# Arkansas HB1784: TO MODIFY THE INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Arkansas HB1784, TO MODIFY THE INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Missy Irvin (Republican), Jeff Wardlaw (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-17 (Notification that HB1784 is now Act 864) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1784-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1784 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO MODIFY THE INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-13 - Last action: 2025-04-17, Notification that HB1784 is now Act 864 - Sponsors: Missy Irvin (Republican), Jeff Wardlaw (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (225 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Broader hearing rights for care facilities: benefit, low. Arkansas long-term care facilities can bring employees, attending physicians, medical directors, and facility consultants to dispute hearings. Other medical providers and pharmacists must have served residents when the cited deficiency occurred. Parties can have attorneys, but only department emplo… - Care hearing reports guide staff oversight: benefit, low. Arkansas’s Department of Human Services must make quarterly reports available covering facility dispute hearings from the previous quarter. Reports must show how many hearings occurred and how many were decided for the state or facility. Results must be grouped by deficiency, scope, and severity. T… - Faster, final decisions for care facilities: mixed, low. The decision maker must issue written findings within 7 calendar days after a facility’s dispute hearing. Findings must identify each disputed deficiency by tag number, recommend keeping, removing, or changing it, and explain the facts. Arkansas’s Office of Long-Term Care must issue its decision wi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Missy Irvin (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Jeff Wardlaw (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-14 | House | House Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 2:57:26 PM | pass | 95 | 1 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, April 10, 2025 3:50:09 PM | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 2:18:07 PM | pass | 96 | 1 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-04-17: Notification that HB1784 is now Act 864 (House) - 2025-04-15: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-14: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-14: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-04-10: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House) - 2025-04-10: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-03: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Rules suspended. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-03-18: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-13: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House) - 2025-03-13: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1784 - Introduced, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1784.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=864.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 - [HB1784 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1784.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=864.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-HB1784-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).