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Arkansas House Bill HB1573

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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33 State of Arkansas 1
44 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
55 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1573 3
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77 By: Representative Ladyman 5
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1010 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1111 AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE 9
1212 SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 10
1313 REPRESENTATIVES; TO AMEND THE NAMES OF THE STANDING 11
1414 COMMITTEES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES 12
1515 OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; TO AMEND THE SUBJECT 13
1616 MATTER AREAS ASSIGNED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND 14
1717 THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 15
1818 REPRESENTATIVES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 16
1919 17
2020 18
2121 Subtitle 19
2222 TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES 20
2323 AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM 21
2424 COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 22
2525 REPRESENTATIVES. 23
2626 24
2727 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25
2828 26
2929 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-101 is amended to read as follows: 27
3030 10-3-101. Presession assignment of regular standing committees. 28
3131 (a) The presession assignments of members of regular standing Senate 29
3232 and House of Representatives committees and the designation of committee 30
3333 chair and vice chair shall be made in the Senate pursuant to the Rules of the 31
3434 Senate and in the House of Representatives by the Speaker-elect of the House 32
3535 of Representatives as soon as is feasible after each biennial general 33
3636 election. 34
3737 (b) The following ten (10) standing committees shall be established 35
3838 for the House of Representatives, in accordance with the Rules of the House 36 HB1573
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4141 of Representatives: 1
4242 (1) House Committee on Education — matters pertaining to public 2
4343 kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult education, vocational 3
4444 education, vocational -technical schools, vocational rehabilitation, higher 4
4545 education, private educational institutions, similar legislation, and 5
4646 resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on 6
4747 Education; 7
4848 (2) House Committee on Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector 8
4949 General — matters pertaining to public safety, state and local courts, court 9
5050 clerks and stenographers and other employees of the courts, civil and 10
5151 criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and criminal laws, issues related 11
5252 to the Department of Inspector General, similar matters, and resolutions 12
5353 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Public Safety, 13
5454 Corrections, and Inspector General; 14
5555 (3) House Committee on Public Health and Human Services — 15
5656 matters pertaining to public health, mental health, public welfare, human 16
5757 relations and resources, intellectual and other developmental disabilities, 17
5858 the aged and problems of aging, children and youth, similar legislation, and 18
5959 resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Public 19
6060 Health and Human Services; 20
6161 (4) House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, 21
6262 and Public Transportation — matters pertaining to banks and banking, savings 22
6363 and loan associations, stocks, bonds, and other securities, securities 23
6464 dealers, insurance, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing 24
6565 and housing, labor and labor relations, industrial development, roads and 25
6666 highways, city streets, county roads, highway safety, airports and air 26
6767 transportation, common and contract carriers, mass transit, similar 27
6868 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 28
6969 Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public 29
7070 Transportation; 30
7171 (5) House Committee on Finance and Administration — matters 31
7272 pertaining to the levy, increase, reduction, collection, enforcement and 32
7373 administration of taxes and other revenue -producing measures, and resolutions 33
7474 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Finance and 34
7575 Administration; 35
7676 (6) House Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs — matters 36 HB1573
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7979 pertaining to the military, veterans, similar legislation, and resolutions 1
8080 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Veterans and Military 2
8181 Affairs; 3
8282 (7) House Committee on Agriculture — matters pertaining to 4
8383 agriculture, livestock, forestry, similar legislation, and resolutions 5
8484 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Agriculture; 6
8585 (8) House Committee on State Agencies, Transformation, and 7
8686 Shared Services — matters pertaining to state government and state agencies, 8
8787 except where the subject matter relates more appropriately to another 9
8888 committee, proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas 10
8989 or the United States Government, election laws and procedures, federal and 11
9090 interstate relations, legislative affairs, memorials, other matters whenever 12
9191 the subject matter is not germane to the subject matter of any other standing 13
9292 committee, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter 14
9393 of the House Committee on State Agencies, Transformation, and Shared 15
9494 Services; 16
9595 (9) House Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, 17
9696 Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish – matters pertaining to city and 18
9797 municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement districts, interlocal 19
9898 government cooperation, parks, heritage, tourism, hunting, fishing, similar 20
9999 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 21
100100 Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game 22
101101 and Fish; and 23
102102 (10) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public 24
103103 Service Commission - matters pertaining to energy sources, energy supplies, 25
104104 energy needs, energy problems, environmental affairs, water and air 26
105105 pollution, natural resources, oil and gas, levees and drainage, rivers and 27
106106 harbors, public utilities, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to 28
107107 the subject matter of the House Committee on Energy, Environment, and 29
108108 Arkansas Public Service Commission. 30
109109 31
110110 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-203(3)(A), concerning subject matter 32
111111 interim committees of the House of Representatives, is amended to read as 33
112112 follows: 34
113113 (3)(A) The following ten (10) subject matter interim committees of the 35
114114 House of Representatives, each to consist of the members who compose the 36 HB1573
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117117 respective standing committees of the House of Representatives having 1
118118 comparable subject matter jurisdiction, plus such other nonvoting members as 2
119119 may be selected pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives, who 3
120120 shall be entitled to per diem and mileage for attending meetings of the 4
121121 committees: 5
122122 (i) House Committee on Education — matters 6
123123 pertaining to public kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult 7
124124 education, vocational education, vocational -technical schools, vocational 8
125125 rehabilitation, higher education, private educational institutions, similar 9
126126 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 10
127127 Committee on Education; 11
128128 (ii) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 12
129129 Corrections, and Inspector General — matters pertaining to public safety, 13
130130 state and local courts, court clerks and stenographers and other employees of 14
131131 the courts, civil and criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and 15
132132 criminal laws, issues related to the Department of Inspector General, similar 16
133133 matters, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee 17
134134 on Judiciary Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General ; 18
135135 (iii) House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 19
136136 Labor and Human Services— matters pertaining to public health, mental health, 20
137137 intellectual and other developmental disabilities, public welfare, human 21
138138 relations and resources, environmental affairs, water and air pollution, 22
139139 labor and labor relations, public welfare, human relations and resources, 23
140140 intellectual and other developmental disabilities, the aged and problems of 24
141141 aging, children and youth, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to 25
142142 the subject matter of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 26
143143 Labor and Human Services; 27
144144 (iv) House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor 28
145145 and Licensing, and Public Transportation — matters pertaining to banks and 29
146146 banking, savings and loan associations, stocks, bonds, and other securities, 30
147147 securities dealers, insurance, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage 31
148148 financing and housing, labor and labor relations, industrial development, 32
149149 roads and highways, city streets, county roads, highway safety, airports and 33
150150 air transportation, common and contract carriers, mass transit, similar 34
151151 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 35
152152 Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public 36 HB1573
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155155 Transportation; 1
156156 (v) House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance 2
157157 and Administration — matters pertaining to the levy, increase, reduction, 3
158158 collection, enforcement and administration of taxes and other revenue -4
159159 producing measures, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the 5
160160 House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance and Administration ; 6
161161 (vi) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 7
162162 Legislative Veterans and Military Affairs — matters pertaining to the aged 8
163163 and problems of aging; children and youth, military, veterans, legislative 9
164164 affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is not germane 10
165165 to the subject matter of any other standing committee, similar legislation, 11
166166 and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on 12
167167 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative Veterans and Military Affairs; 13
168168 (vii) House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and 14
169169 Economic Development — matters pertaining to agriculture, livestock, 15
170170 forestry, industrial development, natural resources, oil and gas, publicity 16
171171 and parks, levee and drainage, rivers and harbors, similar legislation, and 17
172172 resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on 18
173173 Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development ; 19
174174 (viii) House Committee on City, County, and Local 20
175175 Affairs — matters pertaining to city and municipal affairs, county affairs, 21
176176 local improvement districts, interlocal government cooperation, similar 22
177177 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 23
178178 Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs; 24
179179 (ix) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce — 25
180180 matters pertaining to banks and banking, savings and loan associations, 26
181181 stock, bonds, and other securities, securities dealers, insurance, public 27
182182 utilities, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing and 28
183183 housing, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter 29
184184 of the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce; and 30
185185 (x)(viii) House Committee on State Agencies , and 31
186186 Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services — matters pertaining 32
187187 to state government and state agencies, except where the subject matter 33
188188 relates more appropriately to another committee, proposed amendments to the 34
189189 Constitution of the State of Arkansas or the federal government United States 35
190190 Government, election laws and procedures, federal and interstate relations, 36 HB1573
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193193 legislative affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is 1
194194 not germane to the subject matter of any other standing committee, similar 2
195195 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 3
196196 Committee on State Agencies , and Governmental Affairs. Transformation, and 4
197197 Shared Services; 5
198198 (ix) House Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, 6
199199 Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish – matters pertaining to city and 7
200200 municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement districts, interlocal 8
201201 government cooperation, parks, heritage, tourism, hunting, fishing, similar 9
202202 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 10
203203 Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game 11
204204 and Fish; and 12
205205 (x) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and 13
206206 Arkansas Public Service Commission - matters pertaining to energy sources, 14
207207 energy supplies, energy needs, energy problems, environmental affairs, water 15
208208 and air pollution, natural resources, oil and gas, levees and drainage, 16
209209 rivers and harbors, public utilities, similar legislation, and resolutions 17
210210 germane to the House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public 18
211211 Service Commission. 19
212212 20
213213 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 2 -16-203(b)(5), concerning penalties for a 21
214214 violation of the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, is amended to read as follows: 22
215215 (5) All rules promulgated under this section shall be reviewed 23
216216 by the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic Development and 24
217217 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or 25
218218 subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic 26
219219 Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 27
220220 Development. 28
221221 29
222222 SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 2 -16-605(b), concerning rules restricting 30
223223 the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee 31
224224 colonies, or other activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program, 32
225225 is amended to read as follows: 33
226226 (b) All rules promulgated under this subchapter shall be reviewed by 34
227227 the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic Development and 35
228228 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or 36 HB1573
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231231 appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, 1
232232 and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, 2
233233 and Economic Development. 3
234234 4
235235 SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 2 -18-105(b)(3), concerning fees of the 5
236236 State Plant Board, is amended to read as follows: 6
237237 (3) Before collecting the fees under this subsection or 7
238238 increasing those fees hereafter, the board shall seek the advice of the House 8
239239 Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate 9
240240 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development. 10
241241 11
242242 SECTION 6. Arkansas Code § 6 -10-122(c), concerning the requiring of 12
243243 automated external defibrillators, is amended to read as follows: 13
244244 (c) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall 14
245245 provide a report to the following on or before July 1 each year regarding the 15
246246 implementation of this section and the status of automated external 16
247247 defibrillator availability on each school campus: 17
248248 (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 18
249249 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor ; and 19
250250 (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 20
251251 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate on or before July 21
252252 1 each year regarding the implementation of this section and the status of 22
253253 automated external defibrillator availability on each school campus . 23
254254 24
255255 SECTION 7. Arkansas Code § 6 -11-208(a)(4), concerning the Regional 25
256256 Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth, is 26
257257 amended to read as follows: 27
258258 (4) Beginning on October 1, 2011, the multiagency task force 28
259259 shall provide status reports to the House Committee on Aging, Children and 29
260260 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on 30
261261 Children and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 31
262262 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate one (1) 32
263263 time each quarter. 33
264264 34
265265 SECTION 8. Arkansas Code § 6 -18-2103(d)(2), concerning the duties of 35
266266 the farm to school and early childhood education program coordinator, is 36 HB1573
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269269 amended to read as follows: 1
270270 (2) Submit the annual report to the House Committee on 2
271271 Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and to the Senate Committee 3
272272 on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Speaker of the 4
273273 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 5
274274 she deems appropriate . 6
275275 7
276276 SECTION 9. Arkansas Code § 6 -60-106(c)(2), concerning unplanned 8
277277 pregnancies action plans, is amended to read as follows: 9
278278 (2) The board shall report on the status of the action plan 10
279279 annually to the: 11
280280 (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 12
281281 Welfare, and Labor; and 13
282282 (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 14
283283 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 15
284284 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 16
285285 (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and 17
286286 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education . 18
287287 19
288288 SECTION 10. Arkansas Code § 6 -60-111(d)(2), concerning sexual assault 20
