone | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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That's proper motion. Could I have you add an emotion that the member would have time to close after the time of the 15 minutes and
Representative R. Scott Richardson
Unverified
0:21
also allows a member to close after the 15 minute time
limit. That's a proper motion. All those in favor, say ah. All opposed, I have it.
Um. Madam clerk, you'll keep the time on bill presentations and then allow us to let the member close. Representative Hudson, you'll be our first person on the time limit, but you are recognized to
start where you left off pursuing your bill. Thank you, I'm open for questions. Any
questions? Can you remind us the bill number real quick? Yep, 1880. 1880. Seeing no questions. Anyone in the audience speak for or against the bill? We do have some people signed up. Be
you Matt Gilmore. So I don't speak against the bill. If you
would introduce yourself a record and you speak. Matt Gilmore, Department of Health.
Speaker 143
1:38
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I appreciate the opportunity. Just wanted to express that we have some concerns with the bill as
far as the exceptions, um, I think we have a, a good, um, A law on the books now. And then you know if they're y'all passed a bill earlier this session with some language to provide clarity. To the abortion. falls and so we, we think those, those help and just wanted to state those concerns and I appreciate y'all's time. Any questions for the Department of Health? and riches.
Representative R. Scott Richardson
Unverified
2:17
So, Mr. Gilmore, you feel like the bill that Representative Hudson right now. is in is in. It's over. I mean, it's over. I don't say overreach, but I'll use that for, for lack of a better term. What about her bill do you feel like doesn't Conflicts with where you guys are. Um, you know, I think from the,
Speaker 143
2:39
from the standpoint of the uh Department of Health executive branch, I think with the policies that, you know, the state has put forward, um, in,
in the statutes and the laws, I think it's consistent I think the current laws are consistent with what um We stand behind as far as the department and for the executive branch. And what about the
Representative R. Scott Richardson
Unverified
3:00
testimony that we heard from the young lady at the end of the table earlier today. Did you, did you
Speaker 143
3:05
hear that? I did, and you know, I'm sympathetic and I, I can't speak to all the different, you know, issues that that that she has experienced, um, uh, you know, that's, I respect that, but as far as, you know, the position of the department and
from the executive branch, uh, I think we stand behind the current laws and and the way it currently is in Arkansas. Thank you, Mr. Gilmore.
Yes, sir. See enough other questions. Appreciate your testimony. Uh, we have Rose Mimms. I don't speak against the bill. I don't
Rose Mims
Unverified
3:46
want to touch the mic. I'm Rose Mimms with Arkansas Right to Life, executive
director. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members, Arkansas Right to Life is opposed to HB 1880 and the weakening uh weakening of existing protections for pregnant mothers and unborn children in Act 180 of 2019, the Arkansas Human Life Protection Act and Act 309 of 2021, the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act. My testimony will be brief. Let's be clear. The public policy of Arkansas is
to protect the life of every unborn child from conception until birth to the extent permitted by the Federal Constitution as stated in Amendment 68 to the Arkansas Constitution. I speak for the unborn child, created in the commission of a crime of rape, incest, or sexual assault by her father. That HB 1880 would punish with her life for the crime of her father.
I speak up for the unborn child diagnosed with a medical condition that might shorten her life. I say might because this committee heard testimony last session on a bill to allow exceptions for pregnancy diagnosis incompatible with life. You heard from parents who experience that tragedy. One that chose to end the life of their child before delivery. Another who chose to deliver her child and spent precious time
with her daughter before she passed. There was testimony from others who rejected abortion, delivered their child and whose healthy children are still living today. I speak up for pregnant mothers and girls who's a unique nature as the bearer of life is stolen from her with the lie that is induced abortion. Abortion hurts the mother who will always be the mother of a dead child.
My heart goes out to all mothers and fathers who have experienced an abortion, and I want you to know that there is healing and hope after abortion for free. The answers to these crimes, diagnoses and health issues mentioned in HB 1880 is not death. We can do better. Arkansas loves life. We have prioritized mothers and children and are working for real solutions to these hard issues.
This session, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 387 to clarify the definition of medical emergency to ensure that pregnant women who experience medical complications will receive the medical treatment that they deserve that will ensure the best outcome for mother and child. Arkansas has been abortion free for 33 months. No mother has died due to the laws passed by this committee and signed into law by our
governors to protect pregnant mothers and their unborn children. Unborn children have been born. Let's keep it that way. Vote no on HB 1880. Thank you. Any questions for
Ms. Ms, uh, Representative Bennett, you recognize. Thank you,
Representative Denise Jones Ennett
Unverified
7:18
Mr. Chair. Um, Ms. Mimms, um, you mentioned you're working on solutions. What kind of solutions are you working on?
Rose Mims
Unverified
7:27
Our governor is working on solutions, you know, she, uh, we are an education-based organization, we work to um Educate people on the issues of abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia are governor that is very pro-life and is working, as many members of this committee are too through legislation to protect our mothers and children in Arkansas. The best protection we can give them is against induced legal abortion. Representative Laman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Representative Jack Ladyman
Unverified
8:00
Ms. Ms, you talked about no mothers have died. Uh, what about, and I don't even understand the meaning of these words. In the case of a fetal abnormality incompatible with life. Have any babies been born with an abnormality incompatible with life. I mean, has that ever happened? And we had those instances, right?
Rose Mims
Unverified
8:23
I mean, last session y'all heard in this committee testimony from two different people that I brought to the table that testified about
getting those fetal anomaly diagnoses that their children were not going to live and they didn't choose abortion, they chose to deliver their child. And both of those two young men who were born are healthy men today. So I mean, you know, we've had positive outcomes, but no negative.
Representative Jack Ladyman
Unverified
8:49
That's what I'm saying. That you know about? Well, you had testimony in this committee
Rose Mims
Unverified
8:55
last session of a, of a mother who got a diagnosis. Well, actually there were 2, it was a couple that that testified that
chose abortion, so they, we don't really know what their outcome would have been if they had delivered their child. OK The other one, unfortunately, her baby had encephaly, and she did die, uh, shortly after birth, but they were able to hold her, you know, and to acknowledge her life or whatever, uh, time she had on this earth, so, uh, you know, I again, Arkansas right to life doesn't track, you know, pregnancies in in that sense we work to educate people.
Speaker 31
9:35
And to protect life as best we can according to the Constitution of our state.
All right, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. We have a Tony Rose sign up
to speak. Against the bill Did I get that right, you're signed up to speak against. Yes, ma'am. If you would introduce yourself for the committee and you're
Tony Rose
Unverified
10:01
recognized. Thank you. My name is Tony Rose. I'm with the National Association of Christian
Lawmakers, and I might be able to add some things to what Rose said. The examples presented as cases for this bill are sad and terrible, but passing this bill will not solve the problem of uninformed medical personnel when there is a clear exception for the life of the mother. It won't solve the problem of underage rapes that only destroys the evidence rather than eliminating the problem. The unborn child is not the problem. In regard to the safety of the
mother, the National Institute for Health reports the majority of the pregnant women who took the abortion pills presented with serious complications in the form of bleeding, incomplete and missed abortion, the ectopic pregnancy, a quick search of 911 calls from Planned Parenthood yields plenty of evidence that abortion is not a safer solution for women. This bill is not to amend the human lifefe Protection Act, but another attempt to make all
abortion legal in Arkansas by adding the words or health. Wording to the life of a pregnant.
