HB 1079 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR GENETIC TESTING FOR AN INHERITED GENE MUTATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS; AND TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CANCER IMAGING FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

House Bill 1079, now Act 860, mandates that certain health insurance plans must provide coverage for genetic testing related to inherited gene mutations for eligible individuals. It also requires these plans to cover evidence-based cancer imaging for specific individuals. However, the bill specifies that these coverage requirements do not apply to health benefit plans for state and public school employees or to self-funded governmental plans.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Apr 17, 2025

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Act 860 → HB 1079 · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill appears to be a technical reformatting of the same legislation from Act 860 to HB 1079, with no substantive policy changes. The text content remains identical except for minor formatting adjustments in line numbering and spacing.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustments including line number reformatting and spacing changes throughout the document, but no substantive policy modifications were made to the bill's content.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 17, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1079 is now Act 860

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Jan 8, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 3 co-sponsors