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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1573 3
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By: Representative Ladyman 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE 9
SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 10
REPRESENTATIVES; TO AMEND THE NAMES OF THE STANDING 11
COMMITTEES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES 12
OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; TO AMEND THE SUBJECT 13
MATTER AREAS ASSIGNED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND 14
THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 15
REPRESENTATIVES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 16
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Subtitle 19
TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES 20
AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM 21
COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 22
REPRESENTATIVES. 23
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 25
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-101 is amended to read as follows: 27
10-3-101. Presession assignment of regular standing committees. 28
(a) The presession assignments of members of regular standing Senate 29
and House of Representatives committees and the designation of committee 30
chair and vice chair shall be made in the Senate pursuant to the Rules of the 31
Senate and in the House of Representatives by the Speaker-elect of the House 32
of Representatives as soon as is feasible after each biennial general 33
election. 34
(b) The following ten (10) standing committees shall be established 35
for the House of Representatives, in accordance with the Rules of the House 36 HB1573
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of Representatives: 1
(1) House Committee on Education — matters pertaining to public 2
kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult education, vocational 3
education, vocational -technical schools, vocational rehabilitation, higher 4
education, private educational institutions, similar legislation, and 5
resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on 6
Education; 7
(2) House Committee on Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector 8
General — matters pertaining to public safety, state and local courts, court 9
clerks and stenographers and other employees of the courts, civil and 10
criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and criminal laws, issues related 11
to the Department of Inspector General, similar matters, and resolutions 12
germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Public Safety, 13
Corrections, and Inspector General; 14
(3) House Committee on Public Health and Human Services — 15
matters pertaining to public health, mental health, public welfare, human 16
relations and resources, intellectual and other developmental disabilities, 17
the aged and problems of aging, children and youth, similar legislation, and 18
resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Public 19
Health and Human Services; 20
(4) House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, 21
and Public Transportation — matters pertaining to banks and banking, savings 22
and loan associations, stocks, bonds, and other securities, securities 23
dealers, insurance, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing 24
and housing, labor and labor relations, industrial development, roads and 25
highways, city streets, county roads, highway safety, airports and air 26
transportation, common and contract carriers, mass transit, similar 27
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 28
Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public 29
Transportation; 30
(5) House Committee on Finance and Administration — matters 31
pertaining to the levy, increase, reduction, collection, enforcement and 32
administration of taxes and other revenue -producing measures, and resolutions 33
germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Finance and 34
Administration; 35
(6) House Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs — matters 36 HB1573
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pertaining to the military, veterans, similar legislation, and resolutions 1
germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Veterans and Military 2
Affairs; 3
(7) House Committee on Agriculture — matters pertaining to 4
agriculture, livestock, forestry, similar legislation, and resolutions 5
germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Agriculture; 6
(8) House Committee on State Agencies, Transformation, and 7
Shared Services — matters pertaining to state government and state agencies, 8
except where the subject matter relates more appropriately to another 9
committee, proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas 10
or the United States Government, election laws and procedures, federal and 11
interstate relations, legislative affairs, memorials, other matters whenever 12
the subject matter is not germane to the subject matter of any other standing 13
committee, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter 14
of the House Committee on State Agencies, Transformation, and Shared 15
Services; 16
(9) House Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, 17
Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish – matters pertaining to city and 18
municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement districts, interlocal 19
government cooperation, parks, heritage, tourism, hunting, fishing, similar 20
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 21
Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game 22
and Fish; and 23
(10) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public 24
Service Commission - matters pertaining to energy sources, energy supplies, 25
energy needs, energy problems, environmental affairs, water and air 26
pollution, natural resources, oil and gas, levees and drainage, rivers and 27
harbors, public utilities, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to 28
the subject matter of the House Committee on Energy, Environment, and 29
Arkansas Public Service Commission. 30
31
SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-203(3)(A), concerning subject matter 32
interim committees of the House of Representatives, is amended to read as 33
follows: 34
(3)(A) The following ten (10) subject matter interim committees of the 35
House of Representatives, each to consist of the members who compose the 36 HB1573
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respective standing committees of the House of Representatives having 1
comparable subject matter jurisdiction, plus such other nonvoting members as 2
may be selected pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives, who 3
shall be entitled to per diem and mileage for attending meetings of the 4
committees: 5
(i) House Committee on Education — matters 6
pertaining to public kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult 7
education, vocational education, vocational -technical schools, vocational 8
rehabilitation, higher education, private educational institutions, similar 9
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 10
Committee on Education; 11
(ii) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 12
Corrections, and Inspector General — matters pertaining to public safety, 13
state and local courts, court clerks and stenographers and other employees of 14
the courts, civil and criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and 15
criminal laws, issues related to the Department of Inspector General, similar 16
matters, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee 17
on Judiciary Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General ; 18
(iii) House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 19
Labor and Human Services— matters pertaining to public health, mental health, 20
intellectual and other developmental disabilities, public welfare, human 21
relations and resources, environmental affairs, water and air pollution, 22
labor and labor relations, public welfare, human relations and resources, 23
intellectual and other developmental disabilities, the aged and problems of 24
aging, children and youth, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to 25
the subject matter of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 26
Labor and Human Services; 27
(iv) House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor 28
and Licensing, and Public Transportation — matters pertaining to banks and 29
banking, savings and loan associations, stocks, bonds, and other securities, 30
securities dealers, insurance, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage 31
financing and housing, labor and labor relations, industrial development, 32
roads and highways, city streets, county roads, highway safety, airports and 33
air transportation, common and contract carriers, mass transit, similar 34
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 35
Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public 36 HB1573
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Transportation; 1
(v) House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance 2
and Administration — matters pertaining to the levy, increase, reduction, 3
collection, enforcement and administration of taxes and other revenue -4
producing measures, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the 5
House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance and Administration ; 6
(vi) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 7
Legislative Veterans and Military Affairs — matters pertaining to the aged 8
and problems of aging; children and youth, military, veterans, legislative 9
affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is not germane 10
to the subject matter of any other standing committee, similar legislation, 11
and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on 12
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative Veterans and Military Affairs; 13
(vii) House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and 14
Economic Development — matters pertaining to agriculture, livestock, 15
forestry, industrial development, natural resources, oil and gas, publicity 16
and parks, levee and drainage, rivers and harbors, similar legislation, and 17
resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on 18
Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development ; 19
(viii) House Committee on City, County, and Local 20
Affairs — matters pertaining to city and municipal affairs, county affairs, 21
local improvement districts, interlocal government cooperation, similar 22
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 23
Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs; 24
(ix) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce — 25
matters pertaining to banks and banking, savings and loan associations, 26
stock, bonds, and other securities, securities dealers, insurance, public 27
utilities, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing and 28
housing, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter 29
of the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce; and 30
(x)(viii) House Committee on State Agencies , and 31
Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services — matters pertaining 32
to state government and state agencies, except where the subject matter 33
relates more appropriately to another committee, proposed amendments to the 34
Constitution of the State of Arkansas or the federal government United States 35
Government, election laws and procedures, federal and interstate relations, 36 HB1573
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legislative affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is 1
not germane to the subject matter of any other standing committee, similar 2
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 3
Committee on State Agencies , and Governmental Affairs. Transformation, and 4
Shared Services; 5
(ix) House Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, 6
Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish – matters pertaining to city and 7
municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement districts, interlocal 8
government cooperation, parks, heritage, tourism, hunting, fishing, similar 9
legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House 10
Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game 11
and Fish; and 12
(x) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and 13
Arkansas Public Service Commission - matters pertaining to energy sources, 14
energy supplies, energy needs, energy problems, environmental affairs, water 15
and air pollution, natural resources, oil and gas, levees and drainage, 16
rivers and harbors, public utilities, similar legislation, and resolutions 17
germane to the House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public 18
Service Commission. 19
20
SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 2 -16-203(b)(5), concerning penalties for a 21
violation of the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, is amended to read as follows: 22
(5) All rules promulgated under this section shall be reviewed 23
by the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic Development and 24
the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or 25
subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic 26
Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 27
Development. 28
29
SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 2 -16-605(b), concerning rules restricting 30
the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee 31
colonies, or other activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program, 32
is amended to read as follows: 33
(b) All rules promulgated under this subchapter shall be reviewed by 34
the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic Development and 35
the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or 36 HB1573
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appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, 1
and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, 2
and Economic Development. 3
4
SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 2 -18-105(b)(3), concerning fees of the 5
State Plant Board, is amended to read as follows: 6
(3) Before collecting the fees under this subsection or 7
increasing those fees hereafter, the board shall seek the advice of the House 8
Committee on Agriculture , Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate 9
Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development. 10
11
SECTION 6. Arkansas Code § 6 -10-122(c), concerning the requiring of 12
automated external defibrillators, is amended to read as follows: 13
(c) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall 14
provide a report to the following on or before July 1 each year regarding the 15
implementation of this section and the status of automated external 16
defibrillator availability on each school campus: 17
(1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 18
and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor ; and 19
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 20
to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate on or before July 21
1 each year regarding the implementation of this section and the status of 22
automated external defibrillator availability on each school campus . 23
24
SECTION 7. Arkansas Code § 6 -11-208(a)(4), concerning the Regional 25
Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth, is 26
amended to read as follows: 27
(4) Beginning on October 1, 2011, the multiagency task force 28
shall provide status reports to the House Committee on Aging, Children and 29
Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on 30
Children and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 31
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate one (1) 32
time each quarter. 33
34
SECTION 8. Arkansas Code § 6 -18-2103(d)(2), concerning the duties of 35
the farm to school and early childhood education program coordinator, is 36 HB1573
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amended to read as follows: 1
(2) Submit the annual report to the House Committee on 2
Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and to the Senate Committee 3
on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Speaker of the 4
House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 5
she deems appropriate . 6
7
SECTION 9. Arkansas Code § 6 -60-106(c)(2), concerning unplanned 8
pregnancies action plans, is amended to read as follows: 9
(2) The board shall report on the status of the action plan 10
annually to the: 11
(A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 12