If you, if you would touch that button again,
Tony Rose
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that mic's messing up. There we go. How's that? And eliminating the word physical from disorder, illness, injury, and condition and then also adding health andangering.
There isn't an abortionist in the country that couldn't find some sort of health. Endangering result such as mental health to justify an abortion because that's what they do. They do abortions. Regarding fetal anomalies, Dr. Kristina Francis, a board certified OB-GYN who currently works in Fort Wayne, Indiana, says we know that about 9% of adverse fetal diagnosis on ultrasounds turn out to be
wrong, and that is only among the babies given the opportunity to live in some cases, depending on the method, false positives for fetal abnormalities are as high as 50%. Those are stunningly high margins of error given the stakes. In the case of rape and incest from the study post abortion review by Elliott Institute for Social Sciences Research. The reason most people reach the
wrong conclusion about abortion in cases of rape and incest is that the actual experiences of sexual assault victims who became pregnant are routinely left out of the debate. In other words, they aren't ask. Most people, including sexual assault victims who have never been pregnant are therefore forming opinions based on prejudices and fears. Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, the only major study of pregnant rape victims
ever done, Doctor Sandra Maccom, Chief Medical Officer, Healthcare, Wisconsin. Family Medicine physician and counselor for sexual assault found that 75 to 85% chose against abortion. In jumping to the conclusion that abortion helps rape victims, but the assault behind them. The public is adopting an unrealistic view of abortion. Abortion is not some magical surgery that turns back time to make a woman unpregnant. Many women report that their
abortions felt like felt degrading and a brutal form of medical rape. Alan Parker of the Justice Foundation has recorded over 4600 women hurt by abortion, including 108 testimonies from Arkansas. The case against abortion of incest, pregnancies is even stronger. Studies show that incest victims rarely ever voluntarily agree to an abortion instead of viewing the pregnancy as unwanted, the incest victim is more likely to see the
pregnancy as a way out. One minute warning. OK. Again, the pregnancy is not the problem, the molester is rather than make reasons for abortions, why don't we do better at referring women to more than 4 dozen pregnancy centers around Arkansas that offer counseling numerous forms of his support. Arkansas is a safe haven law. No one has to raise a child they don't want to. Please do not pass this bill and please continue to embrace Arkansas as the most pro-life
state in the United States, and thank you so much for your time. What you
do. Thank you for your testimony. Representative Hudson, you're recognized to close for your bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair and thank you committee. Um, I, I do want to thank the committee for their time and attention to this. I know that this is a difficult topic, um, and, and makes for difficult conversations, and I appreciate, um, my witness for coming and sharing what was a very painful experience for her and the witnesses who came to testify. You know, one of the things that I kept hearing in the testimony just now from from uh people against was the word choice. I heard that women in certain situations chose whether or not
they were going to continue a pregnancy in the face of a fatal fetal abnormality. I heard that families in the case of incest or rape of a child chose, um, that that child would keep the pregnancy and and move forward. Women in the state of Arkansas don't have those choices. And since I came in here earlier, I keep thinking about the call that I took from my 8th grade daughter.
When I was in here prior to presenting this bill. She had to ask me whether or not she could go to a friend's house tonight. She needs her mom. To make decisions like that. But we're telling her through our public policy. That she can be a mom, that she is mature enough and old enough to carry a pregnancy to term. And to make big decisions about
whether or not she can even raise a child when she isn't sure whether or not she can stay out past 7 o'clock on a school night. That is the public policy of the state. Now you heard testimony from my witness earlier today who talked in excruciating detail about what happened to her as a result of the fact that we have this type of very restrictive abortion ban on the books. No woman should have to suffer in that way.
No woman should have to go to 5 hospitals to try to seek treatment and be worried that her, her boyfriend is, is going to be arrested for trying to help her get care. Women are smart enough to make decisions about their bodies and about their medical treatment, and they don't need us in the room to make those decisions for us. In Arkansas we have Several criminal statutes now on
the books to prosecute doctors if they engage in providing abortion care in a situation in which it is not allowed. All this bill does is create some very narrow exceptions to the ban in situations in which women need care. In 2023, the Arkansas poll found that 74% of those who responded believed that abortion should be legal when the pregnancy is no longer viable or will not develop into a live birth.
When asked about cases involving serious defects to the baby, 54% thought that abortion should be legal. Furthermore, 78% believed abortion should be legal when the mother's life is endangered and 71% believed that it should be legal when her health is at risk. Maternal mortality is going up in this state. And we have the opportunity to try to take some sort of action in order to halt that increase.
The majority of our constituents want this? And I would ask for a good vote. Thank you, I'm closed. It's
a pleasure to committee. A motion Do pass a discussion on the motion. Representative Rose recognize you first. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Uh I appreciated the Department of Health coming to the table expressing some of their concerns. I had some as well. I missed the Q&A portion with the
bill sponsor, I would have asked some questions about this, but there were a number of lines in the bill that I felt were very broad, subjective, without definition, uh, fetal abnormality incompatible with life across many different states has many different definitions. I didn't see that there was any type of gestational timeline from any period of 0 weeks to 40 weeks, the word physical with regards to illness and some
other things was struck, page 1 lines 34 and 35 of the bill, page 2 lines 22 and 23. Um, some of the things that I think we have considered in the past on a very similar bill with regards to uh Fetal abnormality incompatible with life. Had to do with kidney development and 2 years has passed since then. Stanford Children's Health has what they call a nephro NNICU, which specifically works with the development of kidneys, while in
the womb and then afterwards and there are emerging technologies and developments that can preserve, protect, and save lives. And so for those reasons and many others, I'll be voting against this. Appreciate a no vote. Thank you. Representative Bentley. Thank you, Chairman. I won't be
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redone with what Representative Rose says, but this bill's under the guise of adding more exemptions really totally it destroys our ban on abortion in the state right now over the counter and
every Walmart in Arkansas and every uh pharmacy you can get over the counter emergency contraceptives and a child that's been raped or something that's been through incest can if they take those emergency contraceptives, then they will not, there's 95% chance they will not become pregnant in 24 hours and 84% chance if they're taken within 48 hours, so we have a way to help those rape victims and those incest victims with emergency contraception if that's what they wish. So I think this is not necessary and again this bill is a will completely destroy the abortion
ban that we have in Arkansas and albeit no. Any further discussion on our committee. All those in favor say a. Ah All opposed no knows how your bill is filled. With that, I'm gonna go down the list. I'm gonna let you guys know Representative Hall's bill that we started earlier is still waiting on
an amendment, so we'll be holding it. As we move through, uh, bills this evening.
Uh Representative Cooper. What do you wish to do? OK.
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already could do. Representative Long. Can you tell us which
one you're running. You're right in the other one? And that's 1909. OK. It recognized.
Good, you have a physical impact, so we're going pass that out. Uh, I'll let you go ahead and
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start presenting as it's being passed out. Thank you, Mr. Chairman Wayne Long, House District 39. I bring for you House Bill 1908, um, it kind of come as a result of a phone call that I received um I know just like all of y'all we get uh get calls from constituents, but this lady had just moved to Arkansas from Tulsa, and I mean just just it arrived and Basically she was calling to
complain about our our benefits that we have here in Arkansas and that that got me thinking. It's like I never really thought about it, but you know there's people that actually moved to Arkansas with no intention of getting a job, but they're they're moving here, on the first day that they can sign up for government benefits. We have a hard enough time paying for benefits for the people that have been here for, you know, a long time, you know, hopefully they've they've worked at some point and paid into the system and maybe fell on hard
times due to a layoff or uh maybe because of some medical problem. But, um Uh, so I just got to thinking we probably would would be Uh, better off if, if maybe we had some sort of requirement that people wait a little while before they can sign up for benefits. So this is only for adults, not for children, but this bill would basically require people to produce proof of residency after they've been here 6 months. Uh, I chose 6 months and so I thought.
