Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1316: TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENINGS
Status: Chaptered, March 25, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to mandate coverage for lung cancer screenings; and for other purposes. subtitle to mandate coverage for lung cancer screenings.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENINGS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENINGS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 23, Chapter 79, is amended to add an additional subchapter to read as follows: Subchapter 29 -- Coverage for Lung Cancer Screenings 23-79-2901. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Arkansas, killing nearly two thousand (2,000) residents each year; (2) Lung cancer, which is mostly preventable, is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Arkansas; (3) In Arkansas, about one thousand eight hundred twenty-five (1,825) individuals die each year from lung cancer; (4) Lung cancer claims more lives each year than the combined deaths of nine hundred eighty-one (981) caused by breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or prostate cancer in Arkansas, which indicates that lung cancer should be a top priority for Arkansas; *ANS053* 03-06-2025 10:07:26 ANS053 As Engrossed: H2/18/25 H3/6/25 HB1316 (5) The lung cancer death rate in Arkansas is higher than the lung cancer death rate for the United States, forty-five and sixth-tenths (45.6) versus thirty-two and four-tenths (32.4) per one hundred thousand (100,000) individuals; (6) Washington County is the only county in Arkansas that …
Sponsors
- Fred Allen (D, 77) · primary sponsor
- David Wallace (R, 19)
- Jim Wooten (R, 59)
- Jay Richardson (D, 49)
- Ken Ferguson (D, 64)
Latest actions
- : Notification that HB1316 is now Act 390
- : Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- : TO BE ENROLLED
- : Returned from the Senate as passed.
- : Returned to the House as passed.
- : Read the third time and passed.
- : Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- : Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
- : Received from the House.
- : Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
Votes
- Senate Roll Call #648 (March 19, 2025): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #568 (March 13, 2025): 82 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call #392 (March 3, 2025): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #333 (February 25, 2025): 94 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1316?
- HB1316 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO MANDATE COVERAGE FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENINGS.
- What does HB1316 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to mandate coverage for lung cancer screenings; and for other purposes. subtitle to mandate coverage for lung cancer screenings.
- What is the status of HB1316?
- Chaptered as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: Notification that HB1316 is now Act 390 (March 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1316?
- Fred Allen (D, 77), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1316?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=HB1316
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