# Arkansas HB1288: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE INSURER TO MAKE CERTAIN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS TO A PROVIDER UPON CREDENTIALING OF A PROVIDER. Arkansas HB1288, TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE INSURER TO MAKE CERTAIN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS TO A PROVIDER UPON CREDENTIALING OF A PROVIDER., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Missy Irvin (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-03 (Notification that HB1288 is now Act 423) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1288-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1288 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HEALTH CARE CONSUMER ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A HEALTHCARE INSURER TO MAKE CERTAIN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS TO A PROVIDER UPON CREDENTIALING OF A PROVIDER. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-04-03, Notification that HB1288 is now Act 423 - Sponsors: Missy Irvin (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (225 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Doctors get retroactive insurance payments: benefit, low. Once an Arkansas health insurer approves a doctor's credentials, it must treat the doctor as participating for payment purposes retroactively. Payments for covered care date back to when the insurer received the doctor's credential information. That information must come from the Arkansas State Med… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Missy Irvin (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Lee Johnson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-31 | House | House Vote - Monday, March 31, 2025 1:51:46 PM | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2025-03-20 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, March 20, 2025 2:56:05 PM | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | House Vote - Thursday, March 13, 2025 2:56:51 PM | pass | 96 | 0 | | ## Actions (29) - 2025-04-03: Notification that HB1288 is now Act 423 (House) - 2025-03-31: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-03-31: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-03-31: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-03-20: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House) - 2025-03-20: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-03-19: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-03-12: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-02-27: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-27: Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-27: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-02-20: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-20: Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-20: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-02-13: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-13: Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-13: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-02-10: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-02-10: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-02-10: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-01-29: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE (House) - 2025-01-28: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1288 - Introduced, 2025-01-28: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=423.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 - [HB1288 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1288.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=423.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-HB1288-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).