An act TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CREDENTIALING 10 INFORMATION" WHEN THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD IS 11 PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CREDENTIALING ORGANIZATIONS, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                      A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                              HOUSE BILL 1458

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5 By: Representative L. Johnson

6 By: Senator Irvin

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8                                For An Act To Be Entitled

9            AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CREDENTIALING

10           INFORMATION" WHEN THE ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD IS

11           PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CREDENTIALING ORGANIZATIONS;

12           TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE STATUS OF UNITED

13           STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATES;

14           AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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18                       TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF

19                       "CREDENTIALING INFORMATION" WHEN THE

20                       ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD IS

21                       PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CREDENTIALING

22                       ORGANIZATIONS.

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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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26  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 17-95-107(b)(2)(A), concerning the

27 definition of "credentialing information" that the Arkansas State Medical

28 Board can provide to credentialing organizations, is amended to read as

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30                       (A) Information regarding a physician's:

31                               (i) Professional training, qualifications,

32 background, practice history, and experience, for example, status of medical

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34                               (ii) Clinical hospital privileges;

35                               (iii) Status of United States Drug Enforcement

36 Administration certificate;

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1                      (iv) Education, training, and board certification;

2                      (v)(iv) Work history;

3                      (vi)(v) Current malpractice coverage;

4                      (vii)(vi) History of professional liability or

5 malpractice claims;

6                      (viii)(vii) Drug or alcohol abuse to the extent

7 permitted by law;

8                      (ix)(viii) History of board appearances;

9                      (x)(ix) Loss, surrender, restriction, or suspension

10 of license;

11                     (xi)(x) Felony convictions;

12                     (xii)(xi) History of loss or limitation of

13 privileges or disciplinary activity;

14                     (xiii)(xii) Attestation of the correctness and

15 completeness of the application; and

16                     (xiv)(xiii) History of Medicare or Medicaid or other

17 sanctions; and

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