# Arkansas HB1091: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Arkansas HB1091, AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joint Budget Committee; status enacted, last action 2025-04-10 (Notification that HB1091 is now Act 538) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1091-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1091 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Notification that HB1091 is now Act 538 - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (128 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Food benefit funding for WIC families: benefit, medium. The law provides $60 million from health department cash funds for WIC food benefits. This supports low-income women, infants, and children from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This funding provision does not set each person's benefit amount or change who qualifies. - Funding for health and breast care: benefit, medium. The law provides about $330.97 million for Arkansas health department operations from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This includes about $22.33 million for grants and aid, $850,441 for kidney disease, and $30 million for infectious disease control. Breast care receives about $8.04 million in… - Funding for deaf interpreter advisory board: benefit, low. The law provides $25,000 from the Interpreters Fund for Arkansas's interpreter advisory board expenses. The board concerns interpretation between hearing people and people who are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, or Oral Deaf. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This pays board… - Grants support nuclear emergency planning: benefit, low. The law provides $325,000 for nuclear emergency planning grants and aid from the Arkansas Nuclear Planning and Response Fund. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The provision does not name grant recipients or create household payments. - Building funds for local health units: benefit, low. The law provides $1.95 million from the State Health Building and Local Grant Trust Fund. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It supports buying, building, and improving state health buildings. Grants to local health units can pay for construction, expansion, or renovation. This… - Carryover supports emergency care or contraception: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the health department director can transfer up to $3.7 million in carryover funds. The money is available for use in the next fiscal year. It must support an improved, connected emergency management system for trauma, stroke, and heart attacks, or long-acting reversible birt… - Funding for trauma and emergency care: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law provides about $26.22 million for Arkansas's trauma system. Public Health Fund money includes about $24.24 million for trauma system expenses. The system may employ up to 18 regular workers and two temporary or part-time workers under state pay rules… - Health department creates shared services office: benefit, low. The law creates health department Shared Services and provides $425,501 from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It authorizes one regular Secretary of Health position and seven temporary or part-time positions under state pay rules. Funding includes $225,306 for regular salary, $132,867 for tempo… - Funding for independent practice credential reviews: benefit, low. The law provides $350,000 for the Full Independent Practice Credentialing Committee from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It covers staff, operations, and member mileage and daily allowances for meetings, briefings, and hearings. The state's chief fiscal officer selects the state treasury cash… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 4:08:28 PM | pass | 35 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | House | House Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:18:09 PM | pass | 93 | 1 | 1 | ## Actions (19) - 2025-04-10: Notification that HB1091 is now Act 538 (House) - 2025-04-08: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-07: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-07: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-07: Returned to the House as Passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-07: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-04-03: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-03: Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass. (House) - 2025-04-03: RULES SUSPENDED (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-12: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-03-12: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-01-13: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (House) - 2025-01-13: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1091 - Introduced, 2025-01-13: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1091.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=538.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1091 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1091.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=538.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1091-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).