Arkansas governor signs bill allowing regulation of Rx service

Arkansas Online: Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a bill Thursday authorizing the state to license and regulate companies that pay prescription drug claims for insurance companies.

His signature on House Bill 1010, sponsored by Rep. Michelle Gray, R-Melbourne, came hours after it was passed 28-1 in the Senate during the final day of a special session of the Legislature.

The Senate version of the legislation also passed in the House on Thursday just before a signing event in the governor’s conference room at the state Capitol but wasn’t in front of the governor when he signed HB1010.

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