289289 action plans, is amended to read as follows: 21
290290 (2) The board shall report on the status of the action plan annually 22
291291 to the: 23
292292 (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 24
293293 Welfare, and Labor; and 25
294294 (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 26
295295 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 27
296296 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 28
297297 (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and 29
298298 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education . 30
299299 31
300300 SECTION 11. Arkansas Code § 6 -60-212(d), regarding nursing applicants 32
301301 from medically underserved areas, is amended to read as follows: 33
302302 (d) The coordinating board shall report annually to the House 34
303303 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 35
304304 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor following regarding implementation of this 36 HB1573
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307307 section: 1
308308 (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 2
309309 and 3
310310 (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 4
311311 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 5
312312 6
313313 SECTION 12. Arkansas Code § 6 -61-112(g)(2), concerning the calling of 7
314314 a student or student's spouse into military service, is amended to read as 8
315315 follows: 9
316316 (2) The division shall report to the House Committee on Aging, 10
317317 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim 11
318318 Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the House of 12
319319 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 13
320320 appropriate regarding the type and amount of compensatory options provided 14
321321 under this section by each state -supported institution of higher education no 15
322322 later than October 1 of each year beginning in 2006 and each year thereafter. 16
323323 17
324324 SECTION 13. Arkansas Code § 8 -4-311(b)(11)(C), concerning the powers 18
325325 of the Division of Environmental Quality, is amended to read as follows: 19
326326 (C)(i) Any rule proposed pursuant to this authorization shall be 20
327327 reported to the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 21
328328 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 22
329329 or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , 23
330330 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 24
331331 Health, Welfare, and Labor prior to its final promulgation; and 25
332332 26
333333 SECTION 14. Arkansas Code § 8 -5-207 is amended to read as follows: 27
334334 8-5-207. Operators to be licensed. 28
335335 (a) In order to safeguard the public health and protect the waters of 29
336336 this state from pollution, all operators in responsible charge of public or 30
337337 private wastewater treatment plants shall be duly licensed and certified as 31
338338 competent by the Division of Environmental Quality under the provisions of 32
339339 this subchapter and under such rules as the Arkansas Pollution Control and 33
340340 Ecology Commission may adopt, with the advice and assistance of the licensing 34
341341 committee, pursuant to the authority of this subchapter. 35
342342 (b) All rules promulgated pursuant to under this subchapter shall be 36 HB1573
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345345 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 1
346346 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 2
347347 or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , 3
348348 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 4
349349 Health, Welfare, and Labor. 5
350350 6
351351 SECTION 15. Arkansas Code § 8 -6-221 is amended to read as follows: 7
352352 8-6-221. Review of rules. 8
353353 All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the House 9
354354 Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 10
355355 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate 11
356356 subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 12
357357 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 13
358358 14
359359 SECTION 16. Arkansas Code § 8 -6-610(b), concerning rules of the 15
360360 Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read as 16
361361 follows: 17
362362 (b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public 18
363363 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 19
364364 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House 20
365365 Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 21
366366 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 22
367367 23
368368 SECTION 17. Arkansas Code § 8 -6-902(c), concerning rules promulgated 24
369369 by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read 25
370370 as follows: 26
371371 (c) All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the 27
372372 House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and 28
373373 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate 29
374374 subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 30
375375 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 31
376376 32
377377 SECTION 18. Arkansas Code § 8 -9-105(c), concerning rules promulgated 33
378378 by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read 34
379379 as follows: 35
380380 (c) All rules adopted under this chapter shall be reviewed by the House 36 HB1573
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383383 Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 1
384384 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate 2
385385 subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 3
386386 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 4
387387 5
388388 SECTION 19. Arkansas Code § 8 -9-805(b), concerning hearings on the 6
389389 technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim 7
390390 storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, is amended to read as follows: 8
391391 (b) The Legislative Council shall hold hearings on the technical and 9
392392 economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim storage and 10
393393 recycling of spent nuclear fuel and include the following committees, the: 11
394394 (1) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor 12
395395 and Licensing, and Public Transportation ; 13
396396 (2) Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce; 14
397397 (3) House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 15
398398 Human Services; 16
399399 (4) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 17
400400 (5) Joint Energy Committee on Energy; and 18
401401 (6) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public 19
402402 Service Commission. 20
403403 21
404404 SECTION 20. Arkansas Code § 9 -4-110 is amended to read as follows: 22
405405 9-4-110. Reports. 23
406406 The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission or its 24
407407 designee shall provide an annual report by October 1 of each year to the 25
408408 Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Chair of 26
409409 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 27
410410 Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 28
411411 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate containing the following 29
412412 information: 30
413413 (1) The incidence of domestic violence in this state based on 31
414414 information obtained from shelters under this chapter; 32
415415 (2) A description of shelters that meet the requirements of and 33
416416 receive funding from the commission or its designee under this chapter; and 34
417417 (3) The number of persons assisted by the shelters that receive 35
418418 funding from the commission or its designee under this chapter. 36 HB1573
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421421 SECTION 21. Arkansas Code § 9 -5-113 is amended to read as follows: 1
422422 9-5-113. Reports. 2
423423 The Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas or its designee shall 3
424424 provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the Department of Human 4
425425 Services, Division of Arkansas State Police, Chair of the Senate Interim 5
426426 Committee on Children and Youth, and the Chair of the House Committee on 6
427427 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the 7
428428 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 8
429429 she deems appropriate containing the following information: 9
430430 (1) The incidence of child abuse in this state based on 10
431431 information obtained from child safety centers under this chapter; 11
432432 (2) A description of child safety centers that meet the 12
433433 requirements of the Department of Finance and Administration and the 13
434434 Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas and receive funding from the 14
435435 Department of Finance and Administration; 15
436436 (3) The number of children receiving investigative services by 16
437437 the child safety centers that receive funding from the Department of Finance 17
438438 and Administration under this chapter; and 18
439439 (4) Outcome data provided by the child safety centers. 19
440440 20
441441 SECTION 22. Arkansas Code § 9 -6-110 is amended to read as follows: 21
442442 9-6-110. Reports. 22
443443 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or 23
444444 her designee shall provide an annual report by October 1 of each year to the 24
445445 Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Chair of 25
446446 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 26
447447 Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 27
448448 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate containing the following 28
449449 information: 29
450450 (1) The incidence of domestic violence in this state based on 30
451451 information obtained from shelters that receive funds under this chapter; 31
452452 (2) A description of shelters that meet the requirements of and 32
453453 receive funds under this chapter; and 33
454454 (3) The number of persons assisted by the shelters that receive 34
455455 funds under this chapter. 35
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459459 SECTION 23. Arkansas Code § 9 -15-407 is amended to read as follows: 1
460460 9-15-407. Reporting. 2
461461 The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall report 3
462462 annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 4
463463 Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and 5
464464 the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 6
465465 or committees he or she deems appropriate regarding: 7
466466 (1) The status of the implementation and administration of this 8
467467 subchapter and its purposes; and 9
468468 (2) Any recommended changes in the law to improve the prevention 10
469469 of or intervention into spousal abuse situations. 11
470470 12
471471 SECTION 24. Arkansas Code § 9 -25-105(b)(12), concerning the Child 13
472472 Death and Near Fatality Multidisciplinary Review Committee, is amended to 14
473473 read as follows: 15
474474 (12) One (1) member appointed by the Chair of the Subcommittee on 16
475475 Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 17
476476 Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; 18
477477 19
478478 SECTION 25. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-205(f), concerning youth services 20
479479 centers, is amended to read as follows: 21
480480 (f) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Elementary 22
481481 and Secondary Education shall report annually, beginning on March 1, 2010, to 23
482482 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 24
483483 Affairs and to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the 25
484484 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 26
485485 committees he or she deems appropriate on the state of the Division of Youth 27
486486 Services' system of education. 28
487487 29
488488 SECTION 26. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-216(b), concerning the separation of 30
489489 juvenile offenders, is amended to read as follows: 31
490490 (b) No rule pertaining to the separation of juvenile offenders 32
491491 promulgated hereafter by the division shall be effective until reviewed by 33
492492 the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 34
493493 Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services , and the 35
494494 Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth, or appropriate subcommittees 36 HB1573
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497497 thereof, of the General Assembly. 1
498498 2
499499 SECTION 27. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-217(a)(19)(B)(iii), concerning 3
500500 juvenile records confidentiality, is amended to read as follows: 4
501501 (iii) The Department of Corrections shall submit the 5
502502 rules to the following committees for review: 6
503503 (a) Senate Interim Committee on Children and 7
504504 Youth; 8
505505 (b) House Committee on Aging, Children and 9
506506 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; and 10
507507 (c) Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the 11
508508 Legislative Council. 12
509509 13
510510 SECTION 28. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-301(e)-(g), concerning inspections of 14
511511 facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of Youth Services 15
512512 of the Department of Human Services, are amended to read as follows: 16
513513 (e)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall present a list 17
514514 of findings of the random health inspections to the House Committee on Aging, 18
515515 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human 19
516516 Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth within one 20
517517 (1) month after completing the random health inspections. 21
518518 (2)(A) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 22
519519 Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide the report to the House 23
520520 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 24
521521 Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 25
522522 Committee on Children and Youth. 26
523523 (B) The complete report, including, but not limited to, 27
524524 statistics shall be made available to the public. 28
525525 (f)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the 29
526526 division shall file the report, along with a response not to exceed two (2) 30
527527 pages, to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 31
528528 Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim 32
529529 Committee on Children and Youth within thirty (30) days after receiving an 33
530530 inspection report prepared by the Department of Health. 34
531531 (2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 35
532532 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the response to 36 HB1573
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535535 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 1
536536 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 2
537537 Committee on Children and Youth. 3
538538 (3) The response shall include a plan of correction and suggest 4
539539 a means by which the Department of Human Services or the division will 5
540540 correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of the filing of the report 6
541541 or within the time frame determined by the Department of Health to ensure the 7
542542 health and safety of the juveniles housed at the facility. 8
543543 (g)(1) The Department of Human Services or the division shall develop 9
544544 an internal audit and review to evaluate and monitor all facilities of the 10
545545 division. 11
546546 (2) The Department of Health will cooperate in training or 12
547547 assisting the Department of Human Services or the division in developing the 13
548548 process as it relates to health concerns. 14
549549 (3) Included in its quarterly performance reports, the 15
550550 Department of Human Services or the division shall report on its progress to 16
551551 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 17
552552 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on 18
553553 Children and Youth. 19
554554 (4) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 20
555555 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the 21
556556 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 22
557557 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 23
558558 Committee on Children and Youth. 24
559559 25
560560 SECTION 29. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-302(e)-(g), concerning security 26
561561 inspections of facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of 27
562562 Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 28
563563 follows: 29
564564 (e)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall present a 30
565565 list of findings of the random security inspections to the House Committee on 31
566566 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 32
567567 Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth within 33
568568 one (1) month after conducting the random security inspections. 34
569569 (2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 35
570570 Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall provide the report to the 36 HB1573
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573573 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 1
574574 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 2
575575 Committee on Children and Youth. 3
576576 (3) The complete report including, but not limited to, 4
577577 statistics shall be made available to the public. 5
578578 (f)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the 6
579579 division shall file the report, along with a response not to exceed two (2) 7
580580 pages, to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 8
581581 Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim 9
582582 Committee on Children and Youth within thirty (30) days of receiving an 10
583583 inspection report prepared by the Department of Corrections. 11
584584 (2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 12
585585 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the response to 13
586586 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 14
587587 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 15
588588 Committee on Children and Youth. 16
589589 (3) The response shall include a plan of correction and suggest 17
590590 a means by which the Department of Human Services or the division will 18
591591 correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of the filing of the report 19
592592 or within the time frame determined by the Department of Corrections to 20
593593 ensure the health and safety of the juveniles housed at the facility. 21
594594 (g)(1)(A) The Department of Human Services or the division shall 22
595595 develop an internal audit and review to evaluate and monitor all facilities 23
596596 of the division. 24
