All Roll Calls
Yes: 131 • No: 0
ArkansasSB292025 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Funding for Arkansas minority health services
The law provides about $1.809 million for Arkansas’s Minority Health Initiative from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The money comes from the Targeted State Needs Program Account, including $558,554 for screening, monitoring, treatment, and outreach. It also provides $326,124 for salaries, $122,431 for employer benefit costs, $531,788 for operations, $20,000 for conferences and travel, and $250,000 for professional services. The Commission can employ up to six regular staff: a registered nurse, accountant II, grants coordinator, health program specialist I, human resources analyst, and fiscal support analyst. This supports minority health services, not direct household payments, and does not guarantee that every job is filled.
Funding limits for Commission employees
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, continued funding is not guaranteed for Commission jobs paid with Tobacco Settlement money. State money can replace expired settlement funds only with a General Assembly appropriation and the Governor’s authorization. The Commission must explain these limits to affected new hires and current employees. It must also include the terms in applicable employee handbooks or professional services contracts. The law does not itself end these jobs.
Spending flexibility and limits for Commission
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Commission can move funds only as this law allows. At its request, the Chief Fiscal Officer must create a promotional-items spending line; its initial budget is $0. Transfers there from operations or screening, monitoring, treatment, and outreach need prior Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee approval. Changes among operating budget categories must list amounts and reasons and receive Chief Fiscal Officer and legislative budget approval. Spending cannot exceed approved amounts or available funds and must follow state purchasing, salary, and budget laws. Capital and data-processing budgets are $0; transfers from these categories generally need specific legal authority, except capital-to-data-processing transfers, and require state administrative review.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/11/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 2:10:20 PM
Yes: 99 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/10/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, February 10, 2025 2:36:59 PM
Yes: 32 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB29 is now Act 58
2/17/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
2/11/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
2/11/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
2/11/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
2/11/2025SenateReturned To Senate as Passed.
2/11/2025HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/11/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/11/2025HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
2/11/2025HouseRULES SUSPENDED
2/11/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
2/10/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
2/10/2025HouseOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
2/10/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/10/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/10/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/6/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
1/13/2025SenateFiled
1/7/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB29 - Introduced
1/7/2025
Act Version
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