All Roll Calls
Yes: 134 • No: 0
ArkansasHB13842025 Regular SessionHouse
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION RESIDENCY EXPANSION BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Sponsored By: Jonathan Dismang (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Extra grants end for medical residents
The law ends the requirement to use leftover funds for grants supporting extra years of medical residency. These grants were available only after other required grants were funded and money remained. Residents had to complete at least three years of residency and enroll in a qualifying shortage field. That field needed fewer than 80% of the national-average number of doctors per 100,000 people.
Startup grants for Arkansas residency programs
The law replaces planning grants with competitive startup grants for Arkansas groups creating or expanding medical residency programs. Grants can support added first-year residency or fellowship positions. Funding may last through the program, plus up to two years before enrollment for setup and accreditation. Arkansas’s residency expansion board sets grant numbers and amounts based on available funding; the law lists no dollar amount. Award criteria emphasize specialties set by board rules, doctor-shortage fields, and medically underserved areas. When proposed first-year positions exceed available grant funding, the board may prioritize up to 50% of awards. Priorities include primary care, shortage fields, earlier-starting programs, and programs expanding an Arkansas hospital’s residency cap. Applications need accreditation plans, program and slot details, timelines, budgets, and support letters from sponsoring institutions and clinical sites. Awards occur annually in the fourth calendar quarter; recipients must report progress before receiving the next year’s funds. The emergency clause makes the law effective upon governor approval, expiration of the veto period, or the final veto-override vote.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Jonathan Dismang
Republican • Senate
Lee Johnson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/25/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, February 25, 2025 3:26:23 PM
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, February 12, 2025 2:06:42 PM
Yes: 99 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1384 is now Act 196
2/27/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2/26/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
2/25/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
2/25/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
2/25/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/25/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/25/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/24/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
2/12/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/12/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/12/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/12/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/11/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2/10/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
2/10/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
2/10/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/3/2025HouseFiled
2/3/2025House
Bill Text
HB1384 - Introduced
2/3/2025
Act Version
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