597597 (B) The internal audit and review shall include without 25
598598 limitation monitoring of all facilities for security concerns. 26
599599 (2) The Department of Corrections will cooperate in training or 27
600600 assisting the Department of Human Services or the division in developing this 28
601601 process as it relates to security concerns. 29
602602 (3)(A) In its quarterly performance reports, the Department of 30
603603 Human Services or the division shall report on its progress to the House 31
604604 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 32
605605 Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 33
606606 and Youth. 34
607607 (B) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 35
608608 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the 36 HB1573
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611611 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 1
612612 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 2
613613 Committee on Children and Youth. 3
614614 4
615615 SECTION 30. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-405(m), concerning the Child Welfare 5
616616 Agency Review Board, is amended to read as follows: 6
617617 (m) All rules promulgated under this section and all public comment 7
618618 received in writing by the department in response shall be made available for 8
619619 review by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the 9
620620 Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children 10
621621 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services , 11
622622 and by the Governor or his or her designee from among the Governor's staff. 12
623623 13
624624 SECTION 31. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-603(b)(6), concerning the 14
625625 establishment of independent living programs, is amended to read as follows: 15
626626 (6) Provide an annual report to the division and the Senate 16
627627 Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Subcommittee on Children and 17
628628 Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 18
629629 Military Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 19
630630 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate summarizing outcome 20
631631 data in areas related to educational achievement, employment, and criminal 21
632632 justice contact of the participants and other information as requested by the 22
633633 division. 23
634634 24
635635 SECTION 32. Arkansas Code § 9 -30-105(c)(7), concerning the powers and 25
636636 duties of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as follows: 26
637637 (7) On or before October 1 of each year, provide an annual 27
638638 report to the Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and 28
639639 the Chair of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative 29
640640 and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services summarizing the 30
641641 evaluations of the One Percent to Prevent Fund. 31
642642 32
643643 SECTION 33. Arkansas Code § 10 -2-133(d), concerning increased cost 33
644644 obligations for health benefit plans, is amended to read as follows: 34
645645 (d) A fiscal impact statement required by this section shall be 35
646646 developed by an actuary within the guidelines adopted by the House Committee 36 HB1573
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649649 on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public 1
650650 Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, as 2
651651 applicable. 3
652652 4
653653 SECTION 34. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-220(b), concerning the monitoring of 5
654654 changes made in federal income tax laws and regulations, is amended to read 6
655655 as follows: 7
656656 (b) The secretary shall report his or her findings annually to the 8
657657 House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue 9
658658 and Taxation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 10
659659 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate and may make such 11
660660 other reports to the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate 12
661661 Committee on Revenue and Taxation committees under this subsection as he or 13
662662 she deems necessary. 14
663663 15
664664 SECTION 35. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-316 is amended to read as follows: 16
665665 10-3-316. Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee. 17
666666 The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member of the 18
667667 Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs and a member of the House 19
668668 Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and 20
669669 Game and Fish to serve as members of the Charitable, Penal and Correctional 21
670670 Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 22
671671 23
672672 SECTION 36. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-1401(a)(1)(D), concerning the 24
673673 membership of the Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy, is amended to 25
674674 read as follows: 26
675675 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Revenue and 27
676676 Taxation Finance and Administration ; 28
677677 29
678678 SECTION 37. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-3202(b)(1)(M)-(P), concerning the 30
679679 Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, are amended to read as 31
680680 follows: 32
681681 (M)(i) The Chair of the House Committee on Aging, Children 33
682682 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services 34
683683 or his or her designee. 35
684684 (ii) The Chair of the House Committee on Aging, 36 HB1573
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687687 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human 1
688688 Services shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Child Maltreatment 2
689689 Investigations Oversight Committee if he or she appoints a designee under 3
690690 subdivision (b)(1)(M)(i) of this section; 4
691691 (N)(i) The Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on 5
692692 Children and Youth or his or her designee. 6
693693 (ii) The Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on 7
694694 Children and Youth shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Child 8
695695 Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee if he or she appoints a 9
696696 designee under subdivision (b)(1)(N)(i) of this section; 10
697697 (O) Two (2) members of the General Assembly who are members 11
698698 of the: 12
699699 (i) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 13
700700 Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; or 14
701701 (ii) Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth; 15
702702 (P)(i) One (1) current or former member of the General 16
703703 Assembly who is a current or former member of the: 17
704704 (a) House Committee on Aging, Children and 18
705705 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; or 19
706706 (b) Senate Interim Committee on Children and 20
707707 Youth. 21
708708 (ii) The current or former member of the General 22
709709 Assembly under subdivision (b)(1)(P)(i) of this section shall be appointed by 23
710710 the Governor; 24
711711 25
712712 SECTION 38. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-3204(a), concerning reports to the 26
713713 Child Maltreatment Investigation Oversight Committee, is amended to read as 27
714714 follows: 28
715715 (a) The Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall 29
716716 submit its findings and recommendations contained in a report at least 30
717717 annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 31
718718 Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and 32
719719 the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 33
720720 or committees he or she deems appropriate . 34
721721 35
722722 SECTION 39. Arkansas Code § 12 -8-504(c), concerning the transfer of 36 HB1573
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725725 child abuse investigations, is amended to read as follows: 1
726726 (c) The Department of Human Services and the Department Division of 2
727727 Arkansas State Police shall submit for review any transition plan developed 3
728728 under this section to the House Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the 4
729729 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 5
730730 Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the 6
731731 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 7
732732 committees he or she deems appropriate . 8
733733 9
734734 SECTION 40. Arkansas Code § 12 -8-509(a)(2)(A), concerning reporting on 10
735735 findings and statistics regarding incidents of neglect, is amended to read as 11
736736 follows: 12
737737 (2)(A) Annually report no later than October 1 to the following: 13
738738 (i) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and 14
739739 Youth; 15
740740 (ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and 16
741741 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs; 17
742742 (iii)(ii) The Senate Committee on Public Health, 18
743743 Welfare, and Labor; and 19
744744 (iv)(iii) The House Committee on Public Health, 20
745745 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 21
746746 the committee or committees that he or she deems appropriate. 22
747747 23
748748 SECTION 41. Arkansas Code § 12 -9-104(1)(B), concerning rules of the 24
749749 Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training, is amended to 25
750750 read as follows: 26
751751 (B) The rules promulgated by the commission shall not go into 27
752752 full force and effect until the commission seeks the advice of the 28
753753 Legislative Council and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 29
754754 Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 30
755755 and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the Legislative Council and the 31
756756 House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and 32
757757 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 33
758758 34
759759 SECTION 42. Arkansas Code § 12 -12-407(g), concerning the audit of 35
760760 untested sexual assault collection kits and unsubmitted anonymous kits, is 36 HB1573
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763763 amended to read as follows: 1
764764 (g)(1) On or before each February 1, the State Crime Laboratory shall 2
765765 prepare and transmit to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker 3
766766 of the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Public Health, 4
767767 Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor 5
768768 and Human Services, and the Attorney General a report containing: 6
769769 (A) A compilation of the data submitted by law enforcement 7
770770 agencies and licensed healthcare providers under this section, with the data 8
771771 reported in the aggregate; and 9
772772 (B) A plan to address any backlog of untested sexual 10
773773 assault collection kits and unsubmitted anonymous kits. 11
774774 (2) The report submitted under subdivision (g)(1) of this 12
775775 section shall be presented to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 13
776776 and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 14
777777 Human Services, meeting jointly. 15
778778 16
779779 SECTION 43. Arkansas Code § 12 -12-913(c)(3), concerning guidelines and 17
780780 procedures promulgated by the Sex Offender Assessment Committee, is amended 18
781781 to read as follows: 19
782782 (3) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall submit the 20
783783 proposed guidelines and procedures to the House Committee on Public Health , 21
784784 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 22
785785 Health, Welfare, and Labor for their review and shall report to the House 23
786786 Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 24
787787 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor every six (6) months on 25
788788 the implementation of this section. 26
789789 27
790790 SECTION 44. Arkansas Code § 12 -18-713 is amended to read as follows: 28
791791 12-18-713. Reports on overturned true determinations. 29
792792 (a)(1) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas 30
793793 State Police shall submit two (2) reports annually on true determinations 31
794794 made under this chapter that are administratively or judicially overturned to 32
795795 the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on 33
796796 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the 34
797797 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 35
798798 she deems appropriate . 36 HB1573
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801801 (2) The first report shall be submitted on June 1 and the second 1
802802 report shall be submitted on December 1. 2
803803 (b) A report submitted under subsection (a) of this section shall 3
804804 include: 4
805805 (1) Data on overturned true determinations by county; and 5
806806 (2) Any other information requested by the Senate Interim 6
807807 Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children 7
808808 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs committees under subdivision 8
809809 (a)(1) of this section . 9
810810 10
811811 SECTION 45. Arkansas Code § 12 -18-801(a)(2), concerning the time to 11
812812 complete an administrative hearing related to child maltreatment is amended 12
813813 to read as follows: 13
814814 (2)(A) The Department of Human Services shall report any 14
815815 failures to comply with this subsection for each quarter to the House 15
816816 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and 16
817817 the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the 17
818818 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 18
819819 she deems appropriate . 19
820820 (B) The quarterly report to the House Committee on Aging, 20
821821 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim 21
822822 Committee on Children and Youth under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section 22
823823 shall include a written explanation of the failure of the Department of Human 23
824824 Services. 24
825825 25
826826 SECTION 46. Arkansas Code § 12 -18-908(f), concerning the removal of 26
827827 names from the Child Maltreatment Central Registry, is amended to read as 27
828828 follows: 28
829829 (f) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall adopt 29
830830 rules necessary to carry out this chapter pursuant to the Arkansas 30
831831 Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., except that the secretary 31
832832 shall not begin the process under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, 32
833833 § 25-15-201 et seq., until the proposed rules have been reviewed by the House 33
834834 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 34
835835 Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 35
836836 and Youth. 36 HB1573
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839839 SECTION 47. Arkansas Code § 12 -27-113(e)(5)(B), concerning commitments 1
840840 to the Division of Correction, is amended to read as follows: 2
841841 (B) A view of records under this subdivision (e)(5) by an 3
842842 employee may be performed only if the employee is assigned to one (1) or more 4
843843 of the following committees: 5
844844 (i) Senate Committee on Judiciary; 6
845845 (ii) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 7
846846 Corrections, and Inspector General ; or 8
847847 (iii) Charitable, Penal, and Correctional 9
848848 Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 10
849849 11
850850 SECTION 48. Arkansas Code § 12 -27-129(a), concerning the Division of 12
851851 Correction's report on rehabilitation, is amended to read as follows: 13
852852 (a) The Division of Correction may report to the House Committee on 14
853853 State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on State 15
854854 Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Speaker of the House of 16
855855 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 17
856856 appropriate no later than December 1 of each year regarding its efforts in 18
857857 rehabilitating the inmate population. 19
858858 20
859859 SECTION 49. Arkansas Code § 12 -75-132(f)(3), concerning the Arkansas 21
860860 Homeland Security Advisory Group, is amended to read as follows: 22
861861 (3) The advisory group shall submit the report annually to the 23
862862 director, and to the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental 24
863863 Affairs and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs , 25
864864 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 26
865865 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 27
866866 28
867867 SECTION 50. Arkansas Code § 13 -11-102 is amended to read as follows: 29
868868 13-11-102. Administration — Rules. 30
869869 (a) The Senior Arkansans Hall of Fame shall be administered by the 31
870870 Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of 32
871871 Human Services, in consultation with the House Committee on A ging, Children 33
872872 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services . 34
873873 (b) The division will promulgate rules to implement the hall of fame 35
874874 and to select candidates for inclusion. 36 HB1573
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877877 SECTION 51. Arkansas Code § 14 -236-107(b)(1), concerning rules 1
878878 promulgated by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the 2
879879 Department of Health, is amended to read as follows: 3
880880 (1) After review by the House Committee on Public Health , 4
881881 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 5
882882 Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof adopt, and 6
883883 from time to time amend, rules governing the review and approval of 7
884884 subdivisions proposing to utilize individual sewage disposal systems as the 8
885885 means of sewage disposal for part or all of the lots in the subdivision and 9
886886 the location, design, construction, installation, and operation of individual 10
887887 sewage disposal systems proposed for or located in subdivisions or in platted 11
888888 or unplatted lots or tracts of land pursuant to the procedures provided in 12
889889 the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., in order that 13
890890 the wastes from the systems will not pollute any potable water supply, or 14
891891 source of water used for public or domestic supply purposes, or for 15
892892 recreational purposes, or other waters of this state, and will not give rise 16
893893 to a public health hazard by being accessible to insects, rodents, or other 17
894894 possible carriers which may come into contact with food or potable water, or 18
895895 by being accessible to human beings, and will not constitute a nuisance due 19
896896 to odor or unsightly appearance; 20
897897 21
898898 SECTION 52. Arkansas Code § 14 -262-101(b)(4), concerning the review of 22
899899 rules concerning the transfer of unexpended funds relative to the collection 23
900900 of certain fines, is amended to read as follows: 24
