(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall be the disbursing officer of funds appropriated by the General Assembly and of other funds made available to the Department of Health for such purposes.(2) These funds are to provide monetary assistance to defray the cost incurred by patients suffering from acute or chronic renal disease who are unable to meet the total cost of their care or treatment from their own resources or from third-party resources.
(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall be the disbursing officer of funds appropriated by the General Assembly and of other funds made available to the Department of Health for such purposes.
(2) These funds are to provide monetary assistance to defray the cost incurred by patients suffering from acute or chronic renal disease who are unable to meet the total cost of their care or treatment from their own resources or from third-party resources.
(b) The secretary shall be governed by the rules adopted by the State Board of Health and promulgated by the department under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., in disbursing funds appropriated, or otherwise made available, to the State Kidney Disease Advisory Council for renal disease treatment purposes.