One thing that might discourage people from moving here if they're planning on just signing up for benefits, not really planning on being moving here to try to get a job, and the other thing was if people do choose to move here and they wait 6 months, hopefully after 6 months of providing for themselves, they might see that they can make it in this world without government help, and that I thought that might be a long lasting benefit, uh, that, um. It would help
the state and also help them. Some open to any questions. Thank you.
I guess I got one to start it off. On page 2, line 2. How does a bank statement prove residency of where someone lives because I can bank in New York and I've never moved out of Johnsville, Arkansas my whole life. Um, but I,
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I think it's the address that they sent it to. I that
was my thinking because I've used you know bank statements before for proving residency for Of some other things in my life, so that's why I came up with that.
You know, your bank statement may come out of New York, but it's going to you at PO Box 222, you know, Bradford, Arkansas, or is it? I don't know that I've ever gotten one in the mail.
A bank statement might get them on email. It's personal choice, so don't, doesn't necessarily have my address
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on there. Very possible that they probably would have an electric bill if they've got a computer then so they could use their utility bill or water bill because your
bill's direct, there's no room here for an
electric bill or a util to bill. It just says a
bank statement in the adult applicant's name from at least 6 months before the application. 936 they're on page one says
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utility bill from an adult applicants, the page one. That's right. I was on page 2. That's OK. All right, any questions
or Representative Rose. Maybe more an inquiry for the chair.
Representative Ryan A. Rose
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The the fiscal impact It's referencing two bills, I saw that. I've never seen
Representative Wayne Long
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that before. I was just curious if
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we could. Um I don't know how to differentiate. What's apartment, so we'll have
the department come explain that. Thank you. That's a good question. Let's, let's get through questions from members unless the other members' questions are same germaneness, and I'll come back to your
Representative Rose. Thank you, Mr. Representative Pilkington, I had you
down next. Yes, thank you. Um, so I
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appreciate you making it just adults because obviously, you know, we don't want to get children wrapped up with this, but I am curious. I had actually an issue over the summer with a constituent who had an adult daughter who was developing developmentally disabled, and so I worry by this, they would not be able to receive services for 6 months because technically they're an adult even though they have the mental capacity of a child and and need those services. Can, can you talk to that at all? Um, I didn't consider that that that option.
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OK. Representative Richardson. Thank you. So Representative Pilkington brings up a. A solid point. It With the amount of people that we hear come in here with developmental disabilities and operate. They are adults that you could, I could see this bill really impacting that group. Yeah, is there some thought you
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can take to to make sure they're not pulled into that. Uh, are you thinking, you know, people that are
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like living with their parents, that type of thing. Very well could be or or
not or in the process of transitioning from a home to somewhere else. I mean, I don't know, but, but I worry that, that that will roll up some of those people and then my other one would be is what about individuals that are homeless. And trying to get services. How, how will this impact them?
Representative Wayne Long
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Um, unless they could produce one of the IDs that they wouldn't be eligible for benefits.
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And that seems right to you? I'm sorry. That seems that seems
Representative Wayne Long
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right to you? Um, well, I think unfortunately, you know, a lot of
lot of the homeless people, um, You know, I guess I mean, we've got some homeless people out
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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here that have some serious mental issues, right?
Uh, and we have a lot in, in my, my city and in my part of town, so, uh, some of those people do still receive services. To help them And based on this,
like you just said, they would be excluded. If, if they were a new resident, yes
Representative Wayne Long
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sir, yeah, they, they just moved into Arkansas. question. A Representative Allen. And Thank you, Mr. Chairman, um.
Representative Fred Allen
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You have a lot of veterans that live. And places like the Salvation Army and and uh shelters like that and they still get a check every month. But they don't have a place of residence. So how would you address this if they for some reason go to training and get their act together and they haven't had uh can't produce what they've been saying for the last 6 months.
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Yeah, I, I think that's a good point. I've raised a couple of things like I said
that I, you know, had not thought of. Of course that's uh that's why we bring things out in committee is to to try to um sort out the best way to to implement our laws, um, having heard some, some of these, I think I probably would like to include this on my list of interim studies so I can work on that, bring it back in the next session if I'm blessed to be able to be reelected and And see if I can be more
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prepared to answer your questions. So you, you Your comment to the group today and she gonna pull your bill down and put it
in, yes, sir. OK. Thank you. So your request is put in 1908 and 1909 into interim study. Yes sir, so without objection. So moved. Thank y'all. Have
a good day. Thank you. Representative in it.
At 1987. So remember, this is the last House bill of the
session, um, other than Representative Hall, who we will come back to because we don't have the amendment yet, so just making sure everybody's clear. Representative Emmett, you're recognized.
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Thank you. I'm State Representative Denise Sennett. I represent District 80 here in downtown Little Rock and parts of Pulaski County. Are you ready? So last week I did run the same bill and I pulled it down and I decided to bring it back.
Basically, this bill is just to add more money to perpetual care owners who um are not taking care of their cemeteries and instead of $500 it is $1000 per violation. That's it. Seems pretty simple. Any questions for, for the sponsor? See at 9, anyone
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in the audience speak for or against the bill.
Seeing no, I take it you're clothes for your bill. I asked
for a pass, and that is a proper motion to pass all those in favor say aye. I posed, I have it. Congratulations, your bill is passed. What a
way to end the house bills. I guess we still have
Representative Hall. All right, Senate bills. I've seen, uh, Representative Nazarenko come in the room and you can be our first up. You tell us the number. 497. Yes, sir, you recognize. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Representative Jason Nazarenko
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Committee, Jason Azarenko, House District 4, that's Marion County, parts of Baxter County, uh, appreciate you letting me uh present this bill today, so Senate Bill 497, Senator Wallace brought this to me. I was really excited when he did because I love anything uh in the veteran realm, especially when it's going to do something good for the veterans. He presented this on the on the Senate side, and he explained this as being a real simple deal. You can see that uh through this, it's only addressing businesses with 50 or more employees, so that's
the only businesses that's involved, and what it is is about signage, being able to get some postings out there that would be up on like employee display boards telling the veterans of different services that they might not be aware of. So you can see down through the list some of those um some of those could be substance abuse, mental health treatment, education, workforce training, resource, tax benefits, veterans designation on a driver's license, eligibility for uninsured. uninsurance, legal services, and
even a crisis line, so these are some some perfect uh perfect things that could be out there for veterans that will really help them out. So again, I saw this is a really good bill that could help out our veterans and open to any questions that anyone has. Representative Hall,
can you come to the table? Are we having any questions from committee. Representative Bentley. I'm sorry, I think
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you said, just make sure these are gonna be mailed automatically to employers of, uh, people over 50, so just add up with our other safety posters we have for.