901901 (4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be 25
902902 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 26
903903 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 27
904904 or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 28
905905 29
906906 SECTION 53. Arkansas Code § 15 -4-1405(a), concerning the Center for 30
907907 Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies, is amended to read as 31
908908 follows: 32
909909 (a) The Center for Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies 33
910910 shall submit an annual report based on the fiscal year on or before December 34
911911 31 of each year to the Governor and shall file an electronic copy of the 35
912912 report with the Legislative Council to be reviewed by the House Committee on 36 HB1573
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915915 State Agencies, and Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services 1
916916 and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. 2
917917 3
918918 SECTION 54. Arkansas Code § 15 -4-3805(b)(2), concerning reporting 4
919919 requirements of the Department of Agriculture, is amended to read as follows: 5
920920 (2) Make the report required under this subsection available to 6
921921 the Governor and the cochairs of the Legislative Council or, if the General 7
922922 Assembly is in session, the cochairs of the Joint Budget Committee, the House 8
923923 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, and the Senate 9
924924 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development , and the Speaker 10
925925 of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees 11
926926 he or she deems appropriate . 12
927927 13
928928 SECTION 55. Arkansas Code § 15 -5-1408(2)(B), concerning reporting 14
929929 under the Venture Capital Investment Act of 2001, is amended to read as 15
930930 follows: 16
931931 (B) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 17
932932 Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 18
933933 Development and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 19
934934 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 20
935935 21
936936 SECTION 56. Arkansas Code § 15 -5-1415(2)(B), concerning reporting 22
937937 under the Venture Capital Investment Act of 2001, is amended to read as 23
938938 follows: 24
939939 (B) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development 25
940940 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 26
941941 committees he or she deems appropriate ; 27
942942 28
943943 SECTION 57. Arkansas Code § 15 -10-207 is amended to read as follows: 29
944944 15-10-207. Reporting regarding the Weatherization Assistance Program. 30
945945 The Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality 31
946946 shall report to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 32
947947 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee he or 33
948948 she deems appropriate and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 34
949949 Labor concerning the Weatherization Assistance Program as transferred to the 35
950950 office under § 25-14-103 20-80-312 and as authorized under § 15 -10-205(a): 36 HB1573
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953953 (1) When the office applies to the United States Department of 1
954954 Energy for the funding for the program as described in the state plan; 2
955955 (2) At the midyear point of the program to show the statistics 3
956956 relating to budgeting, enrollment, and other information relating to the 4
957957 program; and 5
958958 (3) At the end of the year of the program to show the total 6
959959 impact of the program and to discuss the renewal application for the funding 7
960960 for the program as described in the state plan. 8
961961 9
962962 SECTION 58. Arkansas Code § 15 -22-301(12), concerning the duties of 10
963963 the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, is amended to read as follows: 11
964964 (12) Report periodically to the House Committee on Agriculture, 12
965965 Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 13
966966 Forestry, and Economic Development and the Speaker of the House of 14
967967 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 15
968968 appropriate; 16
969969 17
970970 SECTION 59. Arkansas Code § 15 -23-904(b), concerning the authority of 18
971971 the Arkansas Waterways Commission to establish programs, is amended to read 19
972972 as follows: 20
973973 (b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Commerce, 21
974974 Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate 22
975975 Committee on Public Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs. 23
976976 24
977977 SECTION 60. Arkansas Code § 16 -17-1002(b)(1)(B), concerning the 25
978978 District Court Resource Assessment Board, is amended to read as follows: 26
979979 (B) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives 27
980980 appointed by the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 28
981981 Corrections, and Inspector General ; and 29
982982 30
983983 SECTION 61. Arkansas Code § 16 -17-1002(b)(2)(B), concerning the 31
984984 District Court Resource Assessment Board, is amended to read as follows: 32
985985 (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public 33
986986 Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General or his or her designee; and 34
987987 35
988988 SECTION 62. Arkansas Code § 16 -87-216(c)(13)(B)(ii), concerning the 36 HB1573
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991991 Juvenile Ombudsman Division of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission, is 1
992992 amended to read as follows: 2
993993 (ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and 3
994994 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 4
995995 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 5
996996 appropriate; 6
997997 7
998998 SECTION 63. Arkansas Code § 16 -90-802(b)(2)(B), concerning the 8
999999 Arkansas Sentencing Commission, is amended to read as follows: 9
10001000 (B) One (1) advisory member shall be appointed by and 10
10011001 serve at the pleasure of the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public 11
10021002 Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General . 12
10031003 13
10041004 SECTION 64. Arkansas Code § 16 -90-802(d)(2)(E), concerning the 14
10051005 Arkansas Sentencing Commission, is amended to read as follows: 15
10061006 (E) Before review and approval by the Legislative Council 16
10071007 under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., 17
10081008 revisions to the voluntary sentencing standards shall be reviewed by the 18
10091009 House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector 19
10101010 General and the Senate Committee on Judiciary; 20
10111011 21
10121012 SECTION 65. Arkansas Code § 16 -93-202(e)(2), concerning the review of 22
10131013 records of the Post-Prison Transfer Board, is amended to read as follows: 23
10141014 (2) A view of records under subdivision (e)(1) of this section by 24
10151015 an employee may be performed only if the employee is assigned to one (1) or 25
10161016 more of the following committees: 26
10171017 (A) Senate Committee on Judiciary; 27
10181018 (B) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 28
10191019 Corrections, and Inspector General ; or 29
10201020 (C) Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions 30
10211021 Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 31
10221022 32
10231023 SECTION 66. Arkansas Code § 16 -93-210(a)(1), concerning the monthly 33
10241024 performance report on parole and post -release supervision applications and 34
10251025 outcome, is amended to read as follows: 35
10261026 (a)(1) The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall submit a monthly report to 36 HB1573
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10291029 the chairs chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Committee 1
10301030 on Judiciary, the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 2
10311031 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, the Legislative 3
10321032 Council, the Board of Corrections, and the Governor, showing the number of 4
10331033 persons who make application for parole or post -release supervision and those 5
10341034 who are granted or denied parole or post -release supervision during the 6
10351035 previous month for each criminal offense classification. 7
10361036 8
10371037 SECTION 67. Arkansas Code § 16 -99-105(c), concerning reporting and 9
10381038 data collection, is amended to read as follows: 10
10391039 (c) The board shall report all data, findings, and recommendations 11
10401040 annually for improvement to the: 12
10411041 (1) Governor; 13
10421042 (2) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; 14
10431043 (3) Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts; 15
10441044 (4) Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 16
10451045 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 17
10461046 (5) President of the Senate; 18
10471047 (6) Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary; and 19
10481048 (7)(6) Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary. 20
10491049 21
10501050 SECTION 68. Arkansas Code § 17 -4-110(4), concerning responsibilities 22
10511051 of occupational licensing entities, is amended to read as follows: 23
10521052 (4) Provide to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 24
10531053 Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for 25
10541054 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate an 26
10551055 annual report stating the number of individuals granted automatic 27
10561056 occupational licensure and expedited occupational licensure under this 28
10571057 chapter. 29
10581058 30
10591059 SECTION 69. Arkansas Code § 17 -11-404(c)(1), concerning investigations 31
10601060 of the State Board of Appraisers, Abstractors, and Home Inspectors, is 32
10611061 amended to read as follows: 33
10621062 (c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1 34
10631063 with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the 35
10641064 House Committee on State Agencies , and Governmental Affairs Transformation, 36 HB1573
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10671067 and Shared Services for the Senate Committee on State Agencies and 1
10681068 Governmental Affairs' and the House Committee on State Agencies and 2
10691069 Governmental Affairs' committees' review. 3
10701070 4
10711071 SECTION 70. Arkansas Code § 17 -38-102(g), concerning rules promulgated 5
10721072 by the Department of Health, is amended to read as follows: 6
10731073 (g) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed 7
10741074 by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 8
10751075 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 9
10761076 appropriate subcommittees thereof. 10
10771077 11
10781078 SECTION 71. Arkansas Code § 17 -51-103(b), concerning rules pertaining 12
10791079 to waterworks operators, is amended to read as follows: 13
10801080 (b) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed 14
10811081 by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 15
10821082 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 16
10831083 appropriate subcommittees thereof. 17
10841084 18
10851085 SECTION 72. Arkansas Code § 17 -87-203(1)(B), concerning rules 19
10861086 promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, is amended to read as 20
10871087 follows: 21
10881088 (B) No rule promulgated hereafter by the board shall be 22
10891089 effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council and the House Committee 23
10901090 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate 24
10911091 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees 25
10921092 thereof; 26
10931093 27
10941094 SECTION 73. Arkansas Code § 17 -87-209(e), concerning reports on the 28
10951095 Clinical Nurse Education Portal, is amended to read as follows: 29
10961096 (e)(1) On the year-anniversary of August 1, 2023, and annually 30
10971097 thereafter, the department shall report on the implementation, progress, and 31
10981098 activity of the portal to the: 32
10991099 (A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 33
11001100 and 34
11011101 (B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 35
11021102 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 36 HB1573
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11051105 committees he or she deems appropriate . 1
11061106 (2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 2
11071107 and Labor or the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 3
11081108 Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives may request any additional 4
11091109 reports at his or her discretion. 5
11101110 6
11111111 SECTION 74. Arkansas Code § 17 -87-314(e)(5), concerning reports by the 7
11121112 Full Independent Practice Credentialing Committee, is amended to read as 8
11131113 follows: 9
11141114 (5) Provide reports quarterly and upon request regarding the number 10
11151115 of applicants approved and denied to the Senate Committee on Public Health, 11
11161116 Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 12
11171117 Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 13
11181118 or committees he or she deems appropriate . 14
11191119 15
11201120 SECTION 75. Arkansas Code § 17 -100-202(b)(3)(A), concerning rules 16
11211121 promulgated by the Board of Examiners in Speech -Language Pathology and 17
11221122 Audiology, is amended to read as follows: 18
11231123 (3)(A) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be 19
11241124 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 20
11251125 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 21
11261126 or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 22
11271127 23
11281128 SECTION 76. Arkansas Code § 17 -100-208(c)(1), concerning the use of 24
11291129 outside investigators by the Board of Examiners in Speech -Language Pathology 25
11301130 and Audiology, is amended to read as follows: 26
11311131 (c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1 27
11321132 with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the 28
11331133 House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services for 29
11341134 the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the House 30
11351135 Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs' committees' review. 31
11361136 32
11371137 SECTION 77. Arkansas Code § 17 -102-201(a)(5), concerning the Arkansas 33
11381138 State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques, is amended to read as 34
11391139 follows: 35
11401140 (5)(A) On a biennial basis beginning in October 2010, the board 36 HB1573
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11431143 shall file a written report with the House Committee on Public Heath, 1
11441144 Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 2
11451145 Labor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 3
11461146 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 4
11471147 (B) The report shall contain a certified copy of the 5
11481148 minutes of all board meetings as required by § 17 -102-205 for the calendar 6
11491149 years 2009 through October 2010 and thereafter covering the period of time 7
11501150 since the last report. 8
11511151 (C) The report shall contain a comprehensive assessment of 9
11521152 the board's functionality, including without limitation staff and office site 10
11531153 adequacy and any other information as may be requested by the House Committee 11
11541154 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public 12
11551155 Health, Welfare, and Labor and the committee or committees to which the 13
11561156 report is assigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives sufficient 14
11571157 for the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate 15
11581158 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees to make a 16
11591159 recommendation to the Governor regarding whether the board should be 17
11601160 continued or whether the board should be disbanded and abolished in 18
11611161 accordance with a proclamation issued by the Governor. 19
11621162 20
11631163 SECTION 78. Arkansas Code § 19 -5-1151(g)(1), concerning the University 21
11641164 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences National Cancer Institute Designation Trust 22
11651165 Fund, is amended to read as follows: 23
11661166 (g)(1) The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University 24
11671167 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall submit a semiannual report containing 25
11681168 the following information to the Governor; the Legislative Council or, if the 26
11691169 General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee; the Senate 27
11701170 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and the House Committee on 28
11711171 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for 29
11721172 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate : 30
11731173 (A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date; 31
11741174 (B) A list of the administrative costs paid for from the 32
11751175 fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages; 33
11761176 (C) The total revenue received by the fund during the 34
11771177 reporting period; and 35
11781178 (D) A detailed description of the steps taken and the 36 HB1573
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11811181 progress made toward achieving status as a National Cancer Institute -1
11821182 Designated Cancer Center during the reporting period. 2
11831183 3
11841184 SECTION 79. Arkansas Code § 19 -5-1160(h)(1), concerning the University 4
11851185 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Maternal Health Workforce Trust Fund, is 5
11861186 amended to read as follows: 6
11871187 (h)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall submit a 7
11881188 semiannual report containing the following information to the Governor; the 8
11891189 Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint 9
11901190 Budget Committee; the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 10
11911191 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the 11
11921192 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 12
11931193 she deems appropriate : 13
11941194 (A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date; 14
11951195 (B) A list of the administrative costs paid for from the 15
11961196 fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages; 16
11971197 (C) The total revenue received by the fund during the 17
11981198 reporting period; and 18
11991199 (D) A detailed description of the steps taken and the 19
12001200 progress made toward addressing the maternal health workforce needs of 20
12011201 Arkansas during the reporting period. 21
12021202 22
12031203 SECTION 80. Arkansas Code § 19 -11-261(b), concerning the cooperative 23
12041204 purchase of paper products for local government, is amended to read as 24
12051205 follows: 25
12061206 (b)(1) The director shall promulgate rules for administration of the 26
12071207 program. 27
12081208 (2) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public 28
12091209 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 29
12101210 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the 30
12111211 committees. 31
12121212 32
12131213 SECTION 81. Arkansas Code § 19 -11-1404(c), concerning the Construction 33
12141214 Manager-General Contractor Method of Procurement Pilot Program, is amended to 34
12151215 read as follows: 35
12161216 (c) The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall send 36 HB1573
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12191219 written notice identifying the transportation project and the reasons for 1
12201220 deciding to apply the construction manager -general contractor method to that 2
12211221 specific transportation project to: 3
12221222 (1) The Chair of the House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, 4
12231223 Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation; and 5
12241224 (2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Transportation, 6
12251225 Technology, and Legislative Affairs. 7
12261226 8
12271227 SECTION 82. Arkansas Code § 19 -12-117(g)(3), concerning the 9
12281228 establishment of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission and resulting 10
12291229 from Initiated Act 1 of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 11
12301230 (3) The commission shall file a quarterly progress report with the 12
12311231 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee 13
12321232 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 14
12331233 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 15
12341234 appropriate. 16
12351235 17
12361236 SECTION 83. Arkansas Code § 20 -2-103, concerning the powers and duties 18
12371237 of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, is amended to read as follows: 19
12381238 (b) The commission shall report two (2) times each year to the House 20
12391239 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 21
12401240 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 22
12411241 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 23
12421242 appropriate. 24
12431243 25
12441244 SECTION 84. Arkansas Code § 20 -2-106 is amended to read as follows: 26
12451245 20-2-106. Report on health disparities. 27
12461246 On or before October 1 each year, the Arkansas Minority Health 28
12471247 Commission shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Health, the 29
12481248 Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the 30
12491249 Senate, the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 31
12501250 Labor, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 32
12511251 Labor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 33
12521252 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate without limitation: 34
12531253 (1) Summarizing the previous year's work under § 20 -2-103(a)(5) 35
12541254 and (6); 36 HB1573
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12571257 (2) Describing reductions in disparities in health and health 1
12581258 care in this state; and 2
12591259 (3) Outlining plans for continuing and expanding in the coming 3
12601260 year the program to reduce disparities in health and health care in this 4
12611261 state. 5
12621262 6
12631263 SECTION 85. Arkansas Code § 20 -6-409(a)(2), concerning informational 7
12641264 materials prepared by the Department of Health and the Department of Human 8
12651265 Services, is amended to read as follows: 9
12661266 (2) The Department of Health and the Department of Human 10
12671267 Services shall present informational materials regarding this subchapter to 11
12681268 the: 12
12691269 (A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 13
12701270 and 14
12711271 (B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 15
12721272 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 16
12731273 committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 17
12741274 (C) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 18
12751275 Legislative and Military Affairs . 19
12761276 20
12771277 SECTION 86. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-101(b)(4), concerning violations of 21
12781278 the policies of the State Board of Health, is amended to read as follows: 22
12791279 (4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be 23
12801280 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 24
12811281 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 25
12821282 or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 26
12831283 27
12841284 SECTION 87. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-109(a)(2), concerning the authority 28
12851285 of the State Board of Health to regulate public health, is amended to read as 29
12861286 follows: 30
12871287 (2) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be 31
12881288 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 32
12891289 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 33
12901290 or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 34
12911291 35
12921292 SECTION 88. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-135(f)(1), concerning nutrition and 36 HB1573
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12951295 physical activity standards, is amended to read as follows: 1
12961296 (f)(1) The division and the department shall report annually on 2
12971297 progress in implementing nutrition and physical education standards to the: 3
12981298 (A) Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 4
12991299 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 5
13001300 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 6
13011301 (B) Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 7
13021302 Welfare, and Labor; 8
13031303 (C) Chair of the House Committee on Education; and 9
13041304 (D) Chair of the Senate Committee on Education. 10
13051305 11
13061306 SECTION 89. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-306 is amended to read as follows: 12
13071307 20-7-306. Reports — Assistance. 13
13081308 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall prepare and submit 14
13091309 a biennial report to the Governor , and the House Committee on Public Health, 15
13101310 Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 16
13111311 Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof , and the Speaker of the House of 17
13121312 Representatives for assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or 18
13131313 subcommittees that he or she deems appropriate . 19
13141314 (b) The Department of Health shall provide assistance to the House 20
13151315 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 21
13161316 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof 22
13171317 committees or subcommittees under subsection (a) of this section in the 23
13181318 development of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues. 24
13191319 (c)(1) With regard to § 6 -18-702(d), § 6-60-504(b), and § 20-78-25
13201320 206(a)(2)(B), the department shall report every six (6) months to the House 26
13211321 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 27
13221322 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 28
13231323 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 29
13241324 appropriate regarding: 30
13251325 (A) The geographic patterns of exemptions, vaccination 31
13261326 rates, and exemptions in those areas as well as the rest of the state; and 32
13271327 (B) Disease incidence of vaccine -preventable diseases 33
13281328 collected by the department. 34
13291329 (2) The collection of exemption information shall begin January 35
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13331333 (3) Reports shall begin at the first interim meeting of the 1
13341334 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee 2
13351335 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees under subdivision (c)(1) of 3
13361336 this section. 4
13371337 5
13381338 SECTION 90. Arkansas Code § 20 -8-110(h), concerning the collection and 6
13391339 dissemination of health data, is amended to read as follows: 7
13401340 (h)(1) With the advice of the commission, the director shall compile 8
13411341 and publish summaries of health data collected by the Health Services Permit 9
13421342 Agency. 10
13431343 (2)(A) The director shall prepare an annual report of the Health 11
13441344 Services Permit Agency's findings and submit the report to the secretary, the 12
13451345 General Assembly, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 13
13461346 Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 14
13471347 appropriate subcommittees thereof , and the Speaker of the House of 15
13481348 Representatives for assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or 16
13491349 subcommittees that he or she deems appropriate . 17
13501350 (B) The Health Services Permit Agency shall provide 18
13511351 assistance to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and 19
13521352 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees or 20
13531353 subcommittees under subdivision (h)(2)(A) of this section in the development 21
13541354 of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues. 22
13551355 23
13561356 SECTION 91. Arkansas Code § 20 -8-807(a), concerning reports of the 24
13571357 Department of Health, is amended to read as follows: 25
13581358 (a) Annually, the Department of Health shall report to: 26
13591359 (1) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 27
13601360 (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 28
13611361 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate; 29
13621362 (3) The minority leaders of the Senate and the House of 30
13631363 Representatives; and 31
13641364 (4) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 32
13651365 and Labor; and 33
13661366 (5) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 34
13671367 and Labor. 35
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13711371 SECTION 92. Arkansas Code § 20 -9-1205(a)(1)(A), concerning reports 1
13721372 regarding healthcare -associated infections, is amended to read as follows: 2
13731373 (a)(1)(A) In consultation with the Advisory Committee on Healthcare 3
13741374 Acquired Infections, the Department of Health shall submit annually a report 4
13751375 summarizing the health facility quarterly reports required under this 5
13761376 subchapter to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 6
13771377 Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 7
13781378 Labor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 8
13791379 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 9
13801380 10
13811381 SECTION 93. Arkansas Code § 20 -9-1402(c)(2), concerning the 11
13821382 establishment of the shaken baby syndrome education program, is amended to 12
13831383 read as follows: 13
13841384 (2) The department shall submit a biennial report of the 14
13851385 assessment under subdivision (c)(1) of this section to the Chair of the House 15
13861386 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate 16
13871387 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House 17
13881388 of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she 18
13891389 deems appropriate. 19
13901390 20
13911391 SECTION 94. Arkansas Code § 20 -10-113(b), concerning the Fair 21
13921392 Reimbursement and Assisted Living Cost Reporting Act of 2023, is amended to 22
13931393 read as follows: 23
13941394 (b) The Department of Human Services shall annually report to: 24
13951395 (1) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 25
13961396 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 26
13971397 committees he or she deems appropriate ; 27
13981398 (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 28
13991399 and 29
14001400 (3) The Legislative Council. 30
14011401 31
14021402 SECTION 95. Arkansas Code § 20 -10-501(1), concerning the definition of 32
14031403 "committees" as pertaining to long -term care networks, is amended to read as 33
14041404 follows: 34
14051405 (1) “Committees” means the House Committee on Public Health , 35
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14091409 Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof to whom the 1
14101410 state agencies in the long -term care network will report the progress of this 2
14111411 effort; 3
14121412 4
14131413 SECTION 96. Arkansas Code § 20 -13-208 is amended to read as follows: 5
14141414 20-13-208. State Board of Health — Powers and duties. 6
14151415 (a)(1) The State Board of Health shall have the responsibility and 7
14161416 authority to hold public hearings and promulgate and implement rules and 8
14171417 standards which it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this 9
14181418 subchapter. 10
14191419 (2) However, before implementing any rules or standards, the 11
14201420 board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public 12
14211421 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 13
14221422 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees. 14
14231423 (b) In addition, the board may establish appropriate rules and 15
14241424 standards defining or limiting the emergency medical procedures or services 16
14251425 that may be rendered by licensed emergency medical services personnel who are 17
14261426 authorized to legally perform these services under the conditions set forth 18
14271427 by the board, except that before implementing any rules and standards, the 19
14281428 board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public 20
14291429 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 21
14301430 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees. 22
14311431 23
14321432 SECTION 97. Arkansas Code § 20 -13-210(a), concerning rules and 24
14331433 standards relating to emergency medical services, is amended to read as 25
14341434 follows: 26
14351435 (a)(1) All rules and standards relating to emergency medical services 27
14361436 promulgated and adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council 28
14371437 and the State Board of Health or any other state agency or department 29
14381438 authorized to promulgate and adopt rules to carry out this subchapter shall 30
14391439 be submitted to the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 31
14401440 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 32
14411441 or appropriate subcommittees thereof for consideration before being placed in 33
14421442 effect by the department or agency. 34
14431443 (2) No rules or standards promulgated to carry out this 35
14441444 subchapter shall be enforced by any state agency or department until they 36 HB1573
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14471447 have been: 1
14481448 (A) Submitted to and considered by the House Committee on 2
14491449 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee 3
14501450 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 4
14511451 (B) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council under 5
14521452 § 10-3-309. 6
14531453 7
14541454 SECTION 98. Arkansas Code § 20 -13-820 is amended to read as follows: 8
14551455 20-13-820. Reports to the General Assembly. 9
14561456 The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide a report to the 10
14571457 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee 11
14581458 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor on or before April 1 and October 1 of 12
14591459 each year through 2011. After 2011, the secretary shall provide an annual 13
14601460 report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the 14
14611461 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of 15
14621462 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 16
14631463 appropriate on or before October 1. 17
14641464 18
14651465 SECTION 99. Arkansas Code § 20 -15-1503(h)(3), concerning the Universal 19
14661466 Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board, is 20
14671467 amended to read as follows: 21
14681468 (3) The board shall complete an annual report for the House 22
14691469 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 23
14701470 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 24
14711471 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 25
14721472 appropriate which provides information such as, but not limited to, the 26
14731473 number of hospitals in compliance with this subchapter, the number of Deaf, 27
14741474 deaf, or Hard of Hearing infants identified, and the availability of follow -28
14751475 up services. 29
14761476 30
14771477 SECTION 100. Arkansas Code § 20 -15-2307(a), concerning reporting by 31
14781478 the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, is amended to read as follows: 32
14791479 (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee shall 33
14801480 file a written report on the number and causes of maternal deaths and its 34
14811481 recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to: 35
14821482 (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 36 HB1573
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14851485 (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 1
14861486 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 2
14871487 committees he or she deems appropriate; and 3
14881488 (3) The Legislative Council. 4
14891489 5
14901490 SECTION 101. Arkansas Code § 20 -15-2407(a), concerning reporting by 6
14911491 the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee, is amended to 7
14921492 read as follows: 8
14931493 (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality 9
14941494 Review Committee shall file a written report on maternal and perinatal 10
14951495 outcomes and its recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to: 11
14961496 (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 12
14971497 (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 13
14981498 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 14
14991499 committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 15
15001500 (3) The Legislative Council. 16
15011501 17
15021502 SECTION 102. Arkansas Code § 20 -16-203(c)(9), concerning the 18
15031503 membership of the advisory commission for the Arkansas Reproductive Health 19
15041504 Monitoring System, is amended to read as follows: 20
15051505 (9) One (1) member from the House Committee on Public Health , 21
15061506 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and one (1) member from the Senate 22
15071507 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 23
15081508 24
15091509 SECTION 103. Arkansas Code § 20 -16-607(d), concerning pregnant women 25
15101510 in the custody or guardianship of the state, is amended to read as follows: 26
15111511 (d) A state agency under this section shall report annually to the 27
15121512 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee 28
15131513 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives 29
15141514 for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate the 30
15151515 number of any terminations of pregnancies that occurred for women in the 31
15161516 custody or guardianship of the state agency. 32
15171517 33
15181518 SECTION 104. Arkansas Code § 20 -18-202 is amended to read as follows: 34
15191519 20-18-202. Regulatory powers of the State Board of Health. 35
15201520 The State Board of Health may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the 36 HB1573
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15231523 purpose of carrying out this chapter. All rules adopted under this chapter 1
15241524 shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor 2
15251525 and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 3
15261526 Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , 4
15271527 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 5
15281528 Health, Welfare, and Labor. 6
15291529 7
15301530 SECTION 105. Arkansas Code § 20 -27-1707(a)(2), concerning the Arkansas 8
15311531 Child Death Review Panel, is amended to read as follows: 9
15321532 (2) The Legislative Council shall forward the report to the 10
15331533 Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, 11
15341534 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 12
15351535 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 13
15361536 appropriate. 14
15371537 15
15381538 SECTION 106. Arkansas Code § 20 -32-106(c), concerning rules of the 16
15391539 Department of Health on the segregation, packaging, storage, transportation, 17
15401540 treatment, and disposal of commercial medical waste from healthcare -related 18
15411541 facilities, is amended to read as follows: 19
15421542 (c) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed 20
15431543 by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 21
15441544 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 22
15451545 appropriate subcommittees thereof. 23
15461546 24
15471547 SECTION 107. Arkansas Code § 20 -46-105(a)(1), concerning the report 25
15481548 concerning emotionally disturbed youth, is amended to read as follows: 26
15491549 (a)(1) The Department of Human Services shall report monthly to the 27
15501550 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 28
15511551 Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate 29
15521552 subcommittees thereof and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 30
15531553 assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or subcommittees he or 31
15541554 she deems appropriate the number of children placed in residential and 32
15551555 inpatient treatment programs, including sexual offender treatment, when 33
15561556 Medicaid is the payment source. 34
15571557 35
15581558 SECTION 108. Arkansas Code § 20 -46-106(a)(3), concerning emotionally 36 HB1573
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15611561 disturbed youth treated out of state, is amended to read as follows: 1
15621562 (3) The department shall provide a report monthly to the Senate 2
15631563 Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children 3
15641564 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 4
15651565 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 5
15661566 appropriate reflecting the number of youths in the custody of the department 6
15671567 receiving services out of state as follows: 7
15681568 (A) The total number of males and the total number of females 8
15691569 currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, excluding sexual offender 9
15701570 treatment programs; and 10
15711571 (B) The total number of males and the total number of females 11
15721572 currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, including sexual offender 12
15731573 treatment programs. 13
15741574 14
15751575 SECTION 109. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-505(b)(8), concerning the Child and 15
15761576 Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council, is amended to read as 16
15771577 follows: 17
15781578 (8) Provide a written report on a quarterly basis to the House 18
15791579 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and 19
15801580 the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the 20
15811581 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 21
15821582 she deems appropriate that summarizes progress implementing this subchapter; 22
15831583 23
15841584 SECTION 110. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-510(d)(1)(B), concerning the 24
15851585 coordination and oversight of the Comprehensive Children's Behavioral Health 25
15861586 System of Care Plan, is amended to read as follows: 26
15871587 (B) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 27
15881588 Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 28
15891589 and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 29
15901590 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 30
15911591 31
15921592 SECTION 111. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-510(e)(1)(B), concerning the 32
15931593 coordination and oversight of the Comprehensive Children's Behavioral Health 33
15941594 System of Care Plan, is amended to read as follows: 34
15951595 (B) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 35
15961596 Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 36 HB1573
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15991599 and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 1
16001600 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 2
16011601 3
16021602 SECTION 112. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-708 is amended to read as follows: 4
16031603 20-47-708. Annual report. 5
16041604 The Department of Human Services shall report annually on progress to 6
16051605 the: 7
16061606 (1) Governor; 8
16071607 (2) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative 9
16081608 and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth; and 10
16091609 (3) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the 11
16101610 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor ; and 12
16111611 (4) Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 13
16121612 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 14
16131613 15
16141614 SECTION 113. Arkansas Code § 20 -48-702(a)(3), concerning the 16
16151615 reimbursement rate structure for individuals with developmental disabilities, 17
16161616 is amended to read as follows: 18
16171617 (3) There shall be a quarterly progress report to the House 19
16181618 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 20
16191619 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 21
16201620 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 22
16211621 appropriate by the department on the categories of services and respective 23
16221622 service limits, service eligibility guidelines for each service component, 24
16231623 and the rate structure based on prospective costs. 25
16241624 26
16251625 SECTION 114. Arkansas Code § 20 -57-104 is amended to read as follows: 27
16261626 20-57-104. Food safety — Definition. 28
16271627 (a) Employees of food service establishments shall keep their hands 29
16281628 and exposed portions of their arms clean in a manner approved by the 30
16291629 Department of Health. 31
16301630 (b)(1) Except when washing fruits and vegetables, employees of food 32
16311631 service establishments shall avoid contact of exposed ready -to-eat food with 33
16321632 their hands by use of suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, 34
16331633 or single-use gloves, or they shall wash their hands and exposed portions of 35
16341634 their arms utilizing a hand -washing program approved by the department. 36 HB1573
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16371637 (2) Employees shall minimize bare -hand and bare-arm contact with 1
16381638 exposed food that is not in a ready -to-eat form. 2
16391639 (c)(1) Within thirty (30) days of August 13, 2001, the department 3
16401640 shall initiate a full review of the current version of the United States Food 4
16411641 and Drug Administration Food Code. 5
16421642 (2) The department shall report its findings to the House 6
16431643 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 7
16441644 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 8
16451645 (d)(c) As used in this section, “food service establishment” means 9
16461646 any: 10
16471647 (1) Fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short -11
16481648 order cafe, luncheonette, grille, tearoom, soda fountain, sandwich shop, 12
16491649 hotel kitchen, smorgasbord, tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, night club, 13
16501650 roadside stand, industrial feeding establishment, school lunch project, 14
16511651 private, public, or nonprofit organization or institution routinely serving 15
16521652 the public, catering kitchen, commissary, or similar place in which the food 16
16531653 or drink is prepared for sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere; 17
16541654 (2) Grocery store, delicatessen, meat market, retail bakery, or 18
16551655 other establishment which sells or otherwise provides food for immediate or 19
16561656 on-premise consumption, regardless of whether serving food for immediate 20
16571657 consumption is the primary activity of the business; and 21
16581658 (3) Other eating and drinking establishment where food is served 22
16591659 or provided for the public with or without charge. 23
16601660 24
16611661 SECTION 115. Arkansas Code § 20 -60-217 is amended to read as follows: 25
16621662 20-60-217. Reporting. 26
16631663 Annually, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall submit a 27
16641664 report on the operations, implementation, and administration of the State 28
16651665 Meat Inspection Program to the: 29
16661666 (1) Governor; 30
16671667 (2) Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and 31
16681668 Economic Development Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 32
16691669 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 33
16701670 (3) Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and 34
16711671 Economic Development. 35
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16751675 SECTION 116. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-106(c) and (d), concerning the 1
16761676 statewide implementation plan for Transitional Employment Assistance, is 2
16771677 amended to read as follows: 3
16781678 (c)(1)(A) The department shall prepare a comprehensive annual program 4
16791679 report. 5
16801680 (B) The report shall be subject to review and 6
16811681 recommendation by the board. 7
16821682 (2) The department shall submit the comprehensive annual program 8
16831683 report to the Governor, the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 9
16841684 Labor and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 10
16851685 and Labor. 11
16861686 (3) The comprehensive annual program report shall contain 12
16871687 proposals for measuring and making progress toward the transitional 13
16881688 employment assistance outcomes during the succeeding three -year period. 14
16891689 (4) The comprehensive annual program report to the Governor, the 15
16901690 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and the Senate 16
16911691 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall include all information 17
16921692 that the board deems necessary for determining progress in achieving the 18
16931693 outcomes. 19
16941694 (5) Information shall be provided for the state, each employment 20
16951695 opportunity district, and each county. 21
16961696 (6) The report shall also include all information requested by 22
16971697 resolution of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 23
16981698 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 24
16991699 (7) This report shall include a copy of all federal monthly, 25
17001700 quarterly, and annual reports submitted by the department regarding the 26
17011701 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. 27
17021702 (d) The House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 28
17031703 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall 29
17041704 report annually to the General Assembly their findings and recommendations 30
17051705 regarding the program. 31
17061706 32
17071707 SECTION 117. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-113(c)(3)(A), concerning outcomes 33
17081708 for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays 34
17091709 Program, is amended to read as follows: 35
17101710 (3)(A) On the forty -fifth day after the end of the federal 36 HB1573
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17131713 fiscal year, the report shall be submitted to the Governor, and to the Chair 1
17141714 of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of 2
17151715 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor , and the Speaker of 3
17161716 the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he 4
17171717 or she deems appropriate . 5
17181718 6
17191719 SECTION 118. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-404(a)(3), concerning financial 7
17201720 assistance by the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 8
17211721 follows: 9
17221722 (b)(1) The Department of Human Services shall certify to the Governor, 10
17231723 the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services, 11
17241724 and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor when the 12
17251725 support services necessary for program recipients to obtain employment or 13
17261726 participate in allowable work activities are available. 14
17271727 15
17281728 SECTION 119. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-404(i)(4), concerning financial 16
17291729 assistance by the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 17
17301730 follows: 18
17311731 (4) The board shall submit a report to the Governor , and the 19
17321732 Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the 20
17331733 Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor , and the 21
17341734 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 22
17351735 committees that he or she deems appropriate that reports on the outcomes of 23
17361736 the home visits and provides separate information for families who left 24
17371737 transitional assistance due to noncompliance and time limits. 25
17381738 26
17391739 SECTION 120. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-410(d), concerning administrative 27
17401740 sanctions related to transitional employment assistance, is amended to read 28
17411741 as follows: 29
17421742 (d) The department shall include in the comprehensive annual program 30
17431743 report information on the families sanctioned and the outcomes of the home 31
17441744 visits to the Governor , and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 32
17451745 and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor , and 33
17461746 the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 34
17471747 or committees he or she deems appropriate . 35
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17511751 SECTION 121. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-437 is amended to read as follows: 1
17521752 20-76-437. Reporting — Transitional employment assistance. 2
17531753 The Department of Human Services shall report periodically to the House 3
17541754 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 4
17551755 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 5
17561756 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 6
17571757 appropriate regarding the provision of services to Transitional Employment 7
17581758 Assistance Program recipients. 8
17591759 9
17601760 SECTION 122. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-444(d)(2), concerning the Arkansas 10
17611761 Work Pays Program, is amended to read as follows: 11
17621762 (2) If the Arkansas Workforce Development Board certifies to the 12
17631763 Governor and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and notifies the 13
17641764 Legislative Council, the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 14
17651765 Labor, and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 15
17661766 Services that the action is necessary to avoid the number of families 16
17671767 receiving Arkansas Work Pays Program cash assistance going over three 17
17681768 thousand (3,000), it may authorize a reduction of the months for which 18
17691769 families may receive cash assistance or other supportive services. 19
17701770 20
17711771 SECTION 123. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-804 is amended to read as follows: 21
17721772 20-76-804. Reporting requirement. 22
17731773 (a) The Department of Human Services shall report the department's 23
17741774 implementation of the employment and training program requirement under § 20 -24
17751775 76-803 one (1) time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public 25
17761776 Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for 26
17771777 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 27
17781778 (b) The department shall develop and submit a report containing 28
17791779 statistics of participation in the employment and training program one (1) 29
17801780 time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 30
17811781 and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 31
17821782 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 32
17831783 33
17841784 SECTION 124. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-111(b)(2), concerning compilations 34
17851785 of data on the Arkansas Medicaid Program, is amended to read as follows: 35
17861786 (2) It shall include other comparisons in the format as may be 36 HB1573
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17891789 requested by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Public Health , 1
17901790 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public 2
17911791 Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof to which the 3
17921792 reports are to be delivered. 4
17931793 5
17941794 SECTION 125. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-406(e), concerning prescription 6
17951795 limits under the Arkansas Medicaid Program, is amended to read as follows: 7
17961796 (e) Quarterly, the department shall report on the progress and 8
17971797 implementation of this section to: 9
17981798 (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 10
17991799 (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 11
18001800 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 12
18011801 committees he or she deems appropriate . 13
18021802 14
18031803 SECTION 126. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-2513(c)(1), concerning the 15
18041804 Enterprise Fraud Program, is amended to read as follows: 16
18051805 (c)(1) Beginning October 1, 2014, the office shall provide quarterly 17
18061806 reports, or more frequent reports if requested by and of the following 18
18071807 recipients, to: 19
18081808 (A) The cochairs of the Joint Performance Review 20
18091809 Committee; 21
18101810 (B) The Chair of the House Committee on State Agencies and 22
18111811 Governmental Affairs; 23
18121812 (C)(B) The Chair of the Senate Committee on State Agencies 24
18131813 and Governmental Affairs; 25
18141814 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 26
18151815 Welfare, and Labor; and 27
18161816 (E)(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 28
18171817 Welfare, and Labor; and 29
18181818 (D) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for 30
18191819 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 31
18201820 32
18211821 SECTION 127. Arkansas Code § 20 -78-206(e), concerning the Division of 33
18221822 Child Care and Early Childhood Education, is amended to read as follows: 34
18231823 (e) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed 35
18241824 by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or an appropriate 36 HB1573
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18271827 subcommittee thereof and the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House 1
18281828 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 2
18291829 Public Health and Human Services or an appropriate subcommittee thereof . 3
18301830 4
18311831 SECTION 128. Arkansas Code § 20 -78-501(d)(1), concerning the 5
18321832 membership of the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission, is amended to read as 6
18331833 follows: 7
18341834 (1) The Chair of the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the 8
18351835 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 9
18361836 Affairs Public Health and Human Services or his or her designee; 10
18371837 11
18381838 SECTION 129. Arkansas Code § 20 -81-104(a)(3), concerning the Arkansas 12
18391839 Veterans Commission, is amended to read as follows: 13
18401840 (3) Promote and advance the interests of Arkansas veterans by 14
18411841 meeting and acting as an advisory board to the General Assembly on all 15
18421842 matters affecting Arkansas veterans, their dependents, and survivors, 16
18431843 including without limitation by meeting with the members of the House 17
18441844 Legislative, Military and Veterans Affairs Permanent Subcommittee of the 18
18451845 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative Veterans and 19
18461846 Military Affairs; and 20
18471847 21
18481848 SECTION 130. Arkansas Code § 20 -82-211(a)(5)(H)(ii)(g), concerning the 22
18491849 Child Welfare Ombudsman Division of the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic 23
18501850 Violence Commission, is amended to read as follows: 24
18511851 (g) House Committee on Aging, Children and 25
18521852 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 26
18531853 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 27
18541854 appropriate; and 28
18551855 29
18561856 SECTION 131. Arkansas Code § 20 -85-101(c), concerning the Family 30
18571857 Treatment and Rehabilitation Program for Addicted Women and their Children, 31
18581858 is amended to read as follows: 32
18591859 (c) The program shall report quarterly to the Subcommittee on Children 33
18601860 and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative 34
18611861 and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the 35
18621862 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 36 HB1573
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18651865 committees he or she deems appropriate . 1
18661866 2
18671867 SECTION 132. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-403 is amended to read as follows: 3
18681868 21-5-403. Report of Director of the Employee Benefits Division. 4
18691869 The Director of the Employee Benefits Division shall report upon 5
18701870 request to the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor 6
18711871 and Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on 7
18721872 Insurance and Commerce regarding the State and Public School Life and Health 8
18731873 Insurance Program. 9
18741874 10
18751875 SECTION 133. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-414(a), concerning state 11
18761876 contributions to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance 12
18771877 Program, is amended to read as follows: 13
18781878 (a) The Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall seek 14
18791879 the advice of the Legislative Council and the House Committee on Insurance 15
18801880 and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Transportation and the 16
18811881 Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce before additional state 17
18821882 contributions can be made to the State and Public School Life and Health 18
18831883 Insurance Program on behalf of state employees. 19
18841884 20
18851885 SECTION 134. Arkansas Code § 21 -9-203(b)(2), concerning conflicts of 21
18861886 interest of the Attorney General, is amended to read as follows: 22
18871887 (2) When situations arise in which the Attorney General feels 23
18881888 that a conflict of interest exists and therefore must decline representation 24
18891889 of the officer or employee, the Attorney General shall prepare a report that 25
18901890 he or she shall submit to the House Committee on Judiciary and Senate 26
18911891 Committee on Judiciary and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 27
18921892 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate , in 28
18931893 which he or she shall recite the reasons for the conflict of interest and the 29
18941894 reasons his or her office declined representation. 30
18951895 31
18961896 SECTION 135. Arkansas Code § 23 -61-1011(b)(1), concerning the 32
18971897 membership of the Health and Economic Outcomes Accountability Oversight 33
18981898 Advisory Panel, is amended to read as follows: 34
18991899 (1) The following members of the General Assembly: 35
19001900 (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 36 HB1573
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19031903 Welfare, and Labor; 1
19041904 (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 2
19051905 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services; 3
19061906 (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; 4
19071907 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education; 5
19081908 (E) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and 6
19091909 Commerce; 7
19101910 (F) The Chair of the House Committee on Insurance and 8
19111911 Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation ; 9
19121912 (G) An at-large member of the Senate appointed by the 10
19131913 President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 11
19141914 (H) An at-large member of the House of Representatives 12
19151915 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 13
19161916 (I) An at-large member of the Senate appointed by the 14
19171917 minority leader of the Senate; and 15
19181918 (J) An at-large member of the House of Representatives 16
19191919 appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; 17
19201920 18
19211921 SECTION 136. Arkansas Code § 23 -65-403 is amended to read as follows: 19
19221922 23-65-403. Committees' approval of agreements or compacts required. 20
19231923 A multistate agreement or compact entered into by the Insurance 21
19241924 Commissioner shall be: 22
19251925 (1) Considered by the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce 23
19261926 and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and 24
19271927 Licensing, and Public Transportation ; and 25
19281928 (2) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council. 26
19291929 27
19301930 SECTION 137. Arkansas Code § 23 -67-304(k)(5)(C), concerning the 28
19311931 Arkansas Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan, is amended to read as follows: 29
19321932 (C) A report of this review and action taken to improve 30
19331933 plan performance shall be made to the Legislative Council , and the House 31
19341934 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Insurance and 32
19351935 Commerce, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 33
19361936 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate no later than 34
19371937 September 1 after the calendar year reviewed. 35
19381938 36 HB1573
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19411941 SECTION 138. Arkansas Code § 23 -67-313(b) and (c), concerning 1
19421942 competitive selection, are amended to read as follows: 2
19431943 (b) The commissioner shall review the plan operations to ensure 3
19441944 compliance with this act. The commissioner shall review and report to the 4
19451945 Legislative Council, and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce , and 5
19461946 the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce Speaker of the House of 6
19471947 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 7
19481948 appropriate by September 1 of each year, with the first report to be 8
19491949 submitted no later than September 1, 1997, including, but not limited to, the 9
19501950 following information: 10
19511951 (1) Competitive selection of the administrator and servicing 11
19521952 carriers; 12
19531953 (2) Plan operating performance and service in accordance with 13
19541954 the intent of this act, including performance reviews of the administrator, 14
19551955 servicing carriers, and plan rules; 15
19561956 (3) Proper authority and independence of the Arkansas office to 16
19571957 properly perform and secure prompt, fair, and reasonable service as required 17
19581958 by this act; and 18
19591959 (4) Coverage provided by the plan in other states, including 19
19601960 evidence providing that carriers promptly provide coverage for employees of 20
19611961 Arkansas employers working in other states as provided in this act. 21
19621962 (c) The commissioner is encouraged to hold public hearings as needed 22
19631963 to assist in achieving the objectives of this act and to assist with the 23
19641964 review and report provided to the Legislative Council and the Senate 24
19651965 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and 25
19661966 Commerce under subsection (b) of this section . 26
19671967 27
19681968 SECTION 139. Arkansas Code § 23 -79-1503(c), concerning rules on 28
19691969 coverage for craniofacial anomalies, is amended to read as follows: 29
19701970 (c) The department shall submit biannual reports to the Chair of the 30
19711971 House Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Chair of the Senate 31
19721972 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Speaker of the House of 32
19731973 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 33
19741974 appropriate. 34
19751975 35
19761976 SECTION 140. Arkansas Code § 23 -79-1902 is amended to read as follows: 36 HB1573
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19791979 23-79-1902. Interdisciplinary panel — University of Arkansas for 1
19801980 Medical Sciences. 2
19811981 (a) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has partnered with 3
19821982 Arkansas Children's Hospital and the National Institute of Mental Health for 4
19831983 the establishment and operation of a clinic that currently serves patients 5
19841984 with pediatric acute -onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, also known as “PANS”, 6
19851985 and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with 7
19861986 streptococcal infections, also known as “PANDAS”. 8
19871987 (b)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall organize 9
19881988 an interdisciplinary panel incorporating all components of those affected by 10
19891989 PANS/PANDAS, including without limitation working with national 11
19901990 organizations. 12
19911991 (2) The interdisciplinary panel under subdivision (b)(1) of this 13
19921992 section shall include: 14
19931993 (A) A member at large from the Arkansas PANS/PANDAS 15
19941994 Advisory Council; 16
19951995 (B) A member at large who is a medical professional with a 17
19961996 minimum experience of two (2) years working with PANS/PANDAS patients and who 18
19971997 is recommended by the Arkansas PANS/PANDAS Advisory Council with final 19
19981998 approval by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; and 20
19991999 (C) A member at large who is a medical director or medical 21
20002000 officer from an insurance company licensed in this state to assist in the 22
20012001 development of diagnostic criteria for future insurance coverage purposes. 23
20022002 (c) An interdisciplinary team shall be established to create a 24
20032003 protocol for the treatment of and diagnostic framework for the coverage of 25
20042004 PANS and PANDAS by June 1, 2019, to allow for the assignment of an 26
20052005 International Classification of Diseases code, such as an ICD -9 code or other 27
20062006 applicable medical code for insurance coverage purposes. 28
20072007 (d) The interdisciplinary team shall report to the Senate Committee on 29
20082008 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Public Health, 30
20092009 Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and the 31
20102010 House Committee on Insurance and Commerce no later than August 31, 2019. 32
20112011 (e) Once the interdisciplinary team determines appropriate diagnostic 33
20122012 criteria for the protocol, a final report with recommendations shall be 34
20132013 submitted to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the 35
20142014 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on 36 HB1573
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20172017 Insurance and Commerce, the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and 1
20182018 the General Assembly to include recommendations concerning mandating 2
20192019 insurance coverage for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS for the next 3
20202020 scheduled regular session that convenes after the submission of the report or 4
20212021 the Governor is encouraged to add the recommendation to the call of any 5
20222022 special session that is convened before the next scheduled regular session. 6
20232023 (f)(c) The expectation for the interdisciplinary team is that: 7
20242024 (1) Every available tool will be utilized to make healthcare 8
20252025 services for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS available statewide through the 9
20262026 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences network and available services, 10
20272027 including telemedicine; and 11
20282028 (2) Once the interdisciplinary team determines the diagnostic 12
20292029 criteria for purposes of insurance coverage, all insurance companies and 13
20302030 health benefit plans that are licensed in this state shall provide coverage 14
20312031 for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS diagnosed according to the established 15
20322032 diagnostic criteria recommended by the interdisciplinary team. 16
20332033 (g) The goal of the interdisciplinary team is to have the diagnostic 17
20342034 criteria finalized and ready to be presented at the December 2019 meeting of 18
20352035 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House 19
20362036 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on 20
20372037 Insurance and Commerce, and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce. 21
20382038 22
20392039 SECTION 141. Arkansas Code § 23 -92-509(c), concerning rules under the 23
20402040 Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act, is amended to read as 24
20412041 follows: 25
20422042 (c)(1) In addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas 26
20432043 Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and under § 10 -3-309, the 27
20442044 State Insurance Department shall file a proposed rule or a proposed amendment 28
20452045 to an existing rule under this subchapter with the Senate Committee on 29
20462046 Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, 30
20472047 Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation at least thirty 31
20482048 (30) days before the expiration of the period for public comment under the 32
20492049 Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq. 33
20502050 (2) The Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House 34
20512051 Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and 35
20522052 Public Transportation shall review the proposed rule or proposed amendment to 36 HB1573
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20552055 an existing rule within forty -five (45) days of the date the proposed rule or 1
20562056 proposed amendment to an existing rule is filed with the Senate Committee on 2
20572057 Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, 3
20582058 Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation . 4
20592059 (3)(A) If the department adopts an emergency rule under this 5
20602060 subchapter, in addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas 6
20612061 Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and under § 10 -3-309, the 7
20622062 department shall notify the following individuals of the emergency rule and 8
20632063 provide each individual with a copy of the rule within five (5) business days 9
20642064 of adopting the rule: 10
20652065 (i) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 11
20662066 (ii) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 12
20672067 (iii) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and 13
20682068 Commerce; and 14
20692069 (iv) The Chair of the House Committee on Insurance and 15
20702070 Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation . 16
20712071 (B) The Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the 17
20722072 House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, 18
20732073 and Public Transportation shall review the emergency rule within forty -five 19
20742074 (45) days of the date that the emergency rule is provided to the Chair of the 20
20752075 Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Chair of the House 21
20762076 Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and 22
20772077 Public Transportation . 23
20782078 24
20792079 SECTION 142. Arkansas Code § 23 -99-422(f)(2), concerning benefits for 25
20802080 mental illness or substance use disorders delivered through a psychiatric 26
20812081 collaborative care model, is amended to read as follows: 27
20822082 (2) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and on a quarterly basis 28
20832083 thereafter, the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall report to the Senate 29
20842084 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and 30
20852085 Commerce Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 31
20862086 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate concerning the progress 32
20872087 and activities under subdivision (f)(1) of this section. 33
20882088 34
20892089 SECTION 143. Arkansas Code § 23 -102-110(b), concerning coverages 35
20902090 available through the Arkansas Earthquake Authority, is amended to read as 36 HB1573
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20932093 follows: 1
20942094 (b) If there are no approved insurers in the program or if after 2
20952095 notice and hearing, the Board of the Arkansas Earthquake Authority or the 3
20962096 Insurance Commissioner finds that the program rates substantially exceed 4
20972097 rates that could be offered by the authority, and the board or commissioner 5
20982098 finds after a hearing that it is in the best interests of Arkansas citizens 6
20992099 to issue coverage directly through the authority, and with the concurrence of 7
21002100 the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and 8
21012101 Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance 9
21022102 and Commerce, if the General Assembly is in session, or the concurrence of 10
21032103 the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and 11
21042104 Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance 12
21052105 and Commerce, if the General Assembly is not in session, the board shall 13
21062106 proceed to offer coverage through the authority to potential insureds. 14
21072107 15
21082108 SECTION 144. Arkansas Code § 25 -1-119(c)(3)(A), concerning services 16
21092109 and studies by state agencies, boards, and commissions concerning mortality 17
21102110 disparities, is amended to read as follows: 18
21112111 (3)(A) The entities listed in subdivision (c)(2) of this section 19
21122112 shall submit an annual report to the Chair of the House Committee on Public 20
21132113 Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public 21
21142114 Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 22
21152115 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, and 23
21162116 the Governor to be delivered on or before October 1 of each year. 24
21172117 25
21182118 SECTION 145. Arkansas Code § 25 -1-120(d)(1)(D), concerning 26
21192119 comprehensive cross-sector collaboration by state agencies, boards, and 27
21202120 commissions concerning health disparities, is amended to read as follows: 28
21212121 (D) Compile an annual report of comprehensive collaborative 29
21222122 initiatives using the standardized format created under this subsection and 30
21232123 submit the report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 31
21242124 Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of 32
21252125 the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he 33
21262126 or she deems appropriate no later than October 1 of each year. 34
21272127 35
21282128 SECTION 146. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-102(c)(1)(C), concerning the 36 HB1573
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21312131 organization of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 1
21322132 follows: 2
21332133 (C) Before implementation of any reorganization, the 3
21342134 secretary shall obtain the advice of the House Committee on State Agencies , 4
21352135 and Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services and the Senate 5
21362136 Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. 6
21372137 7
21382138 SECTION 147. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-136 is amended to read as follows: 8
21392139 25-10-136. Private service contract notice required. 9
21402140 (a) The Department of Human Services shall notify the Senate Interim 10
21412141 Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children 11
21422142 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services 12
21432143 prior to privatizing any functions or responsibilities of the Division of 13
21442144 Youth Services. 14
21452145 (b) The report shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the 15
21462146 Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on 16
21472147 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 17
21482148 Human Services at least sixty (60) days prior to entering into a contract 18
21492149 with a private business entity. 19
21502150 (c) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the Secretary of 20
21512151 the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the House 21
21522152 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 22
21532153 Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 23
21542154 Committee on Children and Youth. 24
21552155 25
21562156 SECTION 148. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-137(b), concerning requirements for 26
21572157 private service contract evaluation, is amended to read as follows: 27
21582158 (b) The department shall report to the Senate Interim Committee on 28
21592159 Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 29
21602160 Legislative and Military Affairs or appropriate subcommittees thereof and the 30
21612161 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee, 31
21622162 committees, subcommittee, or subcommittees he or she deems appropriate at 32
21632163 least annually regarding the performance evaluation of each contract. 33
21642164 34
21652165 SECTION 149. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-138(b), concerning education 35
21662166 requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees, is amended to 36 HB1573
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21692169 read as follows: 1
21702170 (b) No rule pertaining to education requirements for youth service 2
21712171 workers or security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be 3
21722172 effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on 4
21732173 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 5
21742174 Human Services, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or 6
21752175 appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly. 7
21762176 8
21772177 SECTION 150. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-139(b), concerning training 9
21782178 requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees, is amended to 10
21792179 read as follows: 11
21802180 (b) No rule pertaining to the training required of youth service 12
21812181 workers and security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be 13
21822182 effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on 14
21832183 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 15
21842184 Human Services, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or 16
21852185 appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly. 17
21862186 18
21872187 SECTION 151. Arkansas Code § 25 -15-503 is amended to read as follows: 19
21882188 25-15-503. Additional rule procedure. 20
21892189 (a)(1) In addition to filing requirements under the Arkansas 21
21902190 Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and § 10 -3-309, the 22
21912191 Department of Human Services shall, at least thirty (30) days before the 23
21922192 expiration of the period for public comment, file a proposed rule impacting 24
21932193 state Medicaid costs or a proposed amendment to an existing rule impacting 25
21942194 state Medicaid costs with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 26
21952195 Labor and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 27
21962196 Services. 28
21972197 (2) A review of the proposed rule or proposed amendment to an 29
21982198 existing rule by the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 30
21992199 and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 31
22002200 Services shall occur within forty -five (45) days of the date the proposed 32
22012201 rule or proposed amendment to an existing rule is filed with the Senate 33
22022202 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on 34
22032203 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 35
22042204 (b)(1) If adopting an emergency rule impacting state Medicaid costs, 36 HB1573
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22072207 in addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas Administrative 1
22082208 Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., and § 10 -3-309, the department shall 2
22092209 notify the following individuals of the emergency rule and provide each 3
22102210 individual with a copy of the rule within five (5) business days of adopting 4
22112211 the rule: 5
22122212 (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 6
22132213 (B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 7
22142214 (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 8
22152215 Welfare, and Labor; and 9
22162216 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 10
22172217 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 11
22182218 (2) A review of the emergency rule by the Senate Committee on 12
22192219 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health , 13
22202220 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services shall occur within forty -five (45) days 14
22212221 of the date that the emergency rule is provided to the Chair of the Senate 15
22222222 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House 16
22232223 Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 17
22242224 18
22252225 SECTION 152. Arkansas Code § 25 -15-602 is amended to read as follows: 19
22262226 25-15-602. Rules — Additional rule procedure. 20
22272227 (a)(1) In addition to complying with the requirements under the 21
22282228 Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and § 10 -3-309, a 22
22292229 licensing entity shall, at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of 23
22302230 the period for public comment, file a rule regarding scope of practice with 24
22312231 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House 25
22322232 Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 26
22332233 (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 27
22342234 and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 28
22352235 Services shall review a rule regarding scope of practice within forty -five 29
22362236 (45) days of the date the rule regarding scope of practice is filed with the 30
22372237 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee 31
22382238 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 32
22392239 (b)(1) If adopting an emergency rule regarding scope of practice under 33
22402240 § 10-3-309, the licensing entity shall notify the following individuals of 34
22412241 the emergency rule regarding scope of practice and provide each individual 35
22422242 with a copy of the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within five (5) 36 HB1573
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22452245 business days of adopting the emergency rule regarding scope of practice: 1
22462246 (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 2
22472247 (B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 3
22482248 (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 4
22492249 Welfare, and Labor; and 5
22502250 (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 6
22512251 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 7
22522252 (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 8
22532253 and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 9
22542254 Services shall review the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within 10
22552255 forty-five (45) days of the date that the emergency rule regarding scope of 11
22562256 practice is provided to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 12
22572257 Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 13
22582258 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 14
22592259 15
22602260 SECTION 153. Arkansas Code § 25 -38-203(a)(13), concerning the powers 16
22612261 and duties of the Department of Agriculture, is amended to read as follows: 17
22622262 (13) Develop a report to be submitted each year on January 1 to the 18
22632263 Governor, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 19
22642264 Development, and the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 20
22652265 Development Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 21
22662266 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate , concerning the 22
22672267 activities and programs of the: 23
22682268 (A) Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board; 24
22692269 (B) Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board; 25
22702270 (C) Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board; 26
22712271 (D) Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board; 27
22722272 (E) Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board; and 28
22732273 (F) Arkansas Beef Council. 29
22742274 30
22752275 SECTION 154. Arkansas Code § 25 -38-210(2), concerning reporting on 31
22762276 agricultural exchanges, is amended to read as follows: 32
22772277 (2) Annually report the department's findings under subdivision (1) of 33
22782278 this section to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 34
22792279 Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 35
22802280 Development and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 36 HB1573
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22832283 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 1
22842284 2
22852285 SECTION 155. Arkansas Code § 26 -18-902(c), concerning the Tax Advisory 3
22862286 Council, is amended to read as follows: 4
22872287 (c) The council will develop and submit a report to the chairs of the 5
22882288 House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue 6
22892289 and Taxation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 7
22902290 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 8
22912291 9
22922292 SECTION 156. Arkansas Code § 26 -18-1106(b)(7), concerning the duties 10
22932293 of the Chief Commissioner of the Tax Appeals Commission, is amended to read 11
22942294 as follows: 12
22952295 (7) Submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of 13
22962296 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 14
22972297 appropriate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House 15
22982298 Committee on Judiciary, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, the 16
22992299 cochairs of the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Secretary of the 17
23002300 Department of Inspector General that contains the following information for 18
23012301 the year that is the subject of the report: 19
23022302 (A) The case load of the commission; 20
23032303 (B) The number of petitions filed; 21
23042304 (C) The number of claims settled; 22
23052305 (D) The number of decisions the commission rendered; 23
23062306 (E) The number of decisions rendered: 24
23072307 (i) In favor of the Department of Finance and 25
23082308 Administration; 26
23092309 (ii) In favor of the taxpayer; and 27
23102310 (iii) Partially in favor of the department and 28
23112311 partially in favor of the taxpayer; 29
23122312 (F) The number of matters heard: 30
23132313 (i) In person; 31
23142314 (ii) By teleconference or videoconference; 32
23152315 (iii) Using a combination of in -person and either 33
23162316 teleconference or videoconference means; and 34
23172317 (iv) Solely on the documents filed with the 35
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23222322 petition's being filed to a decision's being rendered, calculated for each 2
23232323 type of hearing conducted by the commission. 3
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23252325 SECTION 157. Arkansas Code § 26 -26-310(d), concerning the 5
23262326 certification of the amount of property tax reduction, is amended to read as 6
23272327 follows: 7
23282328 (d) On or before January 30 each year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 8
23292329 State shall submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the 9
23302330 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 10
23312331 committees he or she deems appropriate , the members of the Senate Committee 11
23322332 on Revenue and Taxation, t he members of the House Committee on Revenue and 12
23332333 Taxation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the 13
23342334 Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the 14
23352335 Commissioner of State Lands stating: 15
23362336 (1) The balance of the Property Tax Relief Trust Fund; 16
23372337 (2) Whether the fund could support an increase of the homestead 17
23382338 property tax credit allowed under § 26 -26-1118; and 18
23392339 (3) If the fund has a balance sufficient to support an increase 19
23402340 of the homestead property tax credit allowed under § 26 -26-1118, the amount 20
23412341 of increase that the fund could support. 21
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23432343 SECTION 158. Arkansas Code § 26 -58-122(c), concerning the procedures 23
23442344 to be followed upon failure to pay severance taxes due the Arkansas Forestry 24
23452345 Commission, is amended to read as follows: 25
23462346 (c)(1) In the event the secretary fails to report to the commission 26
23472347 within the time specified or the commission disagrees with the findings of 27
23482348 the secretary, the State Forester shall file with the Governor, the 28
23492349 Legislative Council, and the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance 29
23502350 and Administration and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation a report 30
23512351 of the matter. 31
23522352 (2) The Governor shall then conduct an investigation into such 32
23532353 failure to report by the secretary or disagreement as to tax liability with 33
23542354 the commission, take whatever measures the Governor deems necessary to 34
23552355 rectify the situation, and shall notify the Legislative Council and the House 35
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23612361 SECTION 159. Arkansas Code § 26 -60-104 is amended to read as follows: 3
23622362 26-60-104. Rules. 4
23632363 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is 5
23642364 authorized to promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter 6
23652365 which shall be submitted to the House Committee on City, County, and Local 7
23662366 Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish and the Senate Committee 8
23672367 on City, County, and Local Affairs. 9
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23692369 SECTION 160. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-509(e)(1)(A), concerning reciprocal 11
23702370 agreements, is amended to read as follows: 12
23712371 (e)(1)(A) If the secretary enters into a reciprocal agreement under 13
23722372 this section, then he or she shall submit a report to the following: 14
23732373 (i) The cochairs of the Legislative Council; 15
23742374 (ii) The Chair of the House Committee on Public 16
23752375 Transportation and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public 17
23762376 Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs; 18
23772377 (iii) The Speaker of the House of Representatives 19
23782378 for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate; 20
23792379 and 21
23802380 (iii)(iv) The Director of the Bureau of Legislative 22
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