Prison health bill

House lawmakers voted Tuesday to require the Arkansas Department of Corrections to offer free mammograms to prisoners over the age of 50.

Rep. Jamie Scott, D-North Little Rock, said the department already has a policy offering free mammograms. Her legislation, House Bill 1793, would codify that policy in state law.

The bill passed 96-0 and now heads to the Senate.

Scott said she was working on an amendment to the bill with Sen. Bob Ballinger, R-Ozark, that would also offer free prostate exams to inmates.