Title 20, Public Health and Welfare

(a) Budget estimates of the amount of appropriations needed each fiscal year for rehabilitation services and for the administration of the program shall be submitted by the deputy director to the Department of Commerce. The amount approved shall be included in the estimates made …

(a) No officer or employee engaged in the administration of the rehabilitation program shall use his or her official authority or influence, or permit the use of the rehabilitation program, for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof or for an…

(a) Rehabilitation services shall be provided to any individual with a disability:(1) Who is a bona fide resident of the state at the time of filing his or her application therefor and whose rehabilitation the Director of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services determines, after full in…

The right of individuals with a disability to maintenance under this subchapter shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity and shall be exempt from the claims of creditors.

Any individual applying for or receiving rehabilitation who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with the rules adopted and promulgated by the Division of Workforce Services on that subject.

It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services and in accordance with rules, for any person to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or to authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in …

(a) (1) There is created the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee, to be composed of nine (9) members, of which at least five (5) members must be individuals with disabilities, to be appointed by the Governor as follows:(A) The Commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitatio…

(a) The Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee shall meet at least one (1) time annually and may meet more often as necessary if meetings are called by the Chair of the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee or by a majority of the committee and if all mem…

(a) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall administer the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund. (b) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall submit to the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee proposed rules governing the operation of the fund, including, but not l…

(a) (1) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services is hereby directed to establish, administer, staff, and promote a statewide program to provide access to public telecommunications services by residents of Arkansas who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf and blind, severely speech-impaired, o…

(a) In order for a person to be eligible for the equipment distribution program, a person shall be certified as deaf, hard of hearing, deaf and blind, speech-impaired, or having another disability that impairs the individual's ability to effectively access the telecommunications …

(a) (1) Equipment purchased under this subchapter shall remain the property of the State of Arkansas for two (2) years and then become the property of the recipient of the equipment.(2) A person who receives the equipment shall be responsible for the maintenance of the equipment …

This subchapter may be cited as the “Older Worker Community Service Employment Act”.

(a) In order to foster and promote useful part-time employment opportunities in community service activities for persons who are fifty-five (55) years of age or older and who have poor employment prospects, the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program is created. (b) The…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Community service” means social, health, welfare, educational, recreational development, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources, community betterment or beautification, environmental protection, and other services that are or might be…

(1) To implement this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is authorized:(1) (A) To enter into agreements with and make program grants to community-based agencies for the purpose of establishing statewide imp…

(a) In the development and implementation of the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt program standards and procedures that will ensure that the intent and p…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985”.

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage nonprofit community action organizations which have been formed to provide basic and essential human services to low income and elderly citizens of Arkansas in the areas of health, transportation, housing, home repair and weather…

Nothing in this subchapter is intended to change or in any way conflict with the status, boundaries, or functions of regional or metropolitan planning commissions or councils of governments established under §§ 14-17-301 — 14-17-309 and 14-56-501 — 14-56-509 nor the status, bound…

In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, the General Assembly recognizes community action organizations in their efforts to provide services beneficial to low-income citizens of this state and establishes a program of financial assistance to recognized community action …

(1) The General Assembly recognizes as community action agencies and their jurisdiction, the following nineteen (19) existing community action organizations:(1) Arkansas River Valley Area Council, consisting of Franklin, Scott, Yell, Johnson, Pope, Conway, Perry, Logan, and Polk …

The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to change the boundaries and the number of officially recognized community action agencies, provided that concurrence therein is obtained of the governing boards of each of the affected existing agencies a…

(a) The governing boards of directors of the nineteen (19) existing community action organizations are recognized as the representative organizations of the community action agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305. (b) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is…

(a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to make payments from time to time to officially recognized organizations of community action agencies from state funds appropriated for that purpose. Payments shall be scheduled to begin as nearly as …

(a) Whenever the General Assembly has appropriated funds in order to make payments to officially recognized community action agencies as authorized in this subchapter, the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services shall notify the respective governing boards of the…

State funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services for payments to be made to recognize community action agencies in accordance with this subchapter shall be used by the agencies for funding antipoverty programs design…

The Department of Human Services shall transfer annually to the Division of Environmental Quality a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) and up to a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%), as allowed by federal law or regulation, of the annual allocation for the Low Income Home Energy …

(a) (1) There is established the Arkansas Veterans' Child Welfare Service.(2) The Arkansas Veterans’ Child Welfare Service shall be under the direction of a director to be named by the Governor upon written recommendation by the governing body of the American Legion — Department …

(a) The Arkansas Veterans' Commission is established to:(1) Serve as the advisory body for the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs;(2) Serve as a liaison between the Department of Veterans Affairs and a chartered nonprofit veterans organization in this state, includin…

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to establish and maintain one (1) or more veterans' homes at locations selected by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, after seeking advice from the Arkansas Veterans' Commission. (b) The department is authoriz…

(a) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to establish, implement, and maintain a program for providing financial assistance to the counties to assist the counties in paying the salaries and expenses of county veterans' service officers.(2) Any program established …

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to arrange for and accept through such mutual arrangement as may be made the volunteer services, equipment, gifts, facilities, properties, supplies, and personnel of any state, county, and municipal offices and…

(a) County quorum courts, city councils, and other municipal governing bodies are authorized to appropriate money for the purpose of maintaining county and municipal offices jointly with the Department of Veterans Affairs, on either a full-time or part-time basis. (b) All offices…

It shall be the duty of all state, county, and municipal offices and agencies legally concerned with and interested in the welfare of veterans and their dependents to cooperate with the Department of Veterans Affairs in carrying out the purposes of this act.

The soldiers, sailors, and Marines who were disabled in military service during the World Wars, Korean War, and Vietnam War and the dependents of the soldiers, sailors, and Marines are entitled to the same privileges as are now enjoyed by all other veterans.

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to establish and maintain a state veterans' cemetery system to serve the veterans, spouses, and eligible dependents of the veterans of Arkansas. (b) The department may:(1) Employ staff to operate the cemetery system;(2) Charge …

(a) The Department of Veterans Affairs may establish a uniform data collection system to locate veterans and military families to determine need and direct appropriate services to veterans and military families in this state. (b) (1) All instrumentalities of state government shal…

(a) There is created the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission, to be composed of twenty-two (22) persons appointed by the Governor for five-year staggered terms and until the successor is appointed and qualified. (b) The membership of the commission shall consis…

The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall be an advisory body only and shall act in an advisory capacity to the Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section of the office of the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

The administrative and associated operating costs and expenses of the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission may be paid from and administered through the normal contractual processes of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

There is hereby created the Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section within the office of the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

(1) The Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section shall have the authority and responsibility to:(1) Administer and disburse funds received through the Children's Justice Act, Pub. L. No. 99-401, rape funds received through the preventive health services block grant, and any oth…

The Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Section shall consist of such staff and shall operate within such budget as may be authorized by the appropriation of federal funds by the General Assembly.

(a) Findings and Purpose. (1) The General Assembly finds and determines that:(A) Abused children often have to describe their sexual or physical abuse several times to different professionals at different locations;(B) Many child abuse investigations are conducted with little col…

(a) As used in this section, “multidisciplinary team” means a local team operating under a statewide model protocol developed by the Multidisciplinary Team Oversight Committee. (b) The committee shall:(1) (A) Prepare and issue a statewide model protocol for multidisciplinary team…