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Arkansas Senate Bill SB100

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
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64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 100 3
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97 By: Senator C. Penzo 5
10-By: Representatives Gramlich, Springer 6
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM TO 9
1412 RECOGNIZE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AS A PRIMARY CARE 10
1513 PROVIDER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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1917 TO AUTHORIZE THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID 15
2018 PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE A PHYSICIAN 16
2119 ASSISTANT AS A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. 17
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2321 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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2523 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 77, Subchapter 1, is 21
2624 amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 22
2725 20-77-154. Primary care provider for Arkansas Medicaid Program — 23
2826 Physician assistant. 24
29- (a) If authorized by a physician assistant’s supervising physician, 25
30-the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall recognize a physician assistant licensed 26
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32-carry out the following duties of a primary care case manager: 28
27+ (a) The Arkansas Medicaid Program shall recognize a physician 25
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3331 (1) Being recognized and serving as the initial healthcare 29
3432 provider in the program; and 30
3533 (2) Treating a patient within the scope of practice and 31
3634 licensure of a physician assistant under § 17 -105-107. 32
3735 (b) The program shall reimburse a physician assistant: 33
3836 (1) Not less than the current reimbursement rate for services 34
3937 performed within the scope of practice and licensure of the physician 35
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4541 (2) One hundred percent (100%) of the physician reimbursement 1
4642 rate for all out-of-pocket costs incurred by the physician assistant such as 2
4743 the costs of laboratory tests, X -rays, and any additional tests ordered or 3
4844 conducted by the physician assistant. 4
4945 (c) A healthcare insurance policy in which the premiums are paid 5
5046 directly or indirectly by the program also shall recognize and reimburse a 6
5147 physician assistant under subsections (a) and (b) of this section. 7
5248 (d) This section does not increase the scope of practice or licensure 8
5349 of a physician assistant. 9
54- (e) When initially applying to the program to be recognized as a 10
55-primary care provider and case manager under this section, a physician 11
56-assistant shall provide a written authorization that is signed and dated by 12
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