Welfare, and Labor; and 13
(B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 14
Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 15
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 16
(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and 17
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education . 18
19
SECTION 10. Arkansas Code § 6 -60-111(d)(2), concerning sexual assault 20
action plans, is amended to read as follows: 21
(2) The board shall report on the status of the action plan annually 22
to the: 23
(A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 24
Welfare, and Labor; and 25
(B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 26
Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 27
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 28
(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and 29
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education . 30
31
SECTION 11. Arkansas Code § 6 -60-212(d), regarding nursing applicants 32
from medically underserved areas, is amended to read as follows: 33
(d) The coordinating board shall report annually to the House 34
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 35
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor following regarding implementation of this 36 HB1573
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section: 1
(1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 2
and 3
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 4
to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 5
6
SECTION 12. Arkansas Code § 6 -61-112(g)(2), concerning the calling of 7
a student or student's spouse into military service, is amended to read as 8
follows: 9
(2) The division shall report to the House Committee on Aging, 10
Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim 11
Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the House of 12
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 13
appropriate regarding the type and amount of compensatory options provided 14
under this section by each state -supported institution of higher education no 15
later than October 1 of each year beginning in 2006 and each year thereafter. 16
17
SECTION 13. Arkansas Code § 8 -4-311(b)(11)(C), concerning the powers 18
of the Division of Environmental Quality, is amended to read as follows: 19
(C)(i) Any rule proposed pursuant to this authorization shall be 20
reported to the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 21
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 22
or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , 23
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 24
Health, Welfare, and Labor prior to its final promulgation; and 25
26
SECTION 14. Arkansas Code § 8 -5-207 is amended to read as follows: 27
8-5-207. Operators to be licensed. 28
(a) In order to safeguard the public health and protect the waters of 29
this state from pollution, all operators in responsible charge of public or 30
private wastewater treatment plants shall be duly licensed and certified as 31
competent by the Division of Environmental Quality under the provisions of 32
this subchapter and under such rules as the Arkansas Pollution Control and 33
Ecology Commission may adopt, with the advice and assistance of the licensing 34
committee, pursuant to the authority of this subchapter. 35
(b) All rules promulgated pursuant to under this subchapter shall be 36 HB1573
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reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 1
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 2
or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , 3
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 4
Health, Welfare, and Labor. 5
6
SECTION 15. Arkansas Code § 8 -6-221 is amended to read as follows: 7
8-6-221. Review of rules. 8
All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the House 9
Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 10
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate 11
subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 12
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 13
14
SECTION 16. Arkansas Code § 8 -6-610(b), concerning rules of the 15
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read as 16
follows: 17
(b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public 18
Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 19
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House 20
Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 21
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 22
23
SECTION 17. Arkansas Code § 8 -6-902(c), concerning rules promulgated 24
by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read 25
as follows: 26
(c) All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the 27
House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and 28
the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate 29
subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 30
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 31
32
SECTION 18. Arkansas Code § 8 -9-105(c), concerning rules promulgated 33
by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read 34
as follows: 35
(c) All rules adopted under this chapter shall be reviewed by the House 36 HB1573
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Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 1
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate 2
subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 3
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 4
5
SECTION 19. Arkansas Code § 8 -9-805(b), concerning hearings on the 6
technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim 7
storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, is amended to read as follows: 8
(b) The Legislative Council shall hold hearings on the technical and 9
economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim storage and 10
recycling of spent nuclear fuel and include the following committees, the: 11
(1) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor 12
and Licensing, and Public Transportation ; 13
(2) Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce; 14
(3) House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 15
Human Services; 16
(4) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 17
(5) Joint Energy Committee on Energy; and 18
(6) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public 19
Service Commission. 20
21
SECTION 20. Arkansas Code § 9 -4-110 is amended to read as follows: 22
9-4-110. Reports. 23
The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission or its 24
designee shall provide an annual report by October 1 of each year to the 25
Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Chair of 26
the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 27
Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 28
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate containing the following 29
information: 30
(1) The incidence of domestic violence in this state based on 31
information obtained from shelters under this chapter; 32
(2) A description of shelters that meet the requirements of and 33
receive funding from the commission or its designee under this chapter; and 34
(3) The number of persons assisted by the shelters that receive 35
funding from the commission or its designee under this chapter. 36 HB1573
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SECTION 21. Arkansas Code § 9 -5-113 is amended to read as follows: 1
9-5-113. Reports. 2
The Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas or its designee shall 3
provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the Department of Human 4
Services, Division of Arkansas State Police, Chair of the Senate Interim 5
Committee on Children and Youth, and the Chair of the House Committee on 6
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the 7
House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 8
she deems appropriate containing the following information: 9
(1) The incidence of child abuse in this state based on 10
information obtained from child safety centers under this chapter; 11
(2) A description of child safety centers that meet the 12
requirements of the Department of Finance and Administration and the 13
Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas and receive funding from the 14
Department of Finance and Administration; 15
(3) The number of children receiving investigative services by 16
the child safety centers that receive funding from the Department of Finance 17
and Administration under this chapter; and 18
(4) Outcome data provided by the child safety centers. 19
20
SECTION 22. Arkansas Code § 9 -6-110 is amended to read as follows: 21
9-6-110. Reports. 22
The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or 23
her designee shall provide an annual report by October 1 of each year to the 24
Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Chair of 25
the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 26
Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 27
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate containing the following 28
information: 29
(1) The incidence of domestic violence in this state based on 30
information obtained from shelters that receive funds under this chapter; 31
(2) A description of shelters that meet the requirements of and 32
receive funds under this chapter; and 33
(3) The number of persons assisted by the shelters that receive 34
funds under this chapter. 35
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SECTION 23. Arkansas Code § 9 -15-407 is amended to read as follows: 1
9-15-407. Reporting. 2
The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall report 3
annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 4
Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and 5
the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 6
or committees he or she deems appropriate regarding: 7
(1) The status of the implementation and administration of this 8
subchapter and its purposes; and 9
(2) Any recommended changes in the law to improve the prevention 10
of or intervention into spousal abuse situations. 11
12
SECTION 24. Arkansas Code § 9 -25-105(b)(12), concerning the Child 13
Death and Near Fatality Multidisciplinary Review Committee, is amended to 14
read as follows: 15
(12) One (1) member appointed by the Chair of the Subcommittee on 16
Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 17
Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; 18
19
SECTION 25. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-205(f), concerning youth services 20
centers, is amended to read as follows: 21
(f) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Elementary 22
and Secondary Education shall report annually, beginning on March 1, 2010, to 23
the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 24
Affairs and to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the 25
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 26
committees he or she deems appropriate on the state of the Division of Youth 27
Services' system of education. 28
29
SECTION 26. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-216(b), concerning the separation of 30
juvenile offenders, is amended to read as follows: 31
(b) No rule pertaining to the separation of juvenile offenders 32
promulgated hereafter by the division shall be effective until reviewed by 33
the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 34
Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services , and the 35
Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth, or appropriate subcommittees 36 HB1573
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thereof, of the General Assembly. 1
2
SECTION 27. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-217(a)(19)(B)(iii), concerning 3
juvenile records confidentiality, is amended to read as follows: 4
(iii) The Department of Corrections shall submit the 5
rules to the following committees for review: 6
(a) Senate Interim Committee on Children and 7
Youth; 8
(b) House Committee on Aging, Children and 9
Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; and 10
(c) Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the 11
Legislative Council. 12
13
SECTION 28. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-301(e)-(g), concerning inspections of 14
facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of Youth Services 15
of the Department of Human Services, are amended to read as follows: 16
(e)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall present a list 17
of findings of the random health inspections to the House Committee on Aging, 18
Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human 19
Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth within one 20
(1) month after completing the random health inspections. 21
(2)(A) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 22
Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide the report to the House 23
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 24
Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 25
Committee on Children and Youth. 26
(B) The complete report, including, but not limited to, 27
statistics shall be made available to the public. 28
(f)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the 29
division shall file the report, along with a response not to exceed two (2) 30
pages, to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 31
Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim 32
Committee on Children and Youth within thirty (30) days after receiving an 33
inspection report prepared by the Department of Health. 34
(2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 35
Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the response to 36 HB1573
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the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 1
Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 2
Committee on Children and Youth. 3
(3) The response shall include a plan of correction and suggest 4
a means by which the Department of Human Services or the division will 5
correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of the filing of the report 6
or within the time frame determined by the Department of Health to ensure the 7
health and safety of the juveniles housed at the facility. 8
(g)(1) The Department of Human Services or the division shall develop 9
an internal audit and review to evaluate and monitor all facilities of the 10
division. 11
(2) The Department of Health will cooperate in training or 12
assisting the Department of Human Services or the division in developing the 13
process as it relates to health concerns. 14
(3) Included in its quarterly performance reports, the 15
Department of Human Services or the division shall report on its progress to 16
the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 17
Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on 18
Children and Youth. 19
(4) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 20
Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the 21
House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 22
Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 23
Committee on Children and Youth. 24
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SECTION 29. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-302(e)-(g), concerning security 26
inspections of facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of 27
Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 28
follows: 29
(e)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall present a 30
list of findings of the random security inspections to the House Committee on 31
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 32
Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth within 33
one (1) month after conducting the random security inspections. 34
(2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 35
Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall provide the report to the 36 HB1573
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House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 1
Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 2
Committee on Children and Youth. 3
(3) The complete report including, but not limited to, 4
statistics shall be made available to the public. 5
(f)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the 6
division shall file the report, along with a response not to exceed two (2) 7
pages, to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 8
Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim 9
Committee on Children and Youth within thirty (30) days of receiving an 10
inspection report prepared by the Department of Corrections. 11
