Title 25, State Government

(1) In addition to the functions and duties provided by law to be performed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, the secretary shall direct those divisions, offices, sections, or units of the Department of Human Services which he or she may designate to:(1) Serve…

In addition to the functions and duties provided by law and this act to be performed by the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services within the Department of Human Services and the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board, it is the intent of this act tha…

(a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that under existing law most institutions in the Department of Human Services engaged in providing services to members of the general public seek recovery of the costs of providing those services on the basis of the average p…

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall obtain from each division, office, section, or unit of the Department of Human Services, including the institutions and institutional boards under the department, all requests for appropriations and all requests for …

(a) It is the intent and purpose of this act that no appropriation of funds provided by the General Assembly to the Department of Human Services for direct-care assistance to individuals or for the purchase of direct services for individuals shall be used in defraying state admin…

(a) All funds received by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services shall be placed in the State Treasury and expended via appropriation. (b) Those funds held in trust by the agency for the residents of the human development centers, …

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall establish a county office of human services in each county of this state. The county offices shall provide the citizens of each county access to the various services and programs provided by the Department of Human Servi…

(a) From time to time, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the Governor may establish various advisory committees to assist the secretary and the various divisions, offices, sections, or units within Department of Human Services in reviewing and offering advice o…

(a) The designated disbursing officers for the Department of Human Services are hereby authorized to complete and sign one (1) certification for each state voucher or other designated document that authorizes the Auditor of State or other official to draw a state warrant or check…

(a) The Research and Training Institute is authorized to seek, accept, and administer public or private funds, consisting of donations, federal and state grants, aids, contracts, reimbursements, cash donations, or state general revenue to accomplish its purposes. The institute is…

(a) Pursuant to the process delineated in § 22-6-601, in lieu of depositing the proceeds of the sale of lands into the fund from which the division or state agency is operated, a board of a state agency or a division within the Department of Human Services holding lands in its na…

(a) There is created an Office of Minority Mental Health within the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services. (b) The head of the Office of Minority Mental Health shall be employed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Ser…

(1) The Office of Minority Mental Health shall develop programs and policies concerning the following:(1) Providing culturally relevant mental health services to minority individuals with mental illness;(2) Improving the availability and accessibility of mental health services to…

(a) The Office of Minority Mental Health is the authorized state agency to accept, receive, retain, and administer any state or federal funds relating to minority mental health. (b) The office shall develop, comment on, and revise any designations of areas of minority mental heal…

(1) Any private nonprofit community-based agency that receives grants-in-aid through the Department of Human Services for the provision of services, as a condition of receiving such funds, shall:(1) Meet minimum standards of performance in the delivery of services as defined by t…

Advance disbursements of funds to providers made under payment methodologies are authorized when approved in advance by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.

(a) (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the State of Arkansas utilize federal funding to the fullest extent possible to provide care to persons eligible for assistance or benefits under programs wholly or partially federally funded or fundable.(2) The General Assemb…

The Department of Human Services shall not enter into any contract, memorandum of understanding, or interagency agreement for an employee assistance program that provides health-related services such as, but not limited to, drug or alcohol treatment services for the employees of …

The Secretary of the Department of Human Services, with the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, is authorized to effect interagency fund transfers for the purpose of providing the state's matching share for payments made to that division or office, or its service p…

To the extent allowed by federal requirements, including waiver, demonstration and pilot project options, the Division of Medical Services and the Division of County Operations shall use local and donated funds to obtain federal matching funds to enhance federal agency programs.

(a) (1) Personnel positions and appropriations provided for all programs of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services may be reallocated when such actions are determined necessary to assure continued delivery of satisfactory …

(a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall not contract for community-based residential programs within any municipalities to house unrelated juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent for a sexual offense or serious violent offense, or convicted of a sexual offense or a …

(a) The Department of Human Services shall not contract or pay for community-based residential programs within any municipality to house unrelated persons who have been adjudicated delinquent of an act that would constitute a Class A felony or higher or of a sexual offense or con…

(a) The Department of Human Services shall notify the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs prior to privatizing any functions or responsibilities of the Division of Youth Services. (b…

(a) All new contracts which privatize services and functions which had been performed by employees of the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall include a performance evaluation provision that outlines a method for evaluating the service provided und…

(a) With the assistance of the Office of Personnel Management, the Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to increase the education requirements for youth service workers and security officers employed by the division. If the services are under contract with the divisi…

(a) (1) The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to increase the hours of training provided to youth service workers and security officers employed by the division. If the services are under contract with the division, the employees of the contractor shall meet the t…

(a) (1) (A) In every case of adjudication before the Department of Human Services, an administrative law judge shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, the production of documents, or both, upon request of any party to the adjudication.(B) Requests…

(a) As used in this section, “advisory opinion” means a written statement by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee that explains the applicability to a specified set of facts of a pertinent statutory or regulatory provision relating to the provi…

(a) There is established a Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism. (b) The purposes of the Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism are to:(1) Assist the community engagement program and staff of the office of the Commission…

(a) As used in this section, “survey” means any process by which compliance with federal and state law and rules applicable to a facility or program provider is determined. (b) The Department of Human Services, through the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance, is r…

(a) The Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance may use funds appropriated for the certification or licensure of an entity on behalf of any division of the Department of Human Services. (b) An entity whose certification or licensure is funded through an appropriation …

(a) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services may use the administrative operating account for:(1) Capital improvements to the physical plant;(2) The purchase of capital equipment; and(3) The operations of the Arkansas Health…

(1) Employees in extra help positions in the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall not, in a fiscal year:(1) Receive an amount exceeding eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum annual salary for a comparable position a…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services may use state funds to match federal funds available under Title III and Title V of the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., as they existed on January 1, 2023, the Social Services Block Grant, or other federal funds…

The state institutions known as the Arkansas State Hospital at Little Rock, the Arkansas Health Center at Benton, the Arkansas Services Center at Jonesboro, the youth services center located at North Little Rock, the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center located in Sa…

(a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board is established to manage the Department of Human Services State Institutional System, as provided and intended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 33. (b) The board shall perform its functions and duties in acc…

(a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board shall consist of a membership of seven (7). (b) The individual members will be appointed by the Governor.

The youth services center located at Alexander shall be known as the “Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center”.

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the authorization of certain vocational trainee positions shall facilitate the Department of Human Services' ability to provide for residents who are not part of a regular vocational training program. (b) (1) The Division of Aging…

The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services may utilize job share for positions within the nursing classification for up to twenty-four (24) hours per week per individual to allow the division to offer weekend option shifts to …

(a) If the Department of Human Services determines, after prior review by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee, that it is in the best interest of the state to discontinue a management contract with a private provider and i…