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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 32 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Joint Budget Committee 5 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | SERVICES - DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | SERVICES - DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | YEAR. 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | 21 |
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| 25 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | for the Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services for the 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | Maximum Annual 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | Maximum Salary Rate 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | No. Code Title Employees 2025-2026 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (1) N249N DHS DIVISION DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SE02 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (2) L038C REGISTERED NURSE 2 GRADE MP01 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (3) N111N DHS ASST DEP DIR FOR MGR ACCOUNTING 1 GRADE GS13 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | (4) M003C DHS BEHAV HLTH CHILDRENS SYST CARE DIR 1 GRADE GS13 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | (5) G004C MANAGING ATTORNEY 1 GRADE GS13 36 SB32 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (6) N156N BEHAV HLTH ASST DIR CHILDRENS SVS 1 GRADE GS12 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (7) G027N DHS RESEARCH ANALYSIS MANAGER 1 GRADE GS11 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | (8) G255C DYS ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE GS11 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | (9) G099C DHS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 6 GRADE GS09 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | (10) E015C SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS09 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (11) M008C YOUTH PROGRAM DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS09 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | (12) E035C CERTIFIED MASTERS TEACHER 3 GRADE GS08 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | (13) G152C DHS PROGRAM MANAGER 11 GRADE GS08 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (14) X062C QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR 2 GRADE GS08 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | (15) M012C YOUTH PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE GS08 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (16) G183C DHS PROGRAM COORDINATOR 5 GRADE GS07 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | (17) G082C DHS/DYS ADMISSIONS EVALUATOR 1 GRADE GS07 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | (18) E048C EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION SPECIALIST 5 GRADE GS07 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | (19) E040C STAFF DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR 3 GRADE GS07 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | (20) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | (21) E044C CERTIFIED BACHELORS TEACHER 5 GRADE GS06 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | (22) G210C DHS PROGRAM SPECIALIST 10 GRADE GS06 17 |
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| 59 | 58 | | (23) G180C GRANTS ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 18 |
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| 60 | 59 | | (24) G214C GRANTS SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS06 19 |
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| 61 | 60 | | (25) X101C INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATOR 2 GRADE GS06 20 |
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| 62 | 61 | | (26) G166C MILITARY PROGRAM COORDINATOR 3 GRADE GS06 21 |
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| 63 | 62 | | (27) M047C YOUTH SERVICES ADVISOR 11 GRADE GS06 22 |
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| 64 | 63 | | (28) M060C YOUTH PROGRAM COORDINATOR 10 GRADE GS05 23 |
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| 65 | 64 | | (29) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 4 GRADE GS04 24 |
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| 66 | 65 | | (30) T072C SECURITY OFFICER SUPERVISOR 1 GRADE GS04 25 |
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| 67 | 66 | | (31) T084C PUBLIC SAFETY SECURITY OFFICER 14 GRADE GS03 26 |
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| 68 | 67 | | (32) M070C YOUTH PROGRAM SPECIALIST 9 GRADE GS03 27 |
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| 69 | 68 | | MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 121 28 |
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| 70 | 69 | | 29 |
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| 71 | 70 | | SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS. There is hereby authorized, for 30 |
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| 72 | 71 | | the Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services for the 2025-31 |
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| 73 | 72 | | 2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary 32 |
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| 74 | 73 | | employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated 33 |
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| 75 | 74 | | herein for such purposes: thirty-six (36) temporary or part-time employees, 34 |
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| 76 | 75 | | when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform 35 |
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| 77 | 76 | | Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the 36 SB32 |
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| 80 | 79 | | appropriate classification. 1 |
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| 82 | 81 | | SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 3 |
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| 83 | 82 | | to the Department of Human Services , to be payable from the paying account as 4 |
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| 84 | 83 | | determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State , for personal services 5 |
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| 85 | 84 | | and operating expenses of the Department of Human Services - Division of 6 |
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| 86 | 85 | | Youth Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 7 |
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| 88 | 87 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 9 |
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| 89 | 88 | | NO. 2025-2026 10 |
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| 90 | 89 | | (01) REGULAR SALARIES $6,012,863 11 |
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| 91 | 90 | | (02) EXTRA HELP 41,903 12 |
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| 92 | 91 | | (03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,360,444 13 |
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| 93 | 92 | | (04) OVERTIME 8,699 14 |
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| 94 | 93 | | (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 15 |
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| 95 | 94 | | (A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,257,099 16 |
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| 96 | 95 | | (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 55,400 17 |
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| 97 | 96 | | (C) PROF. FEES 609,050 18 |
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| 98 | 97 | | (D) CAP. OUTLAY 105,000 19 |
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| 99 | 98 | | (E) DATA PROC. 0 20 |
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| 100 | 99 | | TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $14,450,458 21 |
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| 101 | 100 | | 22 |
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| 102 | 101 | | SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - COMMUNITY BASED SANCTIONS . There is hereby 23 |
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| 103 | 102 | | appropriated, to the Department of Human Services - Division of Youth 24 |
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| 104 | 103 | | Services, to be payable from the Youth Services Fund Account , for grants and 25 |
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| 105 | 104 | | aid for graduated community based sanctions for juveniles adjudicated 26 |
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| 106 | 105 | | delinquent for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 27 |
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| 107 | 106 | | 28 |
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| 108 | 107 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29 |
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| 109 | 108 | | NO. 2025-2026 30 |
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| 110 | 109 | | (01) COMMUNITY BASED SANCTIONS $2,480,444 31 |
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| 111 | 110 | | 32 |
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| 112 | 111 | | SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - COMMUNITY SERVICES. There is hereby 33 |
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| 113 | 112 | | appropriated, to the Department of Human Services , to be payable from the 34 |
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| 114 | 113 | | Youth Services Fund Account , for purchase of services from community based 35 |
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| 115 | 114 | | providers by the Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services 36 SB32 |
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| 118 | 117 | | for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 1 |
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| 119 | 118 | | 2 |
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| 120 | 119 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 3 |
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| 121 | 120 | | NO. 2025-2026 4 |
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| 122 | 121 | | (01) COMMUNITY SERVICES $13,821,100 5 |
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| 123 | 122 | | 6 |
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| 124 | 123 | | SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICE GRANTS . 7 |
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| 125 | 124 | | There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Human Services , to be 8 |
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| 126 | 125 | | payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 9 |
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| 127 | 126 | | the State, for federally funded grants of the Department of Human Services - 10 |
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| 128 | 127 | | Division of Youth Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 11 |
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| 129 | 128 | | following: 12 |
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| 130 | 129 | | 13 |
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| 131 | 130 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14 |
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| 132 | 131 | | NO. 2025-2026 15 |
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| 133 | 132 | | (01) FEDERAL CHILD AND YOUTH SERVICE GRANTS $17,832,942 16 |
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| 135 | 134 | | SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - RESIDENTIAL SERVICES . There is hereby 18 |
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| 136 | 135 | | appropriated, to the Department of Human Services , to be payable from the 19 |
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| 137 | 136 | | Youth Services Fund Account , for the purchase and operation of residential