All Roll Calls
Yes: 127 • No: 0
ArkansasHB11822025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
TO REPLACE THE DEFINED TERM "MEDICATION ASSISTIVE PERSON" WITH THE DEFINED TERM "CERTIFIED MEDICATION ASSISTANT" THROUGHOUT § 17-87-701 ET SEQ.
Sponsored By: Mary Bentley (Republican), Missy Irvin (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Medication assistants can give more treatments
At designated facilities, certified medication assistants can give medicines by inhalation, not just through an oral inhaler. They can also give insulin by injection under the skin. An authorized prescriber must order the medicine, and a licensed nurse must supervise. Controlled substances remain excluded.
Nurse aides face new certification requirements
Arkansas medication assistant applicants no longer need one year of nurse aide registration or full-time nurse aide experience. But the standard path requires at least 115 hours of approved training, up from 100. Applicants also need good standing on the nurse aide registry and a job at a designated facility. They must have a high school diploma or equivalent, complete an approved literacy screening, and pass the board's exam. Another path allows equivalent nursing education plus a passing medication assistant exam.
First medication assistant offense loses misdemeanor
For listed medication assistant violations, a first offense carries a $25–$500 fine instead of a misdemeanor classification. Each later offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Mary Bentley
Republican • House
Missy Irvin
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate Vote - Thursday, March 6, 2025 3:56:22 PM
Yes: 33 • No: 0
House vote • 2/17/2025
House Vote - Monday, February 17, 2025 2:09:03 PM
Yes: 94 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1182 is now Act 265
3/12/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
3/7/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
3/6/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
3/6/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
3/6/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
3/6/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
3/5/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
2/17/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/17/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/17/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/13/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
1/22/2025HouseFiled
1/21/2025House
Bill Text
HB1182 - Introduced
1/21/2025
Act Version
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