(2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 12
Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the response to 13
the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 14
Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 15
Committee on Children and Youth. 16
(3) The response shall include a plan of correction and suggest 17
a means by which the Department of Human Services or the division will 18
correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of the filing of the report 19
or within the time frame determined by the Department of Corrections to 20
ensure the health and safety of the juveniles housed at the facility. 21
(g)(1)(A) The Department of Human Services or the division shall 22
develop an internal audit and review to evaluate and monitor all facilities 23
of the division. 24
(B) The internal audit and review shall include without 25
limitation monitoring of all facilities for security concerns. 26
(2) The Department of Corrections will cooperate in training or 27
assisting the Department of Human Services or the division in developing this 28
process as it relates to security concerns. 29
(3)(A) In its quarterly performance reports, the Department of 30
Human Services or the division shall report on its progress to the House 31
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 32
Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 33
and Youth. 34
(B) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the 35
Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the 36 HB1573
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House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 1
Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 2
Committee on Children and Youth. 3
4
SECTION 30. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-405(m), concerning the Child Welfare 5
Agency Review Board, is amended to read as follows: 6
(m) All rules promulgated under this section and all public comment 7
received in writing by the department in response shall be made available for 8
review by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the 9
Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children 10
and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services , 11
and by the Governor or his or her designee from among the Governor's staff. 12
13
SECTION 31. Arkansas Code § 9 -28-603(b)(6), concerning the 14
establishment of independent living programs, is amended to read as follows: 15
(6) Provide an annual report to the division and the Senate 16
Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Subcommittee on Children and 17
Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 18
Military Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 19
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate summarizing outcome 20
data in areas related to educational achievement, employment, and criminal 21
justice contact of the participants and other information as requested by the 22
division. 23
24
SECTION 32. Arkansas Code § 9 -30-105(c)(7), concerning the powers and 25
duties of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as follows: 26
(7) On or before October 1 of each year, provide an annual 27
report to the Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and 28
the Chair of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative 29
and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services summarizing the 30
evaluations of the One Percent to Prevent Fund. 31
32
SECTION 33. Arkansas Code § 10 -2-133(d), concerning increased cost 33
obligations for health benefit plans, is amended to read as follows: 34
(d) A fiscal impact statement required by this section shall be 35
developed by an actuary within the guidelines adopted by the House Committee 36 HB1573
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on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public 1
Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, as 2
applicable. 3
4
SECTION 34. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-220(b), concerning the monitoring of 5
changes made in federal income tax laws and regulations, is amended to read 6
as follows: 7
(b) The secretary shall report his or her findings annually to the 8
House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue 9
and Taxation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 10
to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate and may make such 11
other reports to the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate 12
Committee on Revenue and Taxation committees under this subsection as he or 13
she deems necessary. 14
15
SECTION 35. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-316 is amended to read as follows: 16
10-3-316. Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee. 17
The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member of the 18
Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs and a member of the House 19
Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and 20
Game and Fish to serve as members of the Charitable, Penal and Correctional 21
Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 22
23
SECTION 36. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-1401(a)(1)(D), concerning the 24
membership of the Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy, is amended to 25
read as follows: 26
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Revenue and 27
Taxation Finance and Administration ; 28
29
SECTION 37. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-3202(b)(1)(M)-(P), concerning the 30
Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, are amended to read as 31
follows: 32
(M)(i) The Chair of the House Committee on Aging, Children 33
and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services 34
or his or her designee. 35
(ii) The Chair of the House Committee on Aging, 36 HB1573
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Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human 1
Services shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Child Maltreatment 2
Investigations Oversight Committee if he or she appoints a designee under 3
subdivision (b)(1)(M)(i) of this section; 4
(N)(i) The Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on 5
Children and Youth or his or her designee. 6
(ii) The Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on 7
Children and Youth shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Child 8
Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee if he or she appoints a 9
designee under subdivision (b)(1)(N)(i) of this section; 10
(O) Two (2) members of the General Assembly who are members 11
of the: 12
(i) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 13
Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; or 14
(ii) Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth; 15
(P)(i) One (1) current or former member of the General 16
Assembly who is a current or former member of the: 17
(a) House Committee on Aging, Children and 18
Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services ; or 19
(b) Senate Interim Committee on Children and 20
Youth. 21
(ii) The current or former member of the General 22
Assembly under subdivision (b)(1)(P)(i) of this section shall be appointed by 23
the Governor; 24
25
SECTION 38. Arkansas Code § 10 -3-3204(a), concerning reports to the 26
Child Maltreatment Investigation Oversight Committee, is amended to read as 27
follows: 28
(a) The Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall 29
submit its findings and recommendations contained in a report at least 30
annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 31
Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and 32
the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 33
or committees he or she deems appropriate . 34
35
SECTION 39. Arkansas Code § 12 -8-504(c), concerning the transfer of 36 HB1573
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child abuse investigations, is amended to read as follows: 1
(c) The Department of Human Services and the Department Division of 2
Arkansas State Police shall submit for review any transition plan developed 3
under this section to the House Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the 4
House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 5
Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the 6
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 7
committees he or she deems appropriate . 8
9
SECTION 40. Arkansas Code § 12 -8-509(a)(2)(A), concerning reporting on 10
findings and statistics regarding incidents of neglect, is amended to read as 11
follows: 12
(2)(A) Annually report no later than October 1 to the following: 13
(i) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and 14
Youth; 15
(ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and 16
Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs; 17
(iii)(ii) The Senate Committee on Public Health, 18
Welfare, and Labor; and 19
(iv)(iii) The House Committee on Public Health, 20
Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 21
the committee or committees that he or she deems appropriate. 22
23
SECTION 41. Arkansas Code § 12 -9-104(1)(B), concerning rules of the 24
Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training, is amended to 25
read as follows: 26
(B) The rules promulgated by the commission shall not go into 27
full force and effect until the commission seeks the advice of the 28
Legislative Council and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 29
Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 30
and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the Legislative Council and the 31
House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and 32
the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 33
34
SECTION 42. Arkansas Code § 12 -12-407(g), concerning the audit of 35
untested sexual assault collection kits and unsubmitted anonymous kits, is 36 HB1573
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amended to read as follows: 1
(g)(1) On or before each February 1, the State Crime Laboratory shall 2
prepare and transmit to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker 3
of the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Public Health, 4
Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor 5
and Human Services, and the Attorney General a report containing: 6
(A) A compilation of the data submitted by law enforcement 7
agencies and licensed healthcare providers under this section, with the data 8
reported in the aggregate; and 9
(B) A plan to address any backlog of untested sexual 10
assault collection kits and unsubmitted anonymous kits. 11
(2) The report submitted under subdivision (g)(1) of this 12
section shall be presented to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 13
and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 14
Human Services, meeting jointly. 15
16
SECTION 43. Arkansas Code § 12 -12-913(c)(3), concerning guidelines and 17
procedures promulgated by the Sex Offender Assessment Committee, is amended 18
to read as follows: 19
(3) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall submit the 20
proposed guidelines and procedures to the House Committee on Public Health , 21
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 22
Health, Welfare, and Labor for their review and shall report to the House 23
Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the 24
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor every six (6) months on 25
the implementation of this section. 26
27
SECTION 44. Arkansas Code § 12 -18-713 is amended to read as follows: 28
12-18-713. Reports on overturned true determinations. 29
(a)(1) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas 30
State Police shall submit two (2) reports annually on true determinations 31
made under this chapter that are administratively or judicially overturned to 32
the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on 33
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the 34
House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 35
she deems appropriate . 36 HB1573
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(2) The first report shall be submitted on June 1 and the second 1
report shall be submitted on December 1. 2
(b) A report submitted under subsection (a) of this section shall 3
include: 4
(1) Data on overturned true determinations by county; and 5
(2) Any other information requested by the Senate Interim 6
Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children 7
and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs committees under subdivision 8
(a)(1) of this section . 9
10
SECTION 45. Arkansas Code § 12 -18-801(a)(2), concerning the time to 11
complete an administrative hearing related to child maltreatment is amended 12
to read as follows: 13
(2)(A) The Department of Human Services shall report any 14
failures to comply with this subsection for each quarter to the House 15
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and 16
the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the 17
House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 18
she deems appropriate . 19
(B) The quarterly report to the House Committee on Aging, 20
Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim 21
Committee on Children and Youth under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section 22
shall include a written explanation of the failure of the Department of Human 23
Services. 24
25
SECTION 46. Arkansas Code § 12 -18-908(f), concerning the removal of 26
names from the Child Maltreatment Central Registry, is amended to read as 27
follows: 28
(f) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall adopt 29
rules necessary to carry out this chapter pursuant to the Arkansas 30
Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., except that the secretary 31
shall not begin the process under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, 32
§ 25-15-201 et seq., until the proposed rules have been reviewed by the House 33
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 34
Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 35
and Youth. 36 HB1573
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SECTION 47. Arkansas Code § 12 -27-113(e)(5)(B), concerning commitments 1
to the Division of Correction, is amended to read as follows: 2
(B) A view of records under this subdivision (e)(5) by an 3
employee may be performed only if the employee is assigned to one (1) or more 4
of the following committees: 5
(i) Senate Committee on Judiciary; 6
(ii) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 7
Corrections, and Inspector General ; or 8
(iii) Charitable, Penal, and Correctional 9
Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 10
11
SECTION 48. Arkansas Code § 12 -27-129(a), concerning the Division of 12
Correction's report on rehabilitation, is amended to read as follows: 13
(a) The Division of Correction may report to the House Committee on 14
State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on State 15
Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Speaker of the House of 16
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 17
appropriate no later than December 1 of each year regarding its efforts in 18
rehabilitating the inmate population. 19
20
SECTION 49. Arkansas Code § 12 -75-132(f)(3), concerning the Arkansas 21
Homeland Security Advisory Group, is amended to read as follows: 22
(3) The advisory group shall submit the report annually to the 23
director, and to the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental 24
Affairs and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs , 25
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 26
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 27
28
SECTION 50. Arkansas Code § 13 -11-102 is amended to read as follows: 29
13-11-102. Administration — Rules. 30
(a) The Senior Arkansans Hall of Fame shall be administered by the 31
Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of 32
Human Services, in consultation with the House Committee on A ging, Children 33
and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services . 34
(b) The division will promulgate rules to implement the hall of fame 35
and to select candidates for inclusion. 36 HB1573
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SECTION 51. Arkansas Code § 14 -236-107(b)(1), concerning rules 1
promulgated by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the 2
Department of Health, is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) After review by the House Committee on Public Health , 4
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 5
Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof adopt, and 6
from time to time amend, rules governing the review and approval of 7
