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ArkansasSB252025 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 9 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Funding protects prepaid funeral customers
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law funds funeral oversight and prepaid contract recovery. Funeral Services gets $612,164, including $55,000 for loans. The Prepaid Funeral Benefits Division gets $466,924 for staff and operations. Another $500,000 from the prepaid trust fund covers recovery program expenses and claims tied to prepaid funeral contracts. These funding provisions do not set loan recipients, claim eligibility, or individual payment amounts.
Cancer relief funding for participating firefighters
The law sets aside $250,000 from the Arkansas Firefighter Cancer Relief Network Trust Fund for firefighter relief. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Relief is for firefighters diagnosed with cancer who participate in a firefighter cancer relief network. The law does not set each firefighter’s payment amount.
Funding supports Medicare counseling and protection
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, federal funds support Medicare assistance and health information counseling. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act program gets $1.28614 million for staff, outreach, and enrollment assistance. Senior Medicare Patrol gets $815,853, including $192,000 for grants and aid, to help beneficiaries detect and report fraud. Health Information Counseling gets $1.319945 million for staff and operations. These appropriations do not change Medicare eligibility or set individual cash benefits.
Funding pays public employee claims
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law funds claims for state and local public employees. State employee claims get $15.5 million from the Workers’ Compensation Revolving Fund. Public school employee claims get $400,000, county employee claims get $200,000, and city employee claims get $400,000. The Public Employee Claims Section gets $2.147492 million for staff and operations. These appropriations do not set claim eligibility or each worker’s payment amount.
Funding pays tax and fee refunds
The law provides $11 million for the Arkansas State Insurance Department to pay tax and fee refunds. The money comes from a revolving fund for July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It supports refunds to people or entities owed money. The appropriation does not set refund eligibility or each recipient’s refund amount.
Funding covers state insurance pool claims
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law funds public insurance and bonding claims. It authorizes $75 million from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund for expenses and claims. The Governmental Bonding Board gets $1.705 million from the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Trust Fund, including $1.5 million for claims. The board’s funding also covers operations, refunds, reimbursements, and professional services. These appropriations do not set individual claim amounts or create direct household payments.
Funding supports Arkansas cyber incident response
The law provides $10 million for the Arkansas Cyber Response Board’s program from its dedicated trust fund. The funding covers program expenses from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It does not identify households receiving services or provide direct household payments.
Funding for insurance oversight and protection
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law funds Arkansas insurance oversight and consumer protection. Department operations get $15.426841 million, including $500,000 for AHIM expenses. Insurance fraud investigations get $1.641563 million. Continuing education staff get $31,184, criminal background checks get $25,000, and the Consumer Information System gets $28,005. These funds support agency work, not direct household payments.
Funding keeps healthcare price data available
The law provides $3.2 million from the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Fund for the statewide healthcare database. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It covers database operations, maintenance, data collection, data management, and responses to data requests. This supports healthcare price information but does not provide household payments or guarantee lower medical bills.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/8/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 4:13:55 PM
Yes: 92 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 4/7/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 4:10:09 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB25 is now Act 607
4/14/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/9/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/9/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/8/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/8/2025SenateReturned To Senate as Passed.
4/8/2025HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/8/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/8/2025HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
4/8/2025HouseRULES SUSPENDED
4/8/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
4/7/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/7/2025HouseOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
4/7/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/7/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/7/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/3/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
4/3/2025SenatePlaced on second reading for purpose of amendment.
4/3/2025SenateReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
4/2/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
1/13/2025SenateFiled
1/7/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB25 - Introduced
1/7/2025
Act Version
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