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Act 90 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1267 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES - DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER ON 11
AGING, FAY W. BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 12
ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, AND THE AREA HEALTH 13
EDUCATION CENTER IN HELENA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 14
JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 15
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Subtitle 18
AN ACT FOR THE UAMS - REYNOLDS CENTER ON 19
AGING, BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 20
ARK. BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, & THE AREA 21
HEALTH ED. CENTER IN HELENA APPROPRIATION 22
FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. 23
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING, BOOZMAN COLLEGE 27
OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, AND THE AREA HEALTH ED. CENTER - 28
HELENA. There is hereby established for the University of Arkansas for 29
Medical Sciences - Reynolds Center on Aging, Boozman College of Public 30
Health, Biosciences Institute, and Area Health Education Center - Helena for 31
the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 32
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Maximum Annual 34
Maximum Salary Rate 35
Item No. of Fiscal Year 36 HB1267
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No. Title Employees 2025-2026 1
UAMS REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING 2
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 3
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 4
(1) Project/Program Administrator 5 5
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 6
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 7
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 8
Project/Program Director $135,750 9
Project/Program Manager $123,020 10
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 11
Executive Assistant $99,405 12
(2) Administrative Support Pool 1 13
Administrative Assistant $67,284 14
Administrative Analyst $67,284 15
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 16
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 17
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 18
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 19
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 20
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 21
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 22
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 23
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 24
(3) Faculty Pool 19 25
Professor $243,519 26
Associate Professor $224,720 27
Assistant Professor $212,176 28
Instructor $170,490 29
(4) Education Coordinator 1 $175,248 30
(5) Senior Research Assistant 1 $115,289 31
UAMS BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH 32
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 34
(6) Dean 1 $361,971 35
(7) Associate Dean 1 $244,970 36 HB1267
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(8) Project/Program Administrator 2 1
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 2
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 3
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 4
Project/Program Director $135,750 5
Project/Program Manager $123,020 6
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 7
Executive Assistant $99,405 8
(9) Research Technologist 1 $78,713 9
(10) Administrative Support Pool 4 10
Administrative Assistant $67,284 11
Administrative Analyst $67,284 12
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 13
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 14
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 15
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 16
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 17
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 18
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 19
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 20
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 21
(11) Department Chairperson 5 $256,072 22
(12) Faculty Pool 6 23
Professor $243,519 24
Associate Professor $224,720 25
Assistant Professor $212,176 26
ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE 27
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 28
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 29
(13) Director of Biosciences Institute 1 $380,697 30
(14) Research Technologist 6 $78,713 31
(15) Research Technician 4 $53,175 32
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 33
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 34
(16) Faculty Pool 24 35
Research Professor $237,829 36 HB1267
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Associate Research Professor $224,718 1
Assistant Research Professor $212,176 2
Research Instructor $145,990 3
(17) Post Doctoral Fellow 6 $147,091 4
(18) Graduate Assistant 4 $57,379 5
UAMS AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER - HELENA 6
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 7
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 8
(19) Project/Program Administrator 17 9
Executive Project/Program Director $207,294 10
Exec. Project/Program Manager $181,097 11
Sr. Project/Program Director $167,382 12
Project/Program Director $135,750 13
Project/Program Manager $123,020 14
Project/Program Specialist $106,139 15
Executive Assistant $99,405 16
(20) Administrative Support Pool 2 17
Administrative Assistant $67,284 18
Administrative Analyst $67,284 19
Administrative Support Supervisor $62,208 20
Administrative Specialist III $59,815 21
Administration Support Specialist $59,815 22
Administrative Specialist II $53,175 23
Administrative Support Specialist $53,175 24
Administrative Specialist I $47,272 25
Extra Help Assistant $38,855 26
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 27
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 28
(21) Assistant Professor 1 $206,357 29
(22) Clinic Instructor 1 $165,817 30
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 113 31
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING . There 33
is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , 34
to be payable from the Targeted State Needs Program Account of the Tobacco 35
Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the 36 HB1267
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Donald W. Reynolds Center on 1
Aging for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 2
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 4
NO. 2025-2026 5
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,292,959 6
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 316,765 7
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 8
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 603,713 9
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 52,128 10
(C) PROF. FEES 0 11
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 55,231 12
(E) DATA PROC. 0 13
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,320,796 14
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - FAY W. BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH . 16
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical 17
Sciences, to be payable from the Targeted State Needs Program Account of the 18
Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 19
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Fay W. Boozman College 20
of Public Health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 21
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2025-2026 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,561,276 25
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 564,670 26
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 27
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 50,000 28
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 20,000 29
(C) PROF. FEES 0 30
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 31
(E) DATA PROC. 0 32
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,195,946 33
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE . There is 35
hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , to 36 HB1267
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be payable from the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Program Account of the 1
Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 2
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Arkansas Biosciences 3
Institute for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 4
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2025-2026 7