So there's not any cost to the to the business. I'm saying this is gonna be
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sent to them correct, correct, Representative Bentley. No cost to the employers whatsoever. They can request these posters. They could even, if they so choose, they could print them themselves. Representative Allen. Motion at. Got you. Representative Pilkington, you
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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have a question? Yeah, I just had a quick question. I know, um, signage and some of the clinics I worked before, we like them to look a certain way with branding and things like that. Will they be able to alter
them so that they fit the branding guides of those businesses. You can see like there's, there's
Representative Jason Nazarenko
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nothing specifying that. So like I said, they could print them themselves and we're the same way. We like things branded, like it to look the same, so that wouldn't be an issue as long as it had those items that are good for the veterans. Just curiosity.
OK, thank you. Thank you Seeing no further questions, Representative, uh, anyone here to speak for or against the bill. Seeing none, I
take it you're closed. Yes, Mr. Chairman Representative Allen, you had a
motion to pass. Any discussion on motion. All those in favor say aye. All opposed. I have it congratulation bill is passed. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. We have anyone else with a Senate bill? OK, is Representative Hall in the room?
Oh Can someone text him his amendment is ready, so we'll get started on his bill. Representative Pilkington, I'll let you present until he comes
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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back. OK. Just give us some bill numbers please sir Senate Bill 9
Committee. that Thank you, sir. Make it quick, see if I can do it before he gets here. Uh, this is the, um, Bill 9. This is the to create the Make Arkansas Healthy Again Act. Uh, this is one of the first bills filed in
the session. We wanted to ban 3 items that were also banned in some of the larger states here in the United States are just following suit, not adding any um any more birds on that's already been added, um, I didn't do it in time, um. But we had to take it out because red dye number 5 was already, um, was banned, so this one only bans 2. Uh, 2 chemicals, potassium broate and paraplan, some of the side effects, potassium broomate or uh kidney thyrotoxicity, they're carcinogens, there's DNA
damage, and these are banned in several countries, the EU, UK, Canada, and parts of Asia, um, and that's, that's essentially it, a lot of the producers in the United States are already moving towards getting these products, getting these chemicals out of their product, but you know, the way it works in the EU is they need to show that it's not harmful, where in the United States we have to show that it is harm. And so in our foods, we have about 10,000 different chemicals that float around there, whereas in the EU they only have 300, and this to me is something I've I've always been passionate about because um after my first
session, I gained a lot of weight and so I went on a diet and I started reading labels and all of a sudden I realized there's all these things in the food that I had no clue what they were, what did they do? Why are they in there? And so as I, you know, was kind of curious about it. I came to find out that a lot of chemicals in the food had nothing to do with actually making the foods more nutritious or things like that. They're just merely just. Increased shelf life. And so, uh, we're just wanting to follow suit with what's kind of already been the trend in some other states and ban these two, the implementation day was also
moved up from 2027 to 2028. This was an ask that Tyson made, and we thought that that was reasonable to ask as well, so that's essentially the bill
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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in a nutshell. Representative Richardson, you have a question. Yes, sir. Hey, Representative Pil, do you know if neighboring states, if any of the neighboring states outlaw these as well?
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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No, none of our neighboring states would be, so we'd be the first in our region to do it, uh, but when you have states like California, which is the largest state economy in the entire United States. I mean, there's products they're shipping there that they're also
shipping to Texas and Arkansas and so we would be one of them that mean you're supportive of what California's doing. Usually I'm not, uh, but Broken clocks can be right twice a day, and I think this is a classic example of a broken clock
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being right. Any further questions? Representative Hindley, you recognize. Thank
Representative Dolly Henley
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you. uh, Representative, um, I'm a little confused about this
bill a little bit, so, uh, Mr. Chair, I was just wondering, would, would one of the agencies like to come to the table and express their opinion on this, the health department or others. If you request that,
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we'll make anybody come to the table. But when Matt Gilmores comes to table,
it's always a great day. He always likes the side. He don't like the camera.
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No. Matt Gilmore, Department of Health. I'm Laurahu. I'm
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general counsel for the Department of Health. You guys are recognized.
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Please do not touch the mics. I'll try to behave myself, Mr. Chair. Um, I don't know that we
have. concerns about this. I'm not sure. Can you repeat your question? I'm sorry. I was listening, but I, I couldn't hear everything.
Representative Dolly Henley
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Well, my question is, do we have any experts in the room who knows
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that this is true. Or false. I think it's generally accepted that, you know, these, there
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is some data around them, but I mean, I don't from an agency standpoint, uh, we don't have
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concerns with, with the bill. I'm confused now. Are you an expert in
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this field? You called me up here, Mr. Chair, so I'm not sure. I defer I didn't. She did, I think you mentioned my name, so I mean, I, I, I respect your opinion.
You recognize him as the. I want to be more careful. Any further questions for committee for the department? Seeing none, thank you for your testimony. Anyone in the audience speak
for or against the bill? Represent Pilkington. Are you closed for your bill? I'm closing my bill and make a motion to
pass. That's proper motion, Representative Hall, please come forward. In discussion on the motion.
All in favor, say I, I post. I have it.
Congratulations, your bill is passed. As soon as we get 5 signatures representatives, we'll go back to house bills for one last bill. Yeah
Members, we're going to give staff a second to pass this out. Because the agreements that were made with
the department, you basically have a new bill. The new bill still follows the same guidelines as the old bill. It changes the penalties, um. And takes out section 5, so it's being passed out now.
Representative Brad Hall
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OK, Representative Hall, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, What she's passing out there some language we've all agreed to. Right. what? No, no, I don't need, uh, language we've all agreed to and, and everybody's. pretty much come to agreement and So I got a motion for the new pass on the amendment. All those in
favor say aye. I opposed. I have it, you recognize to present your bill as amended.
Representative Brad Hall
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OK, well, it's pretty much all the same except you struck section
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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5 out. So, uh, Any questions from the committee? See no Yeah Hey, is it still self-reporting for these guys or is the ADEQ gonna do more with kind
Representative Brad Hall
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of holding them accountable in this bill, I made it. I talked to him, I'd made it where the county sheriff, uh, the county judge and the county, uh,
In the county employees, like if they catch on breaking the permit, they can write them up for it. So now it's not just ADEQ that can do that and then they submit that to ADQ submit it for the fine so they have more people that's, that's for the gatory division. Yeah, OK, thank
you guys, yeah. See no further questions. Or anyone in the audience speak for or against the bill as amended?
Representative Brad Hall
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You closed for your bill? Uh, I'd just like to apologize for all the people that live in that district in the river valley that has taken us this long to get this under control. So
hopefully this will, this will do the trick. So thank you, I'm
closed. I have a motion to pass as amended from Representative Richardson. Any discussion on the motion, Representative Rose,
Representative Ryan A. Rose
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you recognize. Yes, Mr. Chair, thank you. I just want to say we've got a mutual connection constituent in our county and he just said he appreciates what this bill is doing and how awful it smells today. His house is miserable right now, so. Sounds like it'd be a great time to go do an inspection. I'll be voting in favor of this bill.
