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Votes at a glance: actions taken in the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee
Summary
Summary of formal committee actions recorded on the transcript, listing each bill or amendment and the committee outcome as announced in the meeting.
The committee recorded the following formal actions during the meeting. Vote methods are noted when recorded in the transcript (voice vote vs. roll-call). Where the transcript recorded a roll-call, that is noted; most other actions were voice votes and no numerical tally was given in the record.
- House Bill 1004 (12-month postpartum Medicaid expansion, as amended to use CHIP HSI funds): Motion to pass carried; committee advanced the bill (voice vote).
- House Bill 1245 (behavioral registry under psychology board): Committee concurred in Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, and Amendment No. 3 (voice votes) and concurred in the package of amendments.
- House Bill 1257 (senate amendment clarifying reimbursement to psychologists for psych techs): Committee concurred in the senate amendment (voice vote).
- House Bill 1767 (reassign EMS duties; create streamlined EMS committee): Motion to pass carried (voice vote).
- House Bill 1817 (training/authorization for pre‑K childcare providers to administer epinephrine): Motion to pass carried (voice vote).
- House Bill 1840 (sedation dentistry billing for waiver patients): Motion to pass carried (voice vote).
- House Bill 1841 (mechanism to hold county accounts and distribute EMS grants, tiers based on 911 call volume): Motion to pass carried (voice vote).
- House Bill 1530 (exemption for Arkansas Surgical Hospital from hospital provider tax program): Motion to pass did not carry; committee action did not advance the bill after roll-call (committee chair announced sponsor’s bills failed).
- House Bill 1142 (Restore Act — restorative reproductive medicine coverage / fertility awareness): Motion to pass carried (roll-call recorded in transcript).
- House Bill 1543 / 1751 (applicant volunteering to meet SNAP/TANF work requirements and related measures presented by Representative Underwood): Motions to pass carried (voice votes); amendments adopting sponsors were adopted when offered.
- Senate Bill 367 (small business revolving loan fund discontinuation — energy and environment): Motion to adopt technical amendment and motion to pass carried (voice vote).
- Senate Bill 278 (repeal of obsolete license provisions): Motion to pass carried (voice vote).
For several items the transcript recorded a roll-call (noted above) or a public roll-call was requested; most other actions were voice votes with the chair declaring the outcome. The committee did not record full numerical tallies for voice votes in the transcript.
Notes: committee members and witnesses frequently requested follow-up information for later legislative stages (DHS calculations, CMS waiver materials, and implementation details). Items that were advanced will require administrative follow-up (DHS, Department of Education, Department of Health, etc.) before implementation.
