All Roll Calls
Yes: 207 • No: 5
ArkansasHB10792025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR GENETIC TESTING FOR AN INHERITED GENE MUTATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; AND TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CANCER IMAGING FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
Sponsored By: Dave Wallace (Republican), Fred Allen (Democratic)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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More cancer coverage for at-risk Arkansans
Beginning January 1, 2026, covered health plans offered, issued, or renewed in Arkansas must cover two cancer-related services. Inherited cancer gene testing is covered for people with a personal or family history of cancer. Cancer screening and imaging are covered for people at increased cancer risk. A licensed or otherwise authorized healthcare provider must order or recommend either service. Results must help guide treatment or monitoring, even if they are not immediately usable. Testing must meet National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommendations at level 2a or higher, Medicare coverage decisions, or nationally recognized clinical guidelines. Imaging must follow the same cancer-network threshold or nationally recognized clinical guidelines. These recognized guidelines must use transparent methods, conflict-of-interest policies, systematic evidence review, and benefit–cost assessments. Most plans cannot charge an annual deductible, copayment, or coinsurance for these services, or reduce other benefits. State and public school employee plans and self-funded government plans are exempt from the no-cost-sharing rule, not the coverage requirement. If needed to protect health savings account eligibility, linked qualified high-deductible plans apply the deductible until the minimum deductible is met. However, services treated as preventive care under federal savings-account rules as of January 1, 2025 are covered before that deductible is met. Covered plans include individual, group, managed-care, and nonfederal government health plans. Stand-alone dental, vision, disability-income, credit, liability or auto/home medical-payment, workers’ compensation, hospital-cash, accident, specified-disease, and long-term-care coverage are excluded. The Arkansas Insurance Commissioner must issue rules to carry out the law.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Dave Wallace
Republican • Senate
Fred Allen
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Jay Richardson
Democratic • House
Kenneth B. Ferguson
Democratic • House
Jim Wooten
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/14/2025
House Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 2:43:24 PM
Yes: 88 • No: 2 • Other: 8
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:22:50 PM
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, March 18, 2025 2:41:41 PM
Yes: 84 • No: 3 • Other: 10
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1079 is now Act 860
4/17/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/15/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/14/2025HouseSenate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
4/14/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
4/10/2025HouseRe-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
4/9/2025HouseReturned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
4/9/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
4/8/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/8/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/2/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
4/2/2025SenatePlaced on second reading for purpose of amendment.
4/2/2025SenateReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
4/1/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
3/18/2025SenateReceived from the House.
3/18/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/18/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/17/2025HouseAmendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
3/17/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
3/17/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
3/13/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
1/30/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
1/30/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
1/30/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
1/13/2025HouseFiled
1/8/2025House
Bill Text
HB1079 - Introduced
1/8/2025
Act Version
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