Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare

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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-404 Duration of assistance — Extended support services
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(a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall not provide financial assistance to a family that includes an adult recipient who has received financial assistance for more than twelve (12) months, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section.(2) The number of months need …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-405 Diversion from assistance
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(a) When an applicant applies for employment assistance, the Department of Human Services shall determine whether the applicant is eligible to be diverted from receiving employment assistance. That determination shall be based on an assessment conducted in conformity with rules p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-406 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-76-406Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-407 Micro-lending program and individual development accounts
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(a) (1) In accordance with their personal responsibility agreement, low-income entrepreneurs may escrow profits from their business enterprises which are not reinvested into their businesses into an account which will be placed in a micro-lending program and not be counted agains…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-408 Appeal to Department of Human Services
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If an application for assistance is denied in whole or in part, the applicant or recipient may appeal to the Department of Human Services in the manner and form prescribed by the department. The department shall, upon receipt of the appeal, give the applicant or recipient a reaso…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-409 Opt out
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The State of Arkansas opts out of Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-410 Administrative sanctions — Transitional employment assistance
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(a) A reduction in financial assistance or case closure shall be imposed in the following situations:(1) The individual fails without good cause to cooperate with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration;(2) T…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-411 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-76-411Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-412 Abandonment — Duties of Department of Human Services
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Whenever any person makes an application for Transitional Employment Assistance Program benefits from the Department of Human Services and the application reveals that the applicant or child or children was or were put in such needy circumstances as to require public assistance b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-418 Foster care — Reduction in long-term care
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(a) It shall be the goal of the State of Arkansas to reduce the number of children who will remain in the Foster Care Program of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act under the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services. (b) The maximum number of children that can r…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-419 Blind persons generally
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(a) Assistance grants shall be given under this act to any person who:(1) Has no vision or whose vision with correcting glasses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential;(2) Is sixteen (16) years of age or over; and(3) Is…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-420 Blind persons — Choice of eye care
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(a) No state official, employee of the Department of Human Services, or official or employee of any county office engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of this act shall preclude, or assist in precluding, any individual from obtaining services for which payment may…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-421 Aged and blind persons generally
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(a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to provide assistance grants to needy aged persons, as authorized in § 20-76-424 [repealed], and assistance grants to needy blind persons, as authorized in § 20-76-419, of up to one hundred twenty-five…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-422 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-76-422Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-423 Aged, blind, and disabled — Supplemental Security Income — Legislative intent
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It was the intent of the Sixty-Ninth General Assembly that on January 1, 1974, and thereafter, the State of Arkansas should provide supplemental payments to its citizens participating in the new supplemental security income program in the amount of mandatory minimum supplements a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-429 Receipt of additional property or income by assistance recipient
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(a) If at any time during the continuance of assistance the recipient thereof becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount stated in the application for assistance, it shall be the duty of the recipient immediately to notify the county office of the receipt…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-430 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-76-430Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-431 Transfer of property prohibited
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(a) No person shall, at any time during the continuance of assistance, grant, sell, transfer title, or in any way dispose of any real property without the consent of the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services. If a recipient of assistance executes and delivers a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-432 Removal to another county
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(a) Any recipient of assistance who is moved, moves, or is taken to another county in this state shall be required to notify the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services of the removal and may, if otherwise eligible, receive assistance in the county to which he or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-433 Records — Confidentiality
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(a) (1) (A) Records identifying persons participating in programs administered by the Department of Human Services may be disclosed only as expressly authorized by law or regulation creating or implementing the programs.(B) The rulemaking power of the Department of Human Services…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-434 Maintenance of list of recipients
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(a) In order to ensure that the needy citizens of the State of Arkansas are receiving all benefits to which they may be entitled, the Department of Human Services shall maintain a list of all recipients of state assistance reflecting each recipient's income, Social Security numbe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-435 No entitlement to assistance
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(a) This chapter shall not be interpreted to entitle any individual or family to assistance under any program created, implemented, or funded under or pursuant to this chapter. (b) All assistance provided under this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of any amending or re…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-436 Recovery of benefits from recipients' estates
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(a) (1) Federal or state benefits in cash or in kind, including, but not limited to, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children [abolished], Transitional Employment Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and food stamps distributed or paid by the Depa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-437 Reporting — Transitional employment assistance
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The Department of Human Services shall report periodically to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor regarding the provision of services to Transitional Employment Assistance Program recipients.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-438 Purpose
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(a) (1) The General Assembly finds that it is important that all families in this state be strong and economically self-sufficient and that it is in the public interest that:(A) Eligible persons and families of lesser means be given time-limited cash assistance along with an oppo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-439 Self-sufficiency — Assessments, personal responsibility agreements, and supportive services