Thank you. Representative Graham, thank you very much. I didn't have the opportunity to speak
Representative Zack Gramlich
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on this this morning, but uh just You know, I, I live in the middle of Fort Smith along with, you know, 90,000 other people who live in our city, and One of the worst experiences I had was October 26th in the morning. I walked outside and it's like 70 degrees, one of those perfect fall mornings. I was excited to take my kid to the park, and the smell was so bad I could not go outside that day, and I'm 15 miles west of where all this stuff is
happening. When I was teaching, uh, when I was teaching at Derby during we'd go out lunch, kids did not want to go outside because the smell was so bad. It's like, it's like it was so bad it reduced visibility in the air, like my, the first time I met Mr. Hall, and I will remember it, like to a T, we were on top of a hill outside of hardscrabble Country Club and the smell is ingrained in my head. Like this is an issue we have to get this fixed and thank you for being a leader on this
and taking, taking the reins and doing the good stuff for the people of the River Valley. Any
further discussion from the committee? Seeing none all is in favor of this bill as amended. Say ah. All opposed. I have it. You
have passed your bill as amended. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. Representatives. All right, uh, Senator Payton. 238, correct? And it does have an amendment. It does and uh He's
already came and took care of it. We're gonna pass them out if you give us just a second.
Senator John Payton
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You recognize present your amendment. OK, so this amendment just adds to the bill that we will include tire retailers on the board so that they'll have representation on the 4 tire district boards. It'll put 2 tire retailers on each board appointed by the governor. It also modifies the current law which and the current and the bill we're proposing. Which requires one. Collection site per county, and
this puts a very strong recommendation of 2. So the way it does it is it says there will be 2, unless the board determines that the second collection site is not necessary due to volume. So it gives the board the authority to uh To only have one collection site per county, but it's a very, very strong recommendation that they have at least 2. It does not prevent them from having more than 2. And it adds representation for tire retailers on the board.
Members I think I might have talked about both amendments there at once. You kind of did, but sorry. It's pleasure Committee on Amendment. both amendments It's just 11 of them is engrossed, I guess. That's proper motion. All
those in favor, say ah. I posed. I have it. You recognize present your bill as
Senator John Payton
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amended. Thank you. And so, Most of y'all that were here two years ago might remember, but those of us who have been here several years know that we've been dealing with this issue for a very long time.
Uh, I thought we had a good cure for the problem 2 years ago, and we passed it in the Senate with a a dedicated revenue stream increase and uh we ended up having to amend that out of the bill. And so what we passed last session was a reorganization of the Levin boards down to 4. Those 4 boards got organized and became operational about 15 months ago. We were projected to run out of money. 6 months in and it made it about
18 months, 2 years now, uh, because they were able to find efficiencies, but as they let out those contracts for the processors, they had to be so tight with the money that it makes it hard for the processors to have enough collection sites and and to maintain the equipment and do capital improvements. So what this does is it puts back in what we took out 2 years ago as far as the revenue stream goes. The, uh, the passenger car and truck tires will still be at $3. It'll be a
recycling fee collected on a new tire, but we're gonna broaden the new tires to include 4 new tires when you buy a new car, uh, so. Your It'll raise the revenue stream, but it's still just $3 per new tire. Because every time a new tire hits the street, we've created a waste tower down the road. And uh also the big truck tires which cost so much more to process, they'll go back to $5 where they had been historically. And then on the ag
tires like off of a big tractor or skid steer, they can charge up to $30 that fee will be set by the by the four district boards, not to exceed $30 and most of those tires cost $90 to $100 plus to process. But anyway, with that, I'll be happy to take questions. Any questions from members? Representative Johnson, you're recognized.
I thank you, Senator Payton. I
Representative Lee Johnson
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think I, I think I know. I'm just looking at the bill. I, I was, I had stepped out earlier. I know we passed a bill out earlier around tire recycling. This bill that you're proposing, does it have a new fee in it or does
Senator John Payton
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it create a new board of any kind? It does not create a new board, and it depends on how you define a new fee. So. I'm changing the name of the rim. fee To uh recycling fee. Instead of collecting it on used tires like we've done in the past or every time you you
transfer from a rim to rim, we're only collecting it on new tires at the rate of $3 which is what currently done for passenger cars and trucks. But we're including passenger cars and trucks that have been excluded before. When you buy a new vehicle, you've just bought 4 new tires or 5 new tires, and those are going to enter the recycling system at some point and we're not, we've never historically collected that fee on those tires. So yes, we're directing that that fee will be
collected on those tires, then The, the big truck tires were $5 and I think it was 6 years ago that got. thrown into the same pot as the $3 fee. We're taking it back to $5. And then the ag tires. are currently at 3. They were at 5, and now they're, and uh we're given the four district boards authority. To charge up to $30 per tire on those big ag tires.
So it's not a new fee, but they have the authority to raise it on those ag tires. No further questions
or committee. Can I get AEDQs at table, please? Lauren Ballard, chief of staff, Energy and Environment.
Taylor DEQ, director and chief administrator of Environment. I sure hope they canceled that T-ball game. They didn't. Um, Can you guys explain to me from this morning's bill we passed that you guys helped present. Can you explain to me the fee structure in that bill versus the fee structure of this bill, and basically that's given us an impact statement of the two bills in comparison, please. Yeah.
Speaker 180
54:22
So, in the bill this morning, that is a $1.50 fee,
essentially um kind of like the rim removal fee, the tire retailer will collect that. It will be on the sale of new tires, and so that is $1.50 fee that will go into the abatement fund, which would pay for the administration at the department and then abatement we mentioned it would likely be $3.5 million annually available in abatement. And this bill has the $3 rim removal fee and then the $5.10 dollars. On the extra large tires
up to 30 on A, yes, and then the tire retailers can charge their fee on top of that. The um the 5% fee. So, and that all goes to the tire recycling fund where we would, where what we use to reimburse districts as well as administration and abatement. So basically,
the, the, the, this bill, Senate Bill 238, allows the tire boards that testified in opposition this
morning to stay intact, sending them. Raising this money the way it does gives them the ability to still send bills to you guys. You're still reimbursing.
So basically we're not changing the problem that we already have. Because it's not raising any new money other than the 4 new tires, correct? Correct. That would be an additional money
Speaker 180
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and then increasing the fee on large and extra large tires, so collecting $3 we only have $2.57 to pay
them and the bill's 285 cents if I remember right. As it is now, the tire district's average reimbursement
Speaker 182
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rate is 285. Yes. Any questions for committee for the department? Just a caveat on that, I think there is, I think it's a $3 fee now. We have 257 left after the, I think the retailers currently get to keep 5%. I think, uh, Senator Payton's bill, I think actually they, it's $3 they get to charge 10 cents or 10% over and above.
Senator John Payton
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56:28
Is that correct? Right, so the net to the department in my bill is increased by the fact that we
let the retailers collect their percentage on top of the $3 so I can collect up to $3.30 if they want to, but it caps them at 10%. sent over The thing is, the fiscal impact on, on my Increase in revenue is supposed to be somewhere between 2.5 and $3.5 million based on fisil impact statement that we had two years ago from DFNA. Uh, that will be enough. into the system.
To wear those 4 tire boards can let out contracts. that have a reimbursement rate high enough. To cover the cost of the program. What's been happening is it's been starved to death for, for many years. And so the private industries that serve the program, they can't make capital investments and improve their equipment and improve their byproducts. Uh New core has shown great promise in wanting all of the Uh, tired.
pellets and fuel and stuff that we can, that we can get. But the only processor in Arkansas that, that Peletizes it down to a size small enough for new core to use is Davis, which is a private company here in Little Rock. They're servicing one entire district and parts of of another district now, but All the other processors that we have in the state, they need to they need new equipment. They need to upgrade their equipment and to maintain the fleet of trucks and trailers it takes to
transport these tires. I mean, We have to be able to reimburse them at a better rate. And or and we also have to have enough consistency in the program to where somebody can have a five-year business plan and and make those capital investments. And, and that's what my bill does. I'm not familiar specifically with the bill you considered this morning. I assume it's the same as what we considered in Senate Senate Public Health. A couple of days ago, uh,
It, it failed, but The The idea that we can wash our hands of it. And let it be a privatized system. I mean There's a few things government does well and garbage collection is one of them. And, and handling refuses, you know, most cities and towns and, and counties have. Garbage collection, uh, operations and they're very well supported by the public.