subdivisions proposing to utilize individual sewage disposal systems as the 8
means of sewage disposal for part or all of the lots in the subdivision and 9
the location, design, construction, installation, and operation of individual 10
sewage disposal systems proposed for or located in subdivisions or in platted 11
or unplatted lots or tracts of land pursuant to the procedures provided in 12
the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., in order that 13
the wastes from the systems will not pollute any potable water supply, or 14
source of water used for public or domestic supply purposes, or for 15
recreational purposes, or other waters of this state, and will not give rise 16
to a public health hazard by being accessible to insects, rodents, or other 17
possible carriers which may come into contact with food or potable water, or 18
by being accessible to human beings, and will not constitute a nuisance due 19
to odor or unsightly appearance; 20
21
SECTION 52. Arkansas Code § 14 -262-101(b)(4), concerning the review of 22
rules concerning the transfer of unexpended funds relative to the collection 23
of certain fines, is amended to read as follows: 24
(4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be 25
reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 26
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 27
or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 28
29
SECTION 53. Arkansas Code § 15 -4-1405(a), concerning the Center for 30
Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies, is amended to read as 31
follows: 32
(a) The Center for Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies 33
shall submit an annual report based on the fiscal year on or before December 34
31 of each year to the Governor and shall file an electronic copy of the 35
report with the Legislative Council to be reviewed by the House Committee on 36 HB1573
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State Agencies, and Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services 1
and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. 2
3
SECTION 54. Arkansas Code § 15 -4-3805(b)(2), concerning reporting 4
requirements of the Department of Agriculture, is amended to read as follows: 5
(2) Make the report required under this subsection available to 6
the Governor and the cochairs of the Legislative Council or, if the General 7
Assembly is in session, the cochairs of the Joint Budget Committee, the House 8
Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, and the Senate 9
Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development , and the Speaker 10
of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees 11
he or she deems appropriate . 12
13
SECTION 55. Arkansas Code § 15 -5-1408(2)(B), concerning reporting 14
under the Venture Capital Investment Act of 2001, is amended to read as 15
follows: 16
(B) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 17
Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 18
Development and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 19
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 20
21
SECTION 56. Arkansas Code § 15 -5-1415(2)(B), concerning reporting 22
under the Venture Capital Investment Act of 2001, is amended to read as 23
follows: 24
(B) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development 25
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 26
committees he or she deems appropriate ; 27
28
SECTION 57. Arkansas Code § 15 -10-207 is amended to read as follows: 29
15-10-207. Reporting regarding the Weatherization Assistance Program. 30
The Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality 31
shall report to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 32
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee he or 33
she deems appropriate and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 34
Labor concerning the Weatherization Assistance Program as transferred to the 35
office under § 25-14-103 20-80-312 and as authorized under § 15 -10-205(a): 36 HB1573
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(1) When the office applies to the United States Department of 1
Energy for the funding for the program as described in the state plan; 2
(2) At the midyear point of the program to show the statistics 3
relating to budgeting, enrollment, and other information relating to the 4
program; and 5
(3) At the end of the year of the program to show the total 6
impact of the program and to discuss the renewal application for the funding 7
for the program as described in the state plan. 8
9
SECTION 58. Arkansas Code § 15 -22-301(12), concerning the duties of 10
the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, is amended to read as follows: 11
(12) Report periodically to the House Committee on Agriculture, 12
Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, 13
Forestry, and Economic Development and the Speaker of the House of 14
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 15
appropriate; 16
17
SECTION 59. Arkansas Code § 15 -23-904(b), concerning the authority of 18
the Arkansas Waterways Commission to establish programs, is amended to read 19
as follows: 20
(b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Commerce, 21
Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate 22
Committee on Public Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs. 23
24
SECTION 60. Arkansas Code § 16 -17-1002(b)(1)(B), concerning the 25
District Court Resource Assessment Board, is amended to read as follows: 26
(B) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives 27
appointed by the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 28
Corrections, and Inspector General ; and 29
30
SECTION 61. Arkansas Code § 16 -17-1002(b)(2)(B), concerning the 31
District Court Resource Assessment Board, is amended to read as follows: 32
(B) The Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public 33
Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General or his or her designee; and 34
35
SECTION 62. Arkansas Code § 16 -87-216(c)(13)(B)(ii), concerning the 36 HB1573
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Juvenile Ombudsman Division of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission, is 1
amended to read as follows: 2
(ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and 3
Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 4
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 5
appropriate; 6
7
SECTION 63. Arkansas Code § 16 -90-802(b)(2)(B), concerning the 8
Arkansas Sentencing Commission, is amended to read as follows: 9
(B) One (1) advisory member shall be appointed by and 10
serve at the pleasure of the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public 11
Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General . 12
13
SECTION 64. Arkansas Code § 16 -90-802(d)(2)(E), concerning the 14
Arkansas Sentencing Commission, is amended to read as follows: 15
(E) Before review and approval by the Legislative Council 16
under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., 17
revisions to the voluntary sentencing standards shall be reviewed by the 18
House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector 19
General and the Senate Committee on Judiciary; 20
21
SECTION 65. Arkansas Code § 16 -93-202(e)(2), concerning the review of 22
records of the Post-Prison Transfer Board, is amended to read as follows: 23
(2) A view of records under subdivision (e)(1) of this section by 24
an employee may be performed only if the employee is assigned to one (1) or 25
more of the following committees: 26
(A) Senate Committee on Judiciary; 27
(B) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, 28
Corrections, and Inspector General ; or 29
(C) Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions 30
Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. 31
32
SECTION 66. Arkansas Code § 16 -93-210(a)(1), concerning the monthly 33
performance report on parole and post -release supervision applications and 34
outcome, is amended to read as follows: 35
(a)(1) The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall submit a monthly report to 36 HB1573
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the chairs chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Committee 1
on Judiciary, the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 2
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, the Legislative 3
Council, the Board of Corrections, and the Governor, showing the number of 4
persons who make application for parole or post -release supervision and those 5
who are granted or denied parole or post -release supervision during the 6
previous month for each criminal offense classification. 7
8
SECTION 67. Arkansas Code § 16 -99-105(c), concerning reporting and 9
data collection, is amended to read as follows: 10
(c) The board shall report all data, findings, and recommendations 11
annually for improvement to the: 12
(1) Governor; 13
(2) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; 14
(3) Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts; 15
(4) Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 16
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 17
(5) President of the Senate; 18
(6) Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary; and 19
(7)(6) Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary. 20
21
SECTION 68. Arkansas Code § 17 -4-110(4), concerning responsibilities 22
of occupational licensing entities, is amended to read as follows: 23
(4) Provide to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 24
Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for 25
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate an 26
annual report stating the number of individuals granted automatic 27
occupational licensure and expedited occupational licensure under this 28
chapter. 29
30
SECTION 69. Arkansas Code § 17 -11-404(c)(1), concerning investigations 31
of the State Board of Appraisers, Abstractors, and Home Inspectors, is 32
amended to read as follows: 33
(c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1 34
with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the 35
House Committee on State Agencies , and Governmental Affairs Transformation, 36 HB1573
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and Shared Services for the Senate Committee on State Agencies and 1
Governmental Affairs' and the House Committee on State Agencies and 2
Governmental Affairs' committees' review. 3
4
SECTION 70. Arkansas Code § 17 -38-102(g), concerning rules promulgated 5
by the Department of Health, is amended to read as follows: 6
(g) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed 7
by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 8
Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 9
appropriate subcommittees thereof. 10
11
SECTION 71. Arkansas Code § 17 -51-103(b), concerning rules pertaining 12
to waterworks operators, is amended to read as follows: 13
(b) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed 14
by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 15
Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 16
appropriate subcommittees thereof. 17
18
SECTION 72. Arkansas Code § 17 -87-203(1)(B), concerning rules 19
promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, is amended to read as 20
follows: 21
(B) No rule promulgated hereafter by the board shall be 22
effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council and the House Committee 23
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate 24
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees 25
thereof; 26
27
SECTION 73. Arkansas Code § 17 -87-209(e), concerning reports on the 28
Clinical Nurse Education Portal, is amended to read as follows: 29
(e)(1) On the year-anniversary of August 1, 2023, and annually 30
thereafter, the department shall report on the implementation, progress, and 31
activity of the portal to the: 32
(A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 33
and 34
(B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 35
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committees he or she deems appropriate . 1
(2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 2
and Labor or the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 3
Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives may request any additional 4
reports at his or her discretion. 5
6
SECTION 74. Arkansas Code § 17 -87-314(e)(5), concerning reports by the 7
Full Independent Practice Credentialing Committee, is amended to read as 8
follows: 9
(5) Provide reports quarterly and upon request regarding the number 10
of applicants approved and denied to the Senate Committee on Public Health, 11
Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 12
Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 13
or committees he or she deems appropriate . 14
15
SECTION 75. Arkansas Code § 17 -100-202(b)(3)(A), concerning rules 16
promulgated by the Board of Examiners in Speech -Language Pathology and 17
Audiology, is amended to read as follows: 18
(3)(A) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be 19
reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 20
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 21
or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 22
23
SECTION 76. Arkansas Code § 17 -100-208(c)(1), concerning the use of 24
outside investigators by the Board of Examiners in Speech -Language Pathology 25
and Audiology, is amended to read as follows: 26
(c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1 27
with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the 28
House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services for 29
the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the House 30
Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs' committees' review. 31
32
SECTION 77. Arkansas Code § 17 -102-201(a)(5), concerning the Arkansas 33
State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques, is amended to read as 34
follows: 35
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shall file a written report with the House Committee on Public Heath, 1
Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 2
Labor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 3
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 4
(B) The report shall contain a certified copy of the 5
minutes of all board meetings as required by § 17 -102-205 for the calendar 6
years 2009 through October 2010 and thereafter covering the period of time 7
since the last report. 8
(C) The report shall contain a comprehensive assessment of 9
the board's functionality, including without limitation staff and office site 10
adequacy and any other information as may be requested by the House Committee 11
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public 12
Health, Welfare, and Labor and the committee or committees to which the 13
report is assigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives sufficient 14
for the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate 15
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees to make a 16
recommendation to the Governor regarding whether the board should be 17
continued or whether the board should be disbanded and abolished in 18
accordance with a proclamation issued by the Governor. 19
20
SECTION 78. Arkansas Code § 19 -5-1151(g)(1), concerning the University 21
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences National Cancer Institute Designation Trust 22
Fund, is amended to read as follows: 23
(g)(1) The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University 24
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall submit a semiannual report containing 25
the following information to the Governor; the Legislative Council or, if the 26
General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee; the Senate 27
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and the House Committee on 28
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for 29
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate : 30
(A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date; 31
(B) A list of the administrative costs paid for from the 32
fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages; 33
(C) The total revenue received by the fund during the 34
reporting period; and 35
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progress made toward achieving status as a National Cancer Institute -1
Designated Cancer Center during the reporting period. 2
3
SECTION 79. Arkansas Code § 19 -5-1160(h)(1), concerning the University 4
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Maternal Health Workforce Trust Fund, is 5
amended to read as follows: 6
(h)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall submit a 7
