All Roll Calls
Yes: 123 • No: 0
ArkansasSB1002025 Regular SessionSenate
TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AS A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.
Sponsored By: Clint Penzo (Republican), Zack Gramlich (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Arkansas Medicaid adds physician assistant care options
Arkansas Medicaid can recognize physician assistants as primary care providers and case managers, serving as patients’ first healthcare provider. Assistants must be licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board and authorized by their supervising physician. When first applying, they must provide that physician’s signed, dated written approval. Care stays within their existing legal scope of practice; the law does not expand it. Medicaid pays at least the current reimbursement rate for services within that scope. It pays 100% of the physician reimbursement rate for assistants’ out-of-pocket costs, including lab tests, X-rays, and other tests they order or conduct. Health insurance policies with premiums paid directly or indirectly by Medicaid must follow the same recognition and payment rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Clint Penzo
Republican • Senate
Zack Gramlich
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Joy Springer
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/2/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 3:30:57 PM
Yes: 90 • No: 0 • Other: 5
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, March 4, 2025 1:54:25 PM
Yes: 33 • No: 0 • Other: 2
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB100 is now Act 482
4/9/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/3/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/3/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/2/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/2/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/2/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/2/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
4/1/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
3/4/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
3/4/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
3/4/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
3/4/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/26/2025SenateRe-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
2/25/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2/25/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
2/25/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
2/25/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
1/23/2025SenateFiled
1/23/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB100 - Introduced
1/23/2025
Act Version
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