That, that, you know, they want the government to do that. So, I mean, I think this is something that we should not. Just try to totally Divest from. I think it's a good system where you collect the fee on a new tire, which is generating a waste tower somewhere down the road. If we collect on at the point of disposal. Then we are encouraged, I hate to say encouraging, but it makes it Uh It makes it look really good to,
to not properly dispose of those tires. If I go to a tire dealer and buy 4 new tires, and he says he's going to charge me $10 apiece for my takeoffs. I'm gonna say, well, I'll take them home. I got a use for them, you know, and those tires end up going home. If, if you have. Private Entrepreneurs that decide they want to go into the tire transporting business or whatever. And it looks really good because they can pull up to the tire dealer and get paid $5 a tire to
haul off these tires, they get licensed through ADEQ. They get, they become a, a tire transporter. They're supposed to take those tires to a processor. But uh They're getting paid upfront. And when their truck wears out, their trailer wears out, repairs are needed, and they find out their cash flow is hurting. They can pick up a load of tires at a tire retailer get paid $5 apiece for them. And until those tires are delivered to a processor, they don't have to pay the
processors to take them. So, I mean, I just don't trust. That uh we won't have. Bigger abatement problems. This is from an email that I got from Department of Energy and Environment. It shows part of our abatement problem. There's 395,000 tires stockpiled in cotton plant right now because a, a guy that had an idea on how to recycle these tires.
3 more minutes. Was able to stockpile all these tires under his business plan. And when he went bankrupt, he, he walked off and we're stuck with it, you know. So I, I think it's important that we keep the, the infrastructure that we currently currently have. The program has been starved to death for a long time. We need the dedicated revenue stream and it needs increased enough to cover the cost and Encourage capitalization into the So the equipment
That will process it to the point that we have A place to dispense of it, which would be New Corp and other likely situated. Likewise, situated companies, so. I ran on too long. You did, but
that's OK because we haven't timed. So you're almost out of time, so it's a great thing. Uh, any further questions? See anyone in the audience speak for or against the bill. I take it that was your closing? That's my closing. It's a
pleasure of the committee. He motion do pass is amended. That's proper motion in discussion on the motion? Members, I will. I sat here in this chair 10 years ago. For the first time
We sat here one night or started one day at 100 a.m. We finished that night around 11 p.m. My kid was about 5 years old and he fell asleep behind me. We were in a public committee meeting that night. We had
county judges here. I represented Peyton, I think you were representative at that time, and I think you were in here, if I remember correctly. And the whole fight started. With these tires. And we walked across the way and my son asked me, he was, like I said, he was young, he says, Dad, what was all that about? And I said, I'm not your son. And we finally passed that bill. And things rocked around for about 6 years and nobody said a word. And they started running in here about, about the time right
before the COVID pandemic, and they started running out of money. And we started moving just a little bit of money, a little bit of money, and then in that session, we, we upped the fee or changed the way the fee was assessed, so they had a little more money. We came in this whole last cycle of the interim, and every time I went to council, it was this fight of what we were going to do to transport more money to the tire program. Davis spent Davis Bruber spent multi-hours in my office as chair of
counsel, begging for a way to get more money out of the system. Craig Douglas spoke this morning against the bill, countless hours in my office begging for more money. We were told then if there was an entity that would buy the rubber. And it could be privatized. We, we've been told numerous times that these entities would would show up. They finally showed up. New Corps was here this morning to speak for that bill. They didn't speak for the bill
because the bill was going through well, but they were here to speak for the bill. They were, they were here to speak for the bill. Because Davis has agreed with them that they can chop the tires up and sell it to them under that new mechanism, which lowers the fee to the consumers charged by government and allows them to charge another fee for the pickup privatization that was testified this morning. Point being, And my garbage is not picked up
in my house by government entity. I pay, get rid of it every month, they pulled it straight out of my checking account, and they do a great job. They pick up the garbage and I don't ever have to worry about it. When we can pro when we can put this stuff in private hands and it's taken care of and we're not stuck charging our constituents or putting a new board in place. That is a good thing. So I'll leave it at that. Any further discussion? All they ever, say ah. All post.
Your bill's failed. So with that, You got a Senate bill? OK, what's the number? 546. Let's go. Representative Perry and Senator Hammer. And you have an amendment? If you'll give it just a second, pass a minute now.
Representative Mark Perry
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1:06:33
He recognized to explain your amendment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So the amendment, uh Senate Bill 546 on page one, line 34. It, it deletes and goes from other viable alternative and substitute with other viable cost effective alternative. I hit the wrong button. I'm sorry.
Speaker 72
1:06:55
Don't touch the mic. That's the amendment. Uh, Representative Ladyman has a motion for uh Du pass on the amendment. All those in favor
say aye. I posed, I have it, you reckon I present your bill as amended. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm gonna turn it
Representative Mark Perry
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1:07:12
over to Senator Hammer or Bailey with ADQ to help expand on this. Mr. Chairman,
Senator Kim Hammer
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1:07:21
members Committee, Kim Hammer, State Senator District 16. Bailey Taylor
Speaker 177
1:07:27
EQ director, chief administrator of Environment. There you go, go,
Senator Kim Hammer
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1:07:35
uh, members, what this bill does is several sessions ago for some of us that were here several sessions ago. There was a bill introduced that deals with the placement of wastewater treatment plants and what
this bill does is when and Bailey can straighten me out and correct me if I say anything wrong, uh, but when it was established, there was a there was a fund that was established that any time anybody puts in a treatment plant, they were put a percentage of the cost into it with the idea that that would build the fund up so in the
event there was maintenance or catastrophic event that that occurred, the money would be there so that it could be fixed in that. You had a bad operator, uh, you, you would have that reserved, and I would use a comparison like if a gas station operator pulled out and you know, there were tanks that were bad. You'd have a, you'd have a cleanup fund. Well, what we've discovered since that was put in place a few of the operators have been the ones that significantly contributed to that fund and what we're asking for is that it would be reduced
to 8% with a cap of 100,000 that an operator would have to put in there, and the reason Um, you'll notice also in Bailey maybe can speak more to this on page 1 line 25 to 36. 1 of the things we want to add into it was that there would be a feasibility study to determine at the time that the request is made by 280Q uh to determine the feasibility of being able to connect to a municipality sewer system, and one of the amendment added the phrase cost effective
alternative to make sure that it would create the broad latitude to make that that the most cost effective way to go to that and Mr. Chairman, if you're agreeable like Bailey to clean up, correct me on anything that I
Speaker 174
1:09:23
said a chair would allow. I think you did a good job, Senator. So this is specifically for non-municipal wastewater treatment plants, so, um. Sometimes these are handed over to,
Speaker 180
1:09:32
uh, POAs or homeowners associations and so we just wanted to have this trust fund,
the the the body had created a The mic, um, created a a trust fund in order like the senator said, for us to step in, hire operators if someone left this um plant without a proper operator. So it's not typical for a entity to have to contribute over $100,000. There's actually been only one instance of that. That's a rather large plant for a non-municipal
wastewater treatment plant and so this cap we feel has will have no impact on the trust fund funds. We also change this bill changes to allow you to access the funds after your 2nd permit cycle, so that's about 10 years versus 15, um. There are some treatment plants that could use this, and they have been in the fund for about 7 years and so, um, this would give them the opportunity to relatively Soon to be able to access that for maintenance and then the feasibility study, it just gives
us the authority that we don't already have to say, hey, you have another option, and that is to connect to a city, an existing facility, um, what Can you look at the feasibility of that and so they will look at the facil feasibility if it's viable, if it's cost effective, if it's not, then we can pursue. reviewing their application and and looking at that permit. Representing Ladyman, you reckon that's. Uh Can you help me understand
Representative Jack Ladyman
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1:11:14
where it talks about The NPDES system permit and 5 miles explain that to me. It's on page one. That's
Speaker 174
1:11:25
the feasibility study. So if they are proposing
Speaker 180
1:11:28
to establish a new wastewater treatment plant within 5 miles of of an existing uh municipality owned or county owned plant, then we want a feasibility study to determine
whether it's cost effective or viable to either connect to the city or if they need
Speaker 194
1:11:46
to establish a new wastewater treatment plant. Any other questions from the
Speaker 142
1:11:53
committee? Rivers and long. Please get closer to Mike. Thank you, Mr.