semiannual report containing the following information to the Governor; the 8
Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint 9
Budget Committee; the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 10
and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the 11
House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 12
she deems appropriate : 13
(A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date; 14
(B) A list of the administrative costs paid for from the 15
fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages; 16
(C) The total revenue received by the fund during the 17
reporting period; and 18
(D) A detailed description of the steps taken and the 19
progress made toward addressing the maternal health workforce needs of 20
Arkansas during the reporting period. 21
22
SECTION 80. Arkansas Code § 19 -11-261(b), concerning the cooperative 23
purchase of paper products for local government, is amended to read as 24
follows: 25
(b)(1) The director shall promulgate rules for administration of the 26
program. 27
(2) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public 28
Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 29
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the 30
committees. 31
32
SECTION 81. Arkansas Code § 19 -11-1404(c), concerning the Construction 33
Manager-General Contractor Method of Procurement Pilot Program, is amended to 34
read as follows: 35
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written notice identifying the transportation project and the reasons for 1
deciding to apply the construction manager -general contractor method to that 2
specific transportation project to: 3
(1) The Chair of the House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, 4
Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation; and 5
(2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Transportation, 6
Technology, and Legislative Affairs. 7
8
SECTION 82. Arkansas Code § 19 -12-117(g)(3), concerning the 9
establishment of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission and resulting 10
from Initiated Act 1 of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 11
(3) The commission shall file a quarterly progress report with the 12
House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee 13
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 14
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 15
appropriate. 16
17
SECTION 83. Arkansas Code § 20 -2-103, concerning the powers and duties 18
of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, is amended to read as follows: 19
(b) The commission shall report two (2) times each year to the House 20
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 21
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 22
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 23
appropriate. 24
25
SECTION 84. Arkansas Code § 20 -2-106 is amended to read as follows: 26
20-2-106. Report on health disparities. 27
On or before October 1 each year, the Arkansas Minority Health 28
Commission shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Health, the 29
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the 30
Senate, the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 31
Labor, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 32
Labor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 33
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate without limitation: 34
(1) Summarizing the previous year's work under § 20 -2-103(a)(5) 35
and (6); 36 HB1573
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(2) Describing reductions in disparities in health and health 1
care in this state; and 2
(3) Outlining plans for continuing and expanding in the coming 3
year the program to reduce disparities in health and health care in this 4
state. 5
6
SECTION 85. Arkansas Code § 20 -6-409(a)(2), concerning informational 7
materials prepared by the Department of Health and the Department of Human 8
Services, is amended to read as follows: 9
(2) The Department of Health and the Department of Human 10
Services shall present informational materials regarding this subchapter to 11
the: 12
(A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 13
and 14
(B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 15
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 16
committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 17
(C) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 18
Legislative and Military Affairs . 19
20
SECTION 86. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-101(b)(4), concerning violations of 21
the policies of the State Board of Health, is amended to read as follows: 22
(4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be 23
reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 24
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 25
or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 26
27
SECTION 87. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-109(a)(2), concerning the authority 28
of the State Board of Health to regulate public health, is amended to read as 29
follows: 30
(2) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be 31
reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 32
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 33
or appropriate subcommittees thereof. 34
35
SECTION 88. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-135(f)(1), concerning nutrition and 36 HB1573
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physical activity standards, is amended to read as follows: 1
(f)(1) The division and the department shall report annually on 2
progress in implementing nutrition and physical education standards to the: 3
(A) Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 4
Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 5
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; 6
(B) Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 7
Welfare, and Labor; 8
(C) Chair of the House Committee on Education; and 9
(D) Chair of the Senate Committee on Education. 10
11
SECTION 89. Arkansas Code § 20 -7-306 is amended to read as follows: 12
20-7-306. Reports — Assistance. 13
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall prepare and submit 14
a biennial report to the Governor , and the House Committee on Public Health, 15
Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 16
Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof , and the Speaker of the House of 17
Representatives for assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or 18
subcommittees that he or she deems appropriate . 19
(b) The Department of Health shall provide assistance to the House 20
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 21
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof 22
committees or subcommittees under subsection (a) of this section in the 23
development of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues. 24
(c)(1) With regard to § 6 -18-702(d), § 6-60-504(b), and § 20-78-25
206(a)(2)(B), the department shall report every six (6) months to the House 26
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 27
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 28
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 29
appropriate regarding: 30
(A) The geographic patterns of exemptions, vaccination 31
rates, and exemptions in those areas as well as the rest of the state; and 32
(B) Disease incidence of vaccine -preventable diseases 33
collected by the department. 34
(2) The collection of exemption information shall begin January 35
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(3) Reports shall begin at the first interim meeting of the 1
House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee 2
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees under subdivision (c)(1) of 3
this section. 4
5
SECTION 90. Arkansas Code § 20 -8-110(h), concerning the collection and 6
dissemination of health data, is amended to read as follows: 7
(h)(1) With the advice of the commission, the director shall compile 8
and publish summaries of health data collected by the Health Services Permit 9
Agency. 10
(2)(A) The director shall prepare an annual report of the Health 11
Services Permit Agency's findings and submit the report to the secretary, the 12
General Assembly, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 13
Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 14
appropriate subcommittees thereof , and the Speaker of the House of 15
Representatives for assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or 16
subcommittees that he or she deems appropriate . 17
(B) The Health Services Permit Agency shall provide 18
assistance to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and 19
the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees or 20
subcommittees under subdivision (h)(2)(A) of this section in the development 21
of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues. 22
23
SECTION 91. Arkansas Code § 20 -8-807(a), concerning reports of the 24
Department of Health, is amended to read as follows: 25
(a) Annually, the Department of Health shall report to: 26
(1) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 27
(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 28
to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate; 29
(3) The minority leaders of the Senate and the House of 30
Representatives; and 31
(4) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 32
and Labor; and 33
(5) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 34
and Labor. 35
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SECTION 92. Arkansas Code § 20 -9-1205(a)(1)(A), concerning reports 1
regarding healthcare -associated infections, is amended to read as follows: 2
(a)(1)(A) In consultation with the Advisory Committee on Healthcare 3
Acquired Infections, the Department of Health shall submit annually a report 4
summarizing the health facility quarterly reports required under this 5
subchapter to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 6
Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 7
Labor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 8
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 9
10
SECTION 93. Arkansas Code § 20 -9-1402(c)(2), concerning the 11
establishment of the shaken baby syndrome education program, is amended to 12
read as follows: 13
(2) The department shall submit a biennial report of the 14
assessment under subdivision (c)(1) of this section to the Chair of the House 15
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate 16
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House 17
of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she 18
deems appropriate. 19
20
SECTION 94. Arkansas Code § 20 -10-113(b), concerning the Fair 21
Reimbursement and Assisted Living Cost Reporting Act of 2023, is amended to 22
read as follows: 23
(b) The Department of Human Services shall annually report to: 24
(1) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 25
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 26
committees he or she deems appropriate ; 27
(2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 28
and 29
(3) The Legislative Council. 30
31
SECTION 95. Arkansas Code § 20 -10-501(1), concerning the definition of 32
"committees" as pertaining to long -term care networks, is amended to read as 33
follows: 34
(1) “Committees” means the House Committee on Public Health , 35
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 36 HB1573
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Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof to whom the 1
state agencies in the long -term care network will report the progress of this 2
effort; 3
4
SECTION 96. Arkansas Code § 20 -13-208 is amended to read as follows: 5
20-13-208. State Board of Health — Powers and duties. 6
(a)(1) The State Board of Health shall have the responsibility and 7
authority to hold public hearings and promulgate and implement rules and 8
standards which it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this 9
subchapter. 10
(2) However, before implementing any rules or standards, the 11
board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public 12
Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 13
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees. 14
(b) In addition, the board may establish appropriate rules and 15
standards defining or limiting the emergency medical procedures or services 16
that may be rendered by licensed emergency medical services personnel who are 17
authorized to legally perform these services under the conditions set forth 18
by the board, except that before implementing any rules and standards, the 19
board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public 20
Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on 21
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees. 22
23
SECTION 97. Arkansas Code § 20 -13-210(a), concerning rules and 24
standards relating to emergency medical services, is amended to read as 25
follows: 26
(a)(1) All rules and standards relating to emergency medical services 27
promulgated and adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council 28
and the State Board of Health or any other state agency or department 29
authorized to promulgate and adopt rules to carry out this subchapter shall 30
be submitted to the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 31
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 32
or appropriate subcommittees thereof for consideration before being placed in 33
effect by the department or agency. 34
(2) No rules or standards promulgated to carry out this 35
subchapter shall be enforced by any state agency or department until they 36 HB1573
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have been: 1
(A) Submitted to and considered by the House Committee on 2
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee 3
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 4
(B) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council under 5
§ 10-3-309. 6
7
SECTION 98. Arkansas Code § 20 -13-820 is amended to read as follows: 8
20-13-820. Reports to the General Assembly. 9
The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide a report to the 10
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee 11
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor on or before April 1 and October 1 of 12
each year through 2011. After 2011, the secretary shall provide an annual 13
report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the 14
House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of 15
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 16
appropriate on or before October 1. 17
18
SECTION 99. Arkansas Code § 20 -15-1503(h)(3), concerning the Universal 19
Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board, is 20
amended to read as follows: 21
(3) The board shall complete an annual report for the House 22
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 23
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 24
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 25
appropriate which provides information such as, but not limited to, the 26
number of hospitals in compliance with this subchapter, the number of Deaf, 27
deaf, or Hard of Hearing infants identified, and the availability of follow -28
up services. 29
30
SECTION 100. Arkansas Code § 20 -15-2307(a), concerning reporting by 31
the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, is amended to read as follows: 32
(a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee shall 33
file a written report on the number and causes of maternal deaths and its 34
recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to: 35
(1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 36 HB1573
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(2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 1
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 2
committees he or she deems appropriate; and 3
(3) The Legislative Council. 4
5
SECTION 101. Arkansas Code § 20 -15-2407(a), concerning reporting by 6
the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee, is amended to 7
read as follows: 8
(a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality 9
Review Committee shall file a written report on maternal and perinatal 10
outcomes and its recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to: 11
(1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; 12
(2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 13
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 14
committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 15
(3) The Legislative Council. 16
17
SECTION 102. Arkansas Code § 20 -16-203(c)(9), concerning the 18