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(a) (1) At the time of application for transitional employment assistance, the Department of Human Services and the applicant shall sign a personal responsibility agreement.(2) An applicant shall not be required to engage in job search activities if the applicant does not have av…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-440 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-76-440Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-443 Education and training
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(a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall permit Transitional Employment Assistance Program recipients to obtain the education and training they need to obtain jobs that pay wages allowing them to be economically self-sufficient.(2) Program recipients who are assessed as hav…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-444 Arkansas Work Pays Program — Created — Duties
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(a) (1) There is created the Arkansas Work Pays Program.(2) (A) The Arkansas Work Pays Program shall be administered by the Department of Human Services.(B) The administration of the Arkansas Work Pays Program shall focus on promoting the Transitional Employment Assistance Progra…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-445 Career Pathways Initiative — Findings
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(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Higher education credentials are:(A) Becoming increasingly important for the State of Arkansas to maintain a competitive workforce; and(B) Critical for adults to qualify and obtain high-wage employment; and(2) It is in the public interest t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-446 Community Investment Initiative
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(a) (1) There is created the Community Investment Initiative.(2) The Department of Human Services shall develop the initiative. (1) There is created the Community Investment Initiative. (2) The Department of Human Services shall develop the initiative. (b) The department shall co…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-447 Recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits
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The Department of Human Services shall require an applicant for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits who has been determined to be job-ready to engage in job search activities while his or her application for benefits is being processed.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-701 Title
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This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-702 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Caretaker relative” means any of the following individuals living with a minor child:(A) A parent or stepparent;(B) A grandparent;(C) A sibling, half-sibling, or stepsibling;(D) An aunt or uncle of any degree;(E) A first cousin, nephew, or niec…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-703 Administration
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(a) (1) Subject to state appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer a drug screening and testing program of suspicion-based drug screening and testing for each applicant who is otherwise eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-704 Powers and duties
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(a) The Department of Human Services shall:(1) Consult with substance abuse treatment experts;(2) Develop appropriate screening techniques and processes to establish reasonable cause that an applicant or recipient is using a drug and to establish the necessary criteria to require…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-705 Standards in drug screening and testing pilot program
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(1) The drug screening and testing program shall include without limitation:(1) (A) A requirement that an applicant upon initial application for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits or a current recipient of program benefits at annual redetermination shall be …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-706 Information regarding drug testing
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(a) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, and drug test results, written or otherwise, received by the Department of Human Services as a part of the drug testing program under this subchapter shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure and may not b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-707 Positive drug test result not a disability
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An applicant or recipient who receives a positive result on a drug test administered under this subchapter shall not be deemed to have a disability because of the drug test result alone.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-708 Rulemaking authority
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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this subchapter. (b) The secretary shall consider the following when promulgating rules:(1) Testing procedures established by the United States Department of Health an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-709 Effective date
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This subchapter shall be effective no later than December 31, 2015.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-801 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-802 Legislative findings and intent
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(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Arkansas has made great strides in promoting work for able-bodied adults across other public assistance programs;(2) Arkansas can continue those initiatives by further creating opportunities and spurring economic development by improving it…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-803 Employment and training program requirement
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The Department of Human Services shall require an able-bodied adult under sixty (60) years of age who receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, has dependents who are all at least six (6) years of age and under eighteen (18) years of age or who has no dependent…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-804 Reporting requirement
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(a) The Department of Human Services shall report the department's implementation of the employment and training program requirement under § 20-76-803 one (1) time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. (b) The department shall develop a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-805 Elimination of no-good-cause exemptions to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits
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(1) Beginning no later than May 1, 2022, the Department of Human Services shall not exercise the state option to provide exemptions to the work requirement as authorized under 7 U.S.C. § 2015(o)(6), as it existed on January 1, 2021, except to an individual:(1) Currently in foster…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-901 Contract services — Advance payment
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(a) In order to provide effective purchased services to the needy citizens of Arkansas, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services is authorized to pay one-twelfth (1/12) of the total amount of a Title XX contract to the service provider on the effective date of the contra…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-902 Minimum program standards
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(a) In order to unify and consolidate standards for services of clients under programs funded by Title XX Social Security funds, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall establish, by July 1, 1980, minimum program standards for the services provided by all governme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-903 Loan provision
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(a) It is found and determined that the continued operations of the Title XX Services Program of the Department of Human Services, in accordance with the approved annual operations plan, are, from time to time, seriously impaired by either administrative oversights and delays by …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-76-904 Deduction of tax withholding for individual contract providers
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(a) It is found and determined that certain rules and regulations of the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service require the deduction of Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3101 et seq., and federal income tax withholding from persons providi…