Representative Wayne Long
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1:12:00
Chairman. Senator Hammer, um, that meeting that we had with those. months. That meeting we had with those
folks a few months back, um, were they in on? Crafting the bill. Yes,
Senator Kim Hammer
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1:12:18
sir. Thanks for bringing that up. Uh, we've actually been working, I'd say 2 months. Is that fair? We've been working about 2 months with some of the industry leaders and individuals that are proponents of these systems and ADQ. I hope I can say this in Bailey that this is an agreed upon bill that we've worked on together to get it to this point with ADQ. It was a real problem, and I appreciate y'all trying to fix it. Thank you, sir.
Any other questions from committees seeing none. Anyone in the audience speak for or against the bill. Representative
Speaker 72
1:12:51
Perry, Senator Hammer, are you closed for your bill? I'm closed for the bill to make a motion to pass as amended, correct? That's proper motion. Any discussion? So you
know all those a favor. Say ah. I posed. I have it. Congratulations, your bill is passed as amended. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Our members, uh, save some time. I'm not gonna run down the list,
but does anyone else have any Senate bills they want to run? So poked in. I knew you had a couple more. You recognize. If you just give us the numbers as you're going down. SB 576. Representative Eric Pilkington
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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1:13:46
District 45 Johnson Pope County, um, this changes uh from 2 years to follow what Medicare does, just stay consistent with federal standards and qualifies people for a CGM. So 4 years ago, we updated who qualifies and we did 2 or more pumps because that's what the Medicare standard was, but then April 2023 they changed it to a person who uses insulin, basically one pump, and this is because medical technology has changed and now there's a delayed release insulin, so people who used to have to use two or more pumps or to. Delay release and now they're just using one. So instead of having to change the law for a
few years, we're just making Arkansas standard as the Medicare standard, and there's no non opposition. This is just so we're not having to go in and change this every couple of years, so. Any questions? Seeing on all
those uh. I was running around into it. Anyone here I didn't speak for or against the bill. You get on autopilot after a while. You close for your bill
my bill, make a motion to pass any discussion on the bill? All those in favor, say ah. I opposed. I have
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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1:14:57
it. You have another one? Well, so I didn't realize it was on deferred. I didn't think it was, but I was going to run Carolyn Brown's Senate Bill 168. If I'll make a motion to take that off deferred. It's OK
with the committee. That is rice is built is that a state examination for licensure massage therapists. I don't
It's not only the deferred list of tonight's agenda, that's the problem. Is it on the regular agenda? You 168. OK, I think you said 138. 0, my bad, sorry. OK, so that's proper motion. Um Committee, see, I'm gonna take it without objection because it's 2/3 votes. So without objection means we unanimously agree to take it off deferred. Without objection, Senate Bill 168 will come off deferred. Appreciate it.
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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1:15:50
Uh to present 168. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate the The latitude on this, uh, just once again, I think last time it got presented, it just was kind of all over the map and you had, you had different groups kind of fighting and I think we kind of lost what actually we're just trying to do here. We're just trying to give a state option. They work together with the health department to actually help create this, this other option, um, because right now there's only one exam and so obviously that changes, we kind of lose some of our ability in case they make those standards too high and for those who don't know, I mean, a lot of people
enter in the massage therapy, um, industry, and then they pretty, they leave pretty quick. There's a pretty decent amount of turnover, so having a state test for someone's like I just want to do it for a couple of years here in Arkansas to help them to get me by. I don't want to take a, take a, a federal test and be a part of a compact. This is a better option for me and, and let them do that. So still can use the other tests if you're, if you own a massage spa, you can still require that they do the IMAX instead of this one. This is just an option some people here in the state wanted that we used to have multiple tasks and we're just trying to get one back and like I said, they work with the health department to create this and
so, um, like I said, I think Last time we did it, I think there was some drama going on and it just, it, the message got construed. This is simple, easy, and so I just thought another shot at it that it's been kind of some time to let dust settle and see how we feel about it now, so. Any questions from committee, Representative
Representative R. Scott Richardson
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1:17:18
Richardson. Representative Pilkington, I, I think I remember there being several people within massage
therapy who spoke against this. Is that correct? There
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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1:17:25
are some people who are in favor of the IMAX, uh, and there are and a lot of them also too were people um Who represented the compact because the Ilex goes along with the compact and so they're worried that they may not, uh, that some people wouldn't choose to go into the compact, but my belief is always that Compaq should be optional if they want to do something else. And so if someone said, hey, I'm at a massage therapy school and I want to take this test to the IMAX, because I'm just gonna stay in Arkansas and um they,
they can choose to do that if they want. So it's just a choice. No one's required to do one or the other, um, and there was this came from some people within the industry who felt like they wanted. have a state test option so they weren't beholden to an out of state company that Arkansas could also choose what they set the standard, oh sorry, the standard for and my understanding is
we wouldn't be the only state that allows this other option. I correct? Yes sir,
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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1:18:14
that's correct. Sorry if I was yelling in the mic. No, you're
good. Is any, any other questions? See you not anyone in the audience speak for or against the bill?
Representative Aaron Pilkington
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1:18:25
See no, you call for your bill, and I make a motion
passed as amended, yes. It's proper motion. Any discussion on motion? All those in favor say
aye, all opposed. I'm gonna roll eyes have it. Your bill is passed. Congratulations. You have no
more? Members or any other members of the committee or members in the room to have Senate bills to run. I will tell
you our agenda looks really good for Thursday. We only have about 10 or 15 bills
left, uh, we will get transferred some more bills, so don't get too excited. Um, but we'll see you guys on Thursday. Seeing no further business we stand here.
Agenda
REGULAR AGENDA
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1762 Hall TO REQUIRE REVOCATION OF A PERMIT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN AN AGRICULTURAL OR PASTORAL APPLICATION FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS.