membership of the advisory commission for the Arkansas Reproductive Health 19
Monitoring System, is amended to read as follows: 20
(9) One (1) member from the House Committee on Public Health , 21
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and one (1) member from the Senate 22
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 23
24
SECTION 103. Arkansas Code § 20 -16-607(d), concerning pregnant women 25
in the custody or guardianship of the state, is amended to read as follows: 26
(d) A state agency under this section shall report annually to the 27
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee 28
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives 29
for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate the 30
number of any terminations of pregnancies that occurred for women in the 31
custody or guardianship of the state agency. 32
33
SECTION 104. Arkansas Code § 20 -18-202 is amended to read as follows: 34
20-18-202. Regulatory powers of the State Board of Health. 35
The State Board of Health may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the 36 HB1573
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purpose of carrying out this chapter. All rules adopted under this chapter 1
shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor 2
and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 3
Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health , 4
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public 5
Health, Welfare, and Labor. 6
7
SECTION 105. Arkansas Code § 20 -27-1707(a)(2), concerning the Arkansas 8
Child Death Review Panel, is amended to read as follows: 9
(2) The Legislative Council shall forward the report to the 10
Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, 11
Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 12
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 13
appropriate. 14
15
SECTION 106. Arkansas Code § 20 -32-106(c), concerning rules of the 16
Department of Health on the segregation, packaging, storage, transportation, 17
treatment, and disposal of commercial medical waste from healthcare -related 18
facilities, is amended to read as follows: 19
(c) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed 20
by the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 21
Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or 22
appropriate subcommittees thereof. 23
24
SECTION 107. Arkansas Code § 20 -46-105(a)(1), concerning the report 25
concerning emotionally disturbed youth, is amended to read as follows: 26
(a)(1) The Department of Human Services shall report monthly to the 27
House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 28
Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate 29
subcommittees thereof and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 30
assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or subcommittees he or 31
she deems appropriate the number of children placed in residential and 32
inpatient treatment programs, including sexual offender treatment, when 33
Medicaid is the payment source. 34
35
SECTION 108. Arkansas Code § 20 -46-106(a)(3), concerning emotionally 36 HB1573
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disturbed youth treated out of state, is amended to read as follows: 1
(3) The department shall provide a report monthly to the Senate 2
Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children 3
and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 4
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 5
appropriate reflecting the number of youths in the custody of the department 6
receiving services out of state as follows: 7
(A) The total number of males and the total number of females 8
currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, excluding sexual offender 9
treatment programs; and 10
(B) The total number of males and the total number of females 11
currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, including sexual offender 12
treatment programs. 13
14
SECTION 109. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-505(b)(8), concerning the Child and 15
Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council, is amended to read as 16
follows: 17
(8) Provide a written report on a quarterly basis to the House 18
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and 19
the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the 20
House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or 21
she deems appropriate that summarizes progress implementing this subchapter; 22
23
SECTION 110. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-510(d)(1)(B), concerning the 24
coordination and oversight of the Comprehensive Children's Behavioral Health 25
System of Care Plan, is amended to read as follows: 26
(B) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 27
Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children 28
and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 29
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 30
31
SECTION 111. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-510(e)(1)(B), concerning the 32
coordination and oversight of the Comprehensive Children's Behavioral Health 33
System of Care Plan, is amended to read as follows: 34
(B) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 35
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and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 1
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 2
3
SECTION 112. Arkansas Code § 20 -47-708 is amended to read as follows: 4
20-47-708. Annual report. 5
The Department of Human Services shall report annually on progress to 6
the: 7
(1) Governor; 8
(2) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative 9
and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth; and 10
(3) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the 11
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor ; and 12
(4) Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 13
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 14
15
SECTION 113. Arkansas Code § 20 -48-702(a)(3), concerning the 16
reimbursement rate structure for individuals with developmental disabilities, 17
is amended to read as follows: 18
(3) There shall be a quarterly progress report to the House 19
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 20
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 21
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 22
appropriate by the department on the categories of services and respective 23
service limits, service eligibility guidelines for each service component, 24
and the rate structure based on prospective costs. 25
26
SECTION 114. Arkansas Code § 20 -57-104 is amended to read as follows: 27
20-57-104. Food safety — Definition. 28
(a) Employees of food service establishments shall keep their hands 29
and exposed portions of their arms clean in a manner approved by the 30
Department of Health. 31
(b)(1) Except when washing fruits and vegetables, employees of food 32
service establishments shall avoid contact of exposed ready -to-eat food with 33
their hands by use of suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, 34
or single-use gloves, or they shall wash their hands and exposed portions of 35
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(2) Employees shall minimize bare -hand and bare-arm contact with 1
exposed food that is not in a ready -to-eat form. 2
(c)(1) Within thirty (30) days of August 13, 2001, the department 3
shall initiate a full review of the current version of the United States Food 4
and Drug Administration Food Code. 5
(2) The department shall report its findings to the House 6
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 7
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 8
(d)(c) As used in this section, “food service establishment” means 9
any: 10
(1) Fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short -11
order cafe, luncheonette, grille, tearoom, soda fountain, sandwich shop, 12
hotel kitchen, smorgasbord, tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, night club, 13
roadside stand, industrial feeding establishment, school lunch project, 14
private, public, or nonprofit organization or institution routinely serving 15
the public, catering kitchen, commissary, or similar place in which the food 16
or drink is prepared for sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere; 17
(2) Grocery store, delicatessen, meat market, retail bakery, or 18
other establishment which sells or otherwise provides food for immediate or 19
on-premise consumption, regardless of whether serving food for immediate 20
consumption is the primary activity of the business; and 21
(3) Other eating and drinking establishment where food is served 22
or provided for the public with or without charge. 23
24
SECTION 115. Arkansas Code § 20 -60-217 is amended to read as follows: 25
20-60-217. Reporting. 26
Annually, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall submit a 27
report on the operations, implementation, and administration of the State 28
Meat Inspection Program to the: 29
(1) Governor; 30
(2) Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and 31
Economic Development Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 32
to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate ; and 33
(3) Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and 34
Economic Development. 35
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SECTION 116. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-106(c) and (d), concerning the 1
statewide implementation plan for Transitional Employment Assistance, is 2
amended to read as follows: 3
(c)(1)(A) The department shall prepare a comprehensive annual program 4
report. 5
(B) The report shall be subject to review and 6
recommendation by the board. 7
(2) The department shall submit the comprehensive annual program 8
report to the Governor, the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and 9
Labor and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 10
and Labor. 11
(3) The comprehensive annual program report shall contain 12
proposals for measuring and making progress toward the transitional 13
employment assistance outcomes during the succeeding three -year period. 14
(4) The comprehensive annual program report to the Governor, the 15
House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and the Senate 16
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall include all information 17
that the board deems necessary for determining progress in achieving the 18
outcomes. 19
(5) Information shall be provided for the state, each employment 20
opportunity district, and each county. 21
(6) The report shall also include all information requested by 22
resolution of the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and 23
Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. 24
(7) This report shall include a copy of all federal monthly, 25
quarterly, and annual reports submitted by the department regarding the 26
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program. 27
(d) The House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 28
Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall 29
report annually to the General Assembly their findings and recommendations 30
regarding the program. 31
32
SECTION 117. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-113(c)(3)(A), concerning outcomes 33
for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays 34
Program, is amended to read as follows: 35
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fiscal year, the report shall be submitted to the Governor, and to the Chair 1
of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of 2
the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor , and the Speaker of 3
the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he 4
or she deems appropriate . 5
6
SECTION 118. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-404(a)(3), concerning financial 7
assistance by the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 8
follows: 9
(b)(1) The Department of Human Services shall certify to the Governor, 10
the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services, 11
and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor when the 12
support services necessary for program recipients to obtain employment or 13
participate in allowable work activities are available. 14
15
SECTION 119. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-404(i)(4), concerning financial 16
assistance by the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 17
follows: 18
(4) The board shall submit a report to the Governor , and the 19
Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the 20
Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor , and the 21
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 22
committees that he or she deems appropriate that reports on the outcomes of 23
the home visits and provides separate information for families who left 24
transitional assistance due to noncompliance and time limits. 25
26
SECTION 120. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-410(d), concerning administrative 27
sanctions related to transitional employment assistance, is amended to read 28
as follows: 29
(d) The department shall include in the comprehensive annual program 30
report information on the families sanctioned and the outcomes of the home 31
visits to the Governor , and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 32
and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor , and 33
the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee 34
or committees he or she deems appropriate . 35
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SECTION 121. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-437 is amended to read as follows: 1
20-76-437. Reporting — Transitional employment assistance. 2
The Department of Human Services shall report periodically to the House 3
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on 4
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of 5
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 6
appropriate regarding the provision of services to Transitional Employment 7
Assistance Program recipients. 8
9
SECTION 122. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-444(d)(2), concerning the Arkansas 10
Work Pays Program, is amended to read as follows: 11
(2) If the Arkansas Workforce Development Board certifies to the 12
Governor and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and notifies the 13
Legislative Council, the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 14
Labor, and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 15
Services that the action is necessary to avoid the number of families 16
receiving Arkansas Work Pays Program cash assistance going over three 17
thousand (3,000), it may authorize a reduction of the months for which 18
families may receive cash assistance or other supportive services. 19
20
SECTION 123. Arkansas Code § 20 -76-804 is amended to read as follows: 21
20-76-804. Reporting requirement. 22
(a) The Department of Human Services shall report the department's 23
implementation of the employment and training program requirement under § 20 -24
76-803 one (1) time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public 25
Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for 26
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 27
(b) The department shall develop and submit a report containing 28
statistics of participation in the employment and training program one (1) 29
time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, 30
and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 31
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 32
33
SECTION 124. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-111(b)(2), concerning compilations 34
of data on the Arkansas Medicaid Program, is amended to read as follows: 35
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requested by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Public Health , 1
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public 2
Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof to which the 3
reports are to be delivered. 4
5
SECTION 125. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-406(e), concerning prescription 6
limits under the Arkansas Medicaid Program, is amended to read as follows: 7
(e) Quarterly, the department shall report on the progress and 8
implementation of this section to: 9
(1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and 10
(2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 11
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 12
committees he or she deems appropriate . 13
14
SECTION 126. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-2513(c)(1), concerning the 15
