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Arkansas Statutes, Title 25

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Title 25, State Government

46 chapters · 741 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 25741 Ch 43, Cabinet-Level Departments of the Exe…96 Ch 1, General Provisions89 Ch 20, Interlocal Cooperation Act87 Ch 16, State Officers84 Ch 10, Department of Human Services46 Ch 44, CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE34 Ch 15, Administrative Procedures33 Ch 18, Public Records33 Ch 4, Division of Information Systems27 Ch 32, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act21 Ch 17, Management of State Institutions19 Ch 30, Career and Technical Education14 Ch 11, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE12 Ch 19, Freedom of Information Act of 196712

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Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-107 Reports by divisions
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(a) All other divisions within the Department of Human Services shall provide the office of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services with all policies regarding personnel administration, procurement of commodities and services, accounting and budget control, licensure of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-108 Coordination of programs, procedures, etc., of department and institutional boards
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-109 Institutional services generally — Development of admission policies, etc
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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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-110 Institutional services generally — Charges

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-111 Budgeting generally

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(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 …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-113 Disposition of direct services funds

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-114 Developmental disabilities — Special authorization — Cash funds

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(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, …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-115 County offices of human services

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-116 Advisory committees generally

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-119 Certification of vouchers

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-120 Research and Training Institute

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-121 Proceeds from the sale of land — Deposit into special trust fund

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-122 Office of Minority Mental Health — Creation

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-123 Office of Minority Mental Health — Programs and policies — Development

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-124 Office of Minority Mental Health — Administration of state or federal funds

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-126 Grants-in-aid — Conditions for receiving funds

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-127 Advance disbursements

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

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-129 Department of Human Services authorized to issue rules to assure compliance with federal statutes, rules, and regulations

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-130 Employee assistance programs — Prohibition of agreement for services

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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 …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-131 Match transfer

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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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-132 Medical services and county operations — Use of local funds

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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.

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-133 Mental health services — Transfer provision

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(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 …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-134 Community-based residential programs — Rules

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(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 …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-135 Youth services

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-136 Private service contract notice required

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-137 Private service contract performance evaluation requirement

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-138 Education requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-139 Training requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-141 Subpoenas in administrative adjudications

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-143 Advisory opinions — Definition

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-144 Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism — Creation

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-145 Surveys conducted by Department of Human Services — Definition

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-146 Certification and licensure by the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance

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(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 …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-147 Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services — Timber and hay sales

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-148 Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services — Extra help positions — Limitations

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-149 Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services — State and federal funds

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-401 Creation

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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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-402 Purpose — Guidelines

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-403 Members

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(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.

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-404 Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center

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

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-501 Vocational trainees

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-502 Job share for nursing classifications

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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 …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-503 Arkansas State Hospital contingency positions

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(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…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-101 Creation — Director — Organization — Personnel

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(a) There is created the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. (b) (1) The executive head of the commission shall be the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the Arkansas Economic Develop…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-102 Arkansas Economic Development Council

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There is created an Arkansas Economic Development Council, whose membership, authorities, and powers shall be as specified in §§ 15-4-201 — 15-4-204, 15-4-209, 15-4-501 — 15-4-503, 15-4-505 — 15-4-515, 15-4-517, 15-4-518, and 15-4-520 — 15-4-525.

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-201 Public policy

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(a) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to furnish individuals who are blind or have visual impairments those services which are reasonably necessary to allow them the opportunity to lead full, useful, and productive lives and to expend funds available for that purpo…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-202 Definitions

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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Blind”, for the purposes of qualification for appointment as a member of the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind, means a person having not more than twenty/two hundred (20/200) visual ac…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-203 Exemption

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No provision of this subchapter shall apply to any program or service currently operated or administered by the Arkansas School for the Blind or the State Library Board, and this subchapter shall not amend or repeal any statutory provision governing the operation of the Arkansas …

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-204 Powers and duties

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(a) (1) The Division of State Services for the Blind is designated as the agency of the State of Arkansas primarily responsible for carrying out state and federal programs for rehabilitative social services or business enterprises for individuals of this state who are blind or ha…

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-11-205 Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind

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(a) There is created a board to be known as the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind, to be constituted as follows:(1) (A) The board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.(B) (i) One (1) member …