HB1791 C. Cooper TO CLARIFY THAT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND THE UNITED NATIONS DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OR POWER IN THIS STATE AND DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE OR IMPLEMENT ACTIONS IN THIS STATE.
HB1880 Hudson TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT AND THE ARKANSAS UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT TO ADD CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.
HB1908 Long TO CREATE THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND TO REQUIRE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR ADULT APPLICANTS.
HB1909 Long TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SERVICES ONLY FOR CITIZENS ACT; AND TO REQUIRE VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
HB1987 Ennett TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, CEMETERIES, AND BURIAL SERVICES; AND TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY A LICENSEE.
SB9 B. Davis TO CREATE THE MAKE ARKANSAS HEALTHY AGAIN ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, DISTRIBUTING, HOLDING, OR OFFERING FOR SALE A FOOD PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS CERTAIN SUBSTANCES.
SB238 J. Payton TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
SB473 Stone TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD TO ADVISE THE ARKANSAS FIRE TRAINING ACADEMY ON CERTAIN MATTERS.
SB117 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN PRACTICE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSURE OF NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS IN ARKANSAS; AND TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NATURAL MEDICINE.
SB444 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE MEDICAL ETHICS AND DIVERSITY ACT.
SB507 G. Leding TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO COVER APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES.
SB546 K. Hammer TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTION FEE FOR WATER PERMITS RELATED TO NONMUNICIPAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS.
SB554 C. Tucker TO CREATE THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM.
SB560 J. English TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND.
SB120 C. Penzo TO REQUIRE LICENSURE FOR ALL PRIVATE CARE AGENCIES IN THIS STATE; AND TO ENSURE CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR VULNERABLE AGING ADULTS.
SB347 C. Penzo TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO INCREASE REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CERTAIN DENTAL SERVICES AND TO SET AN ANNUAL REIMBURSEMENT CAP FOR ADULT DENTAL SERVICES.
SB497 D. Wallace TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A POSTER REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY THE POSTER.
SB534 G. Leding TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS KRATOM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; AND TO REMOVE MITRAGYNINE AND 7-HYDROXYMITRAGYNINE, ALSO KNOWN AS KRATOM, FROM THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST IN ARKANSAS.
SB576 B. Davis TO AMEND THE COVERAGE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.
SB601 Hester TO CREATE A PATHWAY FOR A GRADUATE OF A FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE LICENSED IN THIS STATE IF HE OR SHE IS OFFERED FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT AS A PHYSICIAN FROM A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
DEFERRED BILLS
Number Sponsor Subtitle
HB1008 A. Collins TO REQUIRE MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR POSTPARTUM MOTHERS FOR ONE YEAR AFTER GIVING BIRTH.
HB1010 A. Collins TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES.
HB1011 A. Collins TO CREATE THE RESTORE ROE ACT; AND TO RESTORE A WOMAN'S ACCESS TO ABORTION SERVICES.
HB1012 A. Collins TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO EXTEND ELIGIBILITY TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.
HB1013 Hudson TO PROTECT FERTILITY TREATMENT RIGHTS IN THIS STATE.
HB1029 D. Garner TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE IN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SERVICES RELATED TO ADDICTION.
HB1032 A. Collins TO BAN CONVERSION THERAPY.
HB1132 Pilkington TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES; AND TO AMEND THE PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY OF AN ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE.
HB1224 Nazarenko TO AMEND THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT; AND TO APPLY THE AUTOMATIC OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE FOR OUT-OF-STATE LICENSURE ACT TO MASSAGE THERAPISTS.
HB1244 K. Brown TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF FULL INDEPENDENT PRACTICE AUTHORITY BY A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER OR CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST.
HB1270 Pilkington TO ESTABLISH A PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH A SECTION 1115 MEDICAID DEMONSTRATION WAIVER; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
HB1302 L. Johnson TO ADD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TO THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT.
HB1401 Pilkington TO INCLUDE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SERVICES WITHIN THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT.
HB1463 Hudson TO PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST MATERIALS OR TEST DATA.
SB168 Rice TO ESTABLISH A STATE EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
SB187 Irvin TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW BOARD TO INCLUDE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
HB1532 L. Johnson TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS RARE DISEASE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
HB1566 McClure TO REQUIRE ADOPTION OF A STATEWIDE PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM CORE CURRICULUM TO INCREASE CONSISTENCY IN PRACTICAL NURSING EDUCATION.
HB1592 J. Mayberry TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.
HB1718 Gramlich TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR SURGICAL SMOKE EVACUATION IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES LICENSED IN THIS STATE.
HB1723 Pilkington TO AMEND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 2000, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS ACT; AND TO DIRECT THE ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.
HB1731 Vaught TO STRENGTHEN CHILD LABOR LAWS THROUGH THE REINSTATEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES.
HB1781 Crawford TO AUTHORIZE THE LICENSURE OF CLINICS, HEALTH CENTERS, OR OTHER FACILITIES IN WHICH A PREGNANCY IS TERMINATED OR ABORTED IF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES ARE MET.
HB1588 McAlindon TO REQUIRE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SEEKS OR IMPLEMENTS AN EXPANSION OF COVERAGE FOR THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM.
HB1776 Lundstrum TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL OR TRANSFER STATION PERMIT OR AN EXPANSION OF A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL OR TRANSFER STATION PERMIT.
HB1795 A. Brown TO CREATE THE FERTILITY CLINIC LICENSURE ACT.
HB1816 L. Johnson TO PROHIBIT HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND HEALTHCARE INSURERS FROM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES OR THE GENERATION OF MEDICAL RECORDS UNLESS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
HB1818 L. Johnson TO CREATE THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED CARE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
HB1819 L. Johnson TO REQUIRE THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL RECORDS TO COORDINATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES TO CONTACT MOTHERS FOR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE DURING THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD.
HB1882 Pilkington TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ENROLLABLE MEDICAID BENEFICIARY POPULATION AND ALLOW THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE MEDICAID POPULATIONS TO BE ENROLLED UNDER THE MEDICAID PROVIDER-LED ORGANIZED CARE ACT.
HB1888 Steele TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; AND TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT RECORDS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
HB1890 J. Mayberry TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BILL FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO REIMBURSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
HB1906 Lundstrum TO REQUIRE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN WHEN PRESCRIBING LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION TO A PERSON WHO IS YOUNGER THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
Documents
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| Agenda — PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE, Apr 8, 2025 | Agenda | 4 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Representative Jeff Wardlaw Chair
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Representative R. Scott Richardson
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Speaker 143
Rose Mims
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Representative Denise Jones Ennett
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Representative Jack Ladyman
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Speaker 31
Tony Rose
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Representative Ashley Hudson
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Representative Ryan A. Rose
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Representative Mary Bentley
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Speaker 53
Representative Wayne Long
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Representative Aaron Pilkington
Unverified
Speaker 97
Representative Fred Allen
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Speaker 100
Representative Jason Nazarenko
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Chair
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Representative Dolly Henley
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Speaker 134
Speaker 140
Speaker 142
Speaker 146
Speaker 149
Representative Brad Hall
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Representative Zack Gramlich
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Senator John Payton
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Representative Lee Johnson
Unverified
Speaker 180
Speaker 182
Representative Mark Perry
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Speaker 72
Senator Kim Hammer
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Speaker 177
Speaker 174
Speaker 194