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,407,267 8
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 337,875 9
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 10
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,042,499 11
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 23,960 12
(C) PROF. FEES 37,940 13
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,434,680 14
(E) DATA PROC. 0 15
(04) ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 16
RESEARCH PROGRAM 1,896,736 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,180,957 18
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER IN HELENA . 20
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical 21
Sciences, to be payable from the Targeted State Needs Program Account of the 22
Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 23
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Area Health Education 24
Center in Helena for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2025-2026 28
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,237,959 29
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 316,765 30
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 31
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 603,713 32
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 52,128 33
(C) PROF. FEES 25,000 34
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 35
(E) DATA PROC. 0 36 HB1267
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TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,235,565 1
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SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 3
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 4
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. In any fiscal year, if the funds 5
received by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the Arkansas 6
Biosciences Institute in the Arkansas Biosciences Institute appropriation in 7
this Act are less than the total amount appropriated, the University of 8
Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall provide no less than thirty -three and 9
one-third percent (33 and 1/3%) of the available funds for the Arkansas 10
Children's Hospital Research Program. Otherwise, the Arkansas Children’s 11
Hospital Research Program line item appropriation in the Arkansas Biosciences 12
Institute appropriation in this Act shall be funded in total or Arkansas 13
Children’s Hospital Chief Executive Officer may request that the University 14
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences transfer such funds each fiscal year from 15
the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Program Account to the Department of Human 16
Services Grants Fund Account. The transferred funds shall be used to match 17
federal funds used for Supplemental Medicaid payments to Arkansas Children’s 18
Hospital. 19
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 20
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 21
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SECTION 7. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 23
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 24
RESTRICTIONS. The appropriations provided in this act shall not be 25
transferred under the provisions of Arkansas Code 19 -4-522, but only as 26
provided by this act. 27
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 28
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 29
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SECTION 8. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 31
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 32
PROVISIONS. The state -supported institution of higher education in this act 33
may transfer appropriations between the various line items within each 34
appropriation contained in this appropriation act. Such transfers shall be 35
made only after the approval of the D ivision of Higher Education and the 36 HB1267
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Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, and the approval of the Legislative 1
Council or Joint Budget Committee. 2
The General Assembly has determined that the institution in this act could 3
be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution 4
and that flexibility is being accomplished by providing authority to transfer 5
between items of appropriation made by this act. Since the General Assembly 6
has granted the institution broad powers under the transfer of 7
appropriations, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General 8
Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the transfers by requiring 9
prior approval of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee in the 10
utilization of the transfer authority. Therefore, the requirement of 11
approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a 12
severable part of this section. If the requirement of approval by the 13
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a 14
court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void. 15
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 16
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 17
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SECTION 9. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 19
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 20
POSITIONS. (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed as a commitment of the 21
State of Arkansas or any of its agencies or institutions to continue funding 22
any position paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement in the event 23
that Tobacco Settlement funds are not sufficient to finance the position. 24
(b) State funds will not be used to replace Tobacco Settlement funds when 25
such funds expire, unless appropriated by the General Assembly and authorized 26
by the Governor. 27
(c) A disclosure of the language contained in (a) and (b) of this Section 28
shall be made available to all new hire and current positions paid from the 29
proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement by the Tobacco Settlement Commission. 30
(d) Whenever applicable the information contained in (a) and (b) of this 31
Section shall be included in the employee handbook and/or Professional 32
Services Contract paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement. 33
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 34
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 35
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SECTION 10. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 1
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 2
COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds authorized by this act 3
shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency and funds made 4
available by law for the support of such appropriations; and the restrictions 5
of the State Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures 6
Law, the Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, 7
and other fiscal control laws of this State, where applicable, and 8
regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as 9
authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of said 10
funds. 11
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SECTION 11. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 13
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 14
LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any funds 15
disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained in this act 16
shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act was 17
adopted, as evidenced by Initiated Act 1 of 2000, the Agency Requests, 18
Executive Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the 19
budget manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, 20
letters, or summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas 21
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and 22
adoption. 23
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SECTION 12. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 25
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 26
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 27
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 28
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 29
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 30
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 31
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 32
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 33
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 34
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025.35
APPROVED: 2/13/25 36