UPDATE (4/7/2023): HB 1252’s amendments have been agreed to by the House. The bill now awaits the Governor’s signature.

UPDATE (4/6/2023): HB 1252 has successfully passed its Senate floor vote. The bill has been amended, so it will now be re-referred to the House to ensure that both chambers agree on the updated language. The amendments to the bill:

  • Define activity-specific devices as running blade-type devices
  • State that medical necessity is determined by the referring physician
  • Limit activity-specific devices to enrollees with K3 or K4 functional levels

To read the bill amendments, please click here.

UPDATE (4/3/2023): HB 1252 has successfully passed out of the Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee.

UPDATE (3/28/2023): HB 1252 has successfully passed its House floor vote, and will now move on to the Senate.

UPDATE (3/15/2023): HB 1252 has successfully passed out of the House Insurance and Commerce Committee.

UPDATE (2/13/2023): Francois Van Der Watt, of Van Der Watt P&O, is looking for members of the AR O&P community to provide hearing testimony for HB 1252. To get involved, please reach out to Francois at fvanderwatt@outlook.com