All Roll Calls
Yes: 108 • No: 8
ArkansasHB18692025 Regular SessionHouse
TO CREATE THE MATERNAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; AND TO ORGANIZE MATERNAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
Sponsored By: Missy Irvin (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Coordinated pregnancy care and resources in Arkansas
The law creates the Maternal Outcomes Management System within the Arkansas Department of Health to organize statewide pregnancy care. Its website must share Medicaid enrollment guidance, provider information, transportation resources, lactation education, and local support resources. The department must educate patients and clinicians, collect hospital data, and develop a system for reviewing care. It works with the Arkansas Hospital Association and Department of Human Services. MOMS Care Connect must coordinate pregnant patients’ hospital transfers alongside the Arkansas Trauma Call Center, matching patients with appropriate care. These requirements depend on available funding approved by the state; the law does not change Medicaid eligibility or benefits.
Follow-up calls help mothers after childbirth
The law requires a Postpartum Support Hotline, separate from the hospital transfer service, to contact mothers after delivery. A standard questionnaire must check mental well-being, follow-up care access, feeding concerns, infant sleep, and certain medical conditions. The hotline must directly connect mothers who need follow-up help with resources. The Department of Health may partner with another state agency or a college or university to run it. The hotline depends on available funding approved by the state and does not create cash assistance or new benefit eligibility.
Grants help Arkansas hospitals improve pregnancy care
The law requires grants for qualifying birthing and delivery hospitals, with the greatest financial support going to hospitals with the fewest resources. Hospital care ratings must follow American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists maternal-care levels as of January 1, 2025. Qualifying hospitals must provide community outreach and clinician education, review all birth complications, and attend regional meetings. They also need an on-site maternal-health coordinator, must accept department inspections, and must meet evidence-based clinical measures. Hospital regions must share data, review care, and receive performance feedback. The department sets rating, review, and renewal rules; implementation depends on approved funding, and no grant amounts are set.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Missy Irvin
Republican • Senate
Lee Johnson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/14/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 1:55:35 PM
Yes: 30 • No: 1 • Other: 2
House vote • 4/8/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 2:31:49 PM
Yes: 78 • No: 7 • Other: 6
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1869 is now Act 868
4/17/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/15/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/14/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/14/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
4/14/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/14/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/9/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
4/8/2025SenateReceived from the House.
4/8/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/8/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/7/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
4/7/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
4/7/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
4/3/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
3/20/2025HouseFiled
3/20/2025House
Bill Text
HB1869 - Introduced
3/20/2025
Act Version
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