Title 20, Public Health and Welfare

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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.

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015”.

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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 …

(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…

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.

(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…

This subchapter shall be effective no later than December 31, 2015.

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019”.

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

The Secretary of the Department of Human Services is authorized to use funds earned through service fees, audit settlements, or federal program settlements for operation of the Title XX service program. Any unanticipated federal funding received under this provision will be handl…

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services, in accordance with rules established by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, shall have the authority to transfer funds and appropriations from the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services to the various…

Any employee who is now a member of any retirement system shall not lose any retirement benefits accrued in the system by the reorganization of the Title XX service program. An employee so affected shall have the option of continuing as a member of the retirement system of which …

No employee transferred as a result of the reorganization of the Office of Title XX Services shall lose status under the Arkansas Rules for Merit Systems Administration as a result of transfer.