Enterprise Fraud Program, is amended to read as follows: 16
(c)(1) Beginning October 1, 2014, the office shall provide quarterly 17
reports, or more frequent reports if requested by and of the following 18
recipients, to: 19
(A) The cochairs of the Joint Performance Review 20
Committee; 21
(B) The Chair of the House Committee on State Agencies and 22
Governmental Affairs; 23
(C)(B) The Chair of the Senate Committee on State Agencies 24
and Governmental Affairs; 25
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, 26
Welfare, and Labor; and 27
(E)(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 28
Welfare, and Labor; and 29
(D) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for 30
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 31
32
SECTION 127. Arkansas Code § 20 -78-206(e), concerning the Division of 33
Child Care and Early Childhood Education, is amended to read as follows: 34
(e) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed 35
by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or an appropriate 36 HB1573
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subcommittee thereof and the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House 1
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 2
Public Health and Human Services or an appropriate subcommittee thereof . 3
4
SECTION 128. Arkansas Code § 20 -78-501(d)(1), concerning the 5
membership of the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission, is amended to read as 6
follows: 7
(1) The Chair of the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the 8
House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military 9
Affairs Public Health and Human Services or his or her designee; 10
11
SECTION 129. Arkansas Code § 20 -81-104(a)(3), concerning the Arkansas 12
Veterans Commission, is amended to read as follows: 13
(3) Promote and advance the interests of Arkansas veterans by 14
meeting and acting as an advisory board to the General Assembly on all 15
matters affecting Arkansas veterans, their dependents, and survivors, 16
including without limitation by meeting with the members of the House 17
Legislative, Military and Veterans Affairs Permanent Subcommittee of the 18
House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative Veterans and 19
Military Affairs; and 20
21
SECTION 130. Arkansas Code § 20 -82-211(a)(5)(H)(ii)(g), concerning the 22
Child Welfare Ombudsman Division of the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic 23
Violence Commission, is amended to read as follows: 24
(g) House Committee on Aging, Children and 25
Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of 26
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 27
appropriate; and 28
29
SECTION 131. Arkansas Code § 20 -85-101(c), concerning the Family 30
Treatment and Rehabilitation Program for Addicted Women and their Children, 31
is amended to read as follows: 32
(c) The program shall report quarterly to the Subcommittee on Children 33
and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative 34
and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the 35
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 36 HB1573
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committees he or she deems appropriate . 1
2
SECTION 132. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-403 is amended to read as follows: 3
21-5-403. Report of Director of the Employee Benefits Division. 4
The Director of the Employee Benefits Division shall report upon 5
request to the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor 6
and Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on 7
Insurance and Commerce regarding the State and Public School Life and Health 8
Insurance Program. 9
10
SECTION 133. Arkansas Code § 21 -5-414(a), concerning state 11
contributions to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance 12
Program, is amended to read as follows: 13
(a) The Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall seek 14
the advice of the Legislative Council and the House Committee on Insurance 15
and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Transportation and the 16
Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce before additional state 17
contributions can be made to the State and Public School Life and Health 18
Insurance Program on behalf of state employees. 19
20
SECTION 134. Arkansas Code § 21 -9-203(b)(2), concerning conflicts of 21
interest of the Attorney General, is amended to read as follows: 22
(2) When situations arise in which the Attorney General feels 23
that a conflict of interest exists and therefore must decline representation 24
of the officer or employee, the Attorney General shall prepare a report that 25
he or she shall submit to the House Committee on Judiciary and Senate 26
Committee on Judiciary and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 27
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate , in 28
which he or she shall recite the reasons for the conflict of interest and the 29
reasons his or her office declined representation. 30
31
SECTION 135. Arkansas Code § 23 -61-1011(b)(1), concerning the 32
membership of the Health and Economic Outcomes Accountability Oversight 33
Advisory Panel, is amended to read as follows: 34
(1) The following members of the General Assembly: 35
(A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 36 HB1573
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Welfare, and Labor; 1
(B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 2
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services; 3
(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; 4
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education; 5
(E) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and 6
Commerce; 7
(F) The Chair of the House Committee on Insurance and 8
Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation ; 9
(G) An at-large member of the Senate appointed by the 10
President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 11
(H) An at-large member of the House of Representatives 12
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 13
(I) An at-large member of the Senate appointed by the 14
minority leader of the Senate; and 15
(J) An at-large member of the House of Representatives 16
appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; 17
18
SECTION 136. Arkansas Code § 23 -65-403 is amended to read as follows: 19
23-65-403. Committees' approval of agreements or compacts required. 20
A multistate agreement or compact entered into by the Insurance 21
Commissioner shall be: 22
(1) Considered by the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce 23
and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and 24
Licensing, and Public Transportation ; and 25
(2) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council. 26
27
SECTION 137. Arkansas Code § 23 -67-304(k)(5)(C), concerning the 28
Arkansas Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan, is amended to read as follows: 29
(C) A report of this review and action taken to improve 30
plan performance shall be made to the Legislative Council , and the House 31
Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Insurance and 32
Commerce, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to 33
the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate no later than 34
September 1 after the calendar year reviewed. 35
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SECTION 138. Arkansas Code § 23 -67-313(b) and (c), concerning 1
competitive selection, are amended to read as follows: 2
(b) The commissioner shall review the plan operations to ensure 3
compliance with this act. The commissioner shall review and report to the 4
Legislative Council, and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce , and 5
the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce Speaker of the House of 6
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 7
appropriate by September 1 of each year, with the first report to be 8
submitted no later than September 1, 1997, including, but not limited to, the 9
following information: 10
(1) Competitive selection of the administrator and servicing 11
carriers; 12
(2) Plan operating performance and service in accordance with 13
the intent of this act, including performance reviews of the administrator, 14
servicing carriers, and plan rules; 15
(3) Proper authority and independence of the Arkansas office to 16
properly perform and secure prompt, fair, and reasonable service as required 17
by this act; and 18
(4) Coverage provided by the plan in other states, including 19
evidence providing that carriers promptly provide coverage for employees of 20
Arkansas employers working in other states as provided in this act. 21
(c) The commissioner is encouraged to hold public hearings as needed 22
to assist in achieving the objectives of this act and to assist with the 23
review and report provided to the Legislative Council and the Senate 24
Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and 25
Commerce under subsection (b) of this section . 26
27
SECTION 139. Arkansas Code § 23 -79-1503(c), concerning rules on 28
coverage for craniofacial anomalies, is amended to read as follows: 29
(c) The department shall submit biannual reports to the Chair of the 30
House Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Chair of the Senate 31
Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Speaker of the House of 32
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 33
appropriate. 34
35
SECTION 140. Arkansas Code § 23 -79-1902 is amended to read as follows: 36 HB1573
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23-79-1902. Interdisciplinary panel — University of Arkansas for 1
Medical Sciences. 2
(a) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has partnered with 3
Arkansas Children's Hospital and the National Institute of Mental Health for 4
the establishment and operation of a clinic that currently serves patients 5
with pediatric acute -onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, also known as “PANS”, 6
and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with 7
streptococcal infections, also known as “PANDAS”. 8
(b)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall organize 9
an interdisciplinary panel incorporating all components of those affected by 10
PANS/PANDAS, including without limitation working with national 11
organizations. 12
(2) The interdisciplinary panel under subdivision (b)(1) of this 13
section shall include: 14
(A) A member at large from the Arkansas PANS/PANDAS 15
Advisory Council; 16
(B) A member at large who is a medical professional with a 17
minimum experience of two (2) years working with PANS/PANDAS patients and who 18
is recommended by the Arkansas PANS/PANDAS Advisory Council with final 19
approval by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; and 20
(C) A member at large who is a medical director or medical 21
officer from an insurance company licensed in this state to assist in the 22
development of diagnostic criteria for future insurance coverage purposes. 23
(c) An interdisciplinary team shall be established to create a 24
protocol for the treatment of and diagnostic framework for the coverage of 25
PANS and PANDAS by June 1, 2019, to allow for the assignment of an 26
International Classification of Diseases code, such as an ICD -9 code or other 27
applicable medical code for insurance coverage purposes. 28
(d) The interdisciplinary team shall report to the Senate Committee on 29
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Public Health, 30
Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and the 31
House Committee on Insurance and Commerce no later than August 31, 2019. 32
(e) Once the interdisciplinary team determines appropriate diagnostic 33
criteria for the protocol, a final report with recommendations shall be 34
submitted to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the 35
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Insurance and Commerce, the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and 1
the General Assembly to include recommendations concerning mandating 2
insurance coverage for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS for the next 3
scheduled regular session that convenes after the submission of the report or 4
the Governor is encouraged to add the recommendation to the call of any 5
special session that is convened before the next scheduled regular session. 6
(f)(c) The expectation for the interdisciplinary team is that: 7
(1) Every available tool will be utilized to make healthcare 8
services for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS available statewide through the 9
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences network and available services, 10
including telemedicine; and 11
(2) Once the interdisciplinary team determines the diagnostic 12
criteria for purposes of insurance coverage, all insurance companies and 13
health benefit plans that are licensed in this state shall provide coverage 14
for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS diagnosed according to the established 15
diagnostic criteria recommended by the interdisciplinary team. 16
(g) The goal of the interdisciplinary team is to have the diagnostic 17
criteria finalized and ready to be presented at the December 2019 meeting of 18
the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House 19
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on 20
Insurance and Commerce, and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce. 21
22
SECTION 141. Arkansas Code § 23 -92-509(c), concerning rules under the 23
Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act, is amended to read as 24
follows: 25
(c)(1) In addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas 26
Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and under § 10 -3-309, the 27
State Insurance Department shall file a proposed rule or a proposed amendment 28
to an existing rule under this subchapter with the Senate Committee on 29
Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, 30
Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation at least thirty 31
(30) days before the expiration of the period for public comment under the 32
Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq. 33
(2) The Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House 34
Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and 35
Public Transportation shall review the proposed rule or proposed amendment to 36 HB1573
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an existing rule within forty -five (45) days of the date the proposed rule or 1
proposed amendment to an existing rule is filed with the Senate Committee on 2
Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, 3
Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation . 4
(3)(A) If the department adopts an emergency rule under this 5
subchapter, in addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas 6
Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and under § 10 -3-309, the 7
department shall notify the following individuals of the emergency rule and 8
provide each individual with a copy of the rule within five (5) business days 9
of adopting the rule: 10
(i) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 11
(ii) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 12
(iii) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and 13
Commerce; and 14
(iv) The Chair of the House Committee on Insurance and 15
Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation . 16
(B) The Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the 17
House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, 18
and Public Transportation shall review the emergency rule within forty -five 19
(45) days of the date that the emergency rule is provided to the Chair of the 20
Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Chair of the House 21
Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and 22
Public Transportation . 23
24
SECTION 142. Arkansas Code § 23 -99-422(f)(2), concerning benefits for 25
mental illness or substance use disorders delivered through a psychiatric 26
collaborative care model, is amended to read as follows: 27
(2) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and on a quarterly basis 28
thereafter, the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall report to the Senate 29
Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and 30
Commerce Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 31
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate concerning the progress 32
and activities under subdivision (f)(1) of this section. 33
34
SECTION 143. Arkansas Code § 23 -102-110(b), concerning coverages 35
available through the Arkansas Earthquake Authority, is amended to read as 36 HB1573
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follows: 1
(b) If there are no approved insurers in the program or if after 2
notice and hearing, the Board of the Arkansas Earthquake Authority or the 3
Insurance Commissioner finds that the program rates substantially exceed 4
rates that could be offered by the authority, and the board or commissioner 5
finds after a hearing that it is in the best interests of Arkansas citizens 6
to issue coverage directly through the authority, and with the concurrence of 7
the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and 8
Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance 9
and Commerce, if the General Assembly is in session, or the concurrence of 10
the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and 11
Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance 12
and Commerce, if the General Assembly is not in session, the board shall 13
proceed to offer coverage through the authority to potential insureds. 14
15
SECTION 144. Arkansas Code § 25 -1-119(c)(3)(A), concerning services 16
and studies by state agencies, boards, and commissions concerning mortality 17
disparities, is amended to read as follows: 18
(3)(A) The entities listed in subdivision (c)(2) of this section 19
shall submit an annual report to the Chair of the House Committee on Public 20
Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public 21
Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives for 22
assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, and 23
the Governor to be delivered on or before October 1 of each year. 24
25
SECTION 145. Arkansas Code § 25 -1-120(d)(1)(D), concerning 26
comprehensive cross-sector collaboration by state agencies, boards, and 27
commissions concerning health disparities, is amended to read as follows: 28
(D) Compile an annual report of comprehensive collaborative 29
initiatives using the standardized format created under this subsection and 30
submit the report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 31
Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of 32
the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he 33
or she deems appropriate no later than October 1 of each year. 34
35
SECTION 146. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-102(c)(1)(C), concerning the 36 HB1573
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organization of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as 1
follows: 2
(C) Before implementation of any reorganization, the 3
secretary shall obtain the advice of the House Committee on State Agencies , 4
and Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services and the Senate 5
Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. 6
7
SECTION 147. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-136 is amended to read as follows: 8
25-10-136. Private service contract notice required. 9
(a) The Department of Human Services shall notify the Senate Interim 10
Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children 11
and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services 12
prior to privatizing any functions or responsibilities of the Division of 13
Youth Services. 14
(b) The report shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the 15
Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on 16
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 17
Human Services at least sixty (60) days prior to entering into a contract 18
with a private business entity. 19
(c) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the Secretary of 20
the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the House 21
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 22
Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim 23
Committee on Children and Youth. 24
25
SECTION 148. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-137(b), concerning requirements for 26
private service contract evaluation, is amended to read as follows: 27
(b) The department shall report to the Senate Interim Committee on 28
Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 29
Legislative and Military Affairs or appropriate subcommittees thereof and the 30
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee, 31
committees, subcommittee, or subcommittees he or she deems appropriate at 32
least annually regarding the performance evaluation of each contract. 33
34
SECTION 149. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-138(b), concerning education 35
requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees, is amended to 36 HB1573
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read as follows: 1
(b) No rule pertaining to education requirements for youth service 2
workers or security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be 3
effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on 4
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 5
Human Services, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or 6
appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly. 7
8
SECTION 150. Arkansas Code § 25 -10-139(b), concerning training 9
requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees, is amended to 10
read as follows: 11
(b) No rule pertaining to the training required of youth service 12
workers and security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be 13
effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on 14
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and 15
Human Services, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or 16
appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly. 17
18
SECTION 151. Arkansas Code § 25 -15-503 is amended to read as follows: 19
25-15-503. Additional rule procedure. 20
(a)(1) In addition to filing requirements under the Arkansas 21
Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and § 10 -3-309, the 22
Department of Human Services shall, at least thirty (30) days before the 23
expiration of the period for public comment, file a proposed rule impacting 24
state Medicaid costs or a proposed amendment to an existing rule impacting 25
state Medicaid costs with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and 26
Labor and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 27
Services. 28
(2) A review of the proposed rule or proposed amendment to an 29
existing rule by the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 30
and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 31
Services shall occur within forty -five (45) days of the date the proposed 32
rule or proposed amendment to an existing rule is filed with the Senate 33
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on 34
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 35
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in addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas Administrative 1
Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., and § 10 -3-309, the department shall 2
notify the following individuals of the emergency rule and provide each 3
individual with a copy of the rule within five (5) business days of adopting 4
the rule: 5
(A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 6
(B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 7
(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 8
Welfare, and Labor; and 9
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 10
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 11
(2) A review of the emergency rule by the Senate Committee on 12
Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health , 13
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services shall occur within forty -five (45) days 14
of the date that the emergency rule is provided to the Chair of the Senate 15
Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House 16
Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 17
18
SECTION 152. Arkansas Code § 25 -15-602 is amended to read as follows: 19
25-15-602. Rules — Additional rule procedure. 20
(a)(1) In addition to complying with the requirements under the 21
Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25 -15-201 et seq., and § 10 -3-309, a 22
licensing entity shall, at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of 23
the period for public comment, file a rule regarding scope of practice with 24
the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House 25
Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 26
(2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 27
and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 28
Services shall review a rule regarding scope of practice within forty -five 29
(45) days of the date the rule regarding scope of practice is filed with the 30
Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee 31
on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 32
(b)(1) If adopting an emergency rule regarding scope of practice under 33
§ 10-3-309, the licensing entity shall notify the following individuals of 34
the emergency rule regarding scope of practice and provide each individual 35
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business days of adopting the emergency rule regarding scope of practice: 1
(A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; 2
(B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; 3
(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 4
Welfare, and Labor; and 5
(D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 6
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 7
(2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor 8
and the House Committee on Public Health , Welfare, and Labor and Human 9
Services shall review the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within 10
forty-five (45) days of the date that the emergency rule regarding scope of 11
practice is provided to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, 12
Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health , 13
Welfare, and Labor and Human Services. 14
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SECTION 153. Arkansas Code § 25 -38-203(a)(13), concerning the powers 16
and duties of the Department of Agriculture, is amended to read as follows: 17
(13) Develop a report to be submitted each year on January 1 to the 18
Governor, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 19
Development, and the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 20
Development Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the 21
committee or committees he or she deems appropriate , concerning the 22
activities and programs of the: 23
(A) Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board; 24
(B) Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board; 25
(C) Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board; 26
(D) Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board; 27
(E) Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board; and 28
(F) Arkansas Beef Council. 29
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SECTION 154. Arkansas Code § 25 -38-210(2), concerning reporting on 31
agricultural exchanges, is amended to read as follows: 32
(2) Annually report the department's findings under subdivision (1) of 33
this section to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 34
Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic 35
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SECTION 155. Arkansas Code § 26 -18-902(c), concerning the Tax Advisory 3
Council, is amended to read as follows: 4
(c) The council will develop and submit a report to the chairs of the 5
House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue 6
and Taxation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment 7
to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate . 8
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SECTION 156. Arkansas Code § 26 -18-1106(b)(7), concerning the duties 10
of the Chief Commissioner of the Tax Appeals Commission, is amended to read 11
as follows: 12
(7) Submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of 13
Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems 14
appropriate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House 15
Committee on Judiciary, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, the 16
cochairs of the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Secretary of the 17
Department of Inspector General that contains the following information for 18
the year that is the subject of the report: 19
(A) The case load of the commission; 20
(B) The number of petitions filed; 21
(C) The number of claims settled; 22
(D) The number of decisions the commission rendered; 23
(E) The number of decisions rendered: 24
(i) In favor of the Department of Finance and 25
Administration; 26
(ii) In favor of the taxpayer; and 27
(iii) Partially in favor of the department and 28
partially in favor of the taxpayer; 29
(F) The number of matters heard: 30
(i) In person; 31
(ii) By teleconference or videoconference; 32
(iii) Using a combination of in -person and either 33
teleconference or videoconference means; and 34
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(G) The average time for a claim to be processed from the 1
petition's being filed to a decision's being rendered, calculated for each 2
type of hearing conducted by the commission. 3
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SECTION 157. Arkansas Code § 26 -26-310(d), concerning the 5
certification of the amount of property tax reduction, is amended to read as 6
follows: 7
(d) On or before January 30 each year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the 8
State shall submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the 9
Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or 10
committees he or she deems appropriate , the members of the Senate Committee 11
on Revenue and Taxation, t he members of the House Committee on Revenue and 12
Taxation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the 13
Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the 14
Commissioner of State Lands stating: 15
(1) The balance of the Property Tax Relief Trust Fund; 16
(2) Whether the fund could support an increase of the homestead 17
property tax credit allowed under § 26 -26-1118; and 18
(3) If the fund has a balance sufficient to support an increase 19
of the homestead property tax credit allowed under § 26 -26-1118, the amount 20
of increase that the fund could support. 21
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SECTION 158. Arkansas Code § 26 -58-122(c), concerning the procedures 23
to be followed upon failure to pay severance taxes due the Arkansas Forestry 24
Commission, is amended to read as follows: 25
(c)(1) In the event the secretary fails to report to the commission 26
within the time specified or the commission disagrees with the findings of 27
the secretary, the State Forester shall file with the Governor, the 28
Legislative Council, and the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance 29
and Administration and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation a report 30
of the matter. 31
(2) The Governor shall then conduct an investigation into such 32
failure to report by the secretary or disagreement as to tax liability with 33
the commission, take whatever measures the Governor deems necessary to 34
rectify the situation, and shall notify the Legislative Council and the House 35
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SECTION 159. Arkansas Code § 26 -60-104 is amended to read as follows: 3
26-60-104. Rules. 4
The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is 5
authorized to promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter 6
which shall be submitted to the House Committee on City, County, and Local 7
Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish and the Senate Committee 8
on City, County, and Local Affairs. 9
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SECTION 160. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-509(e)(1)(A), concerning reciprocal 11
agreements, is amended to read as follows: 12
(e)(1)(A) If the secretary enters into a reciprocal agreement under 13
this section, then he or she shall submit a report to the following: 14
(i) The cochairs of the Legislative Council; 15
(ii) The Chair of the House Committee on Public 16
Transportation and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public 17
Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs; 18
(iii) The Speaker of the House of Representatives 19
for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate; 20
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(iii)(iv) The Director of the Bureau of Legislative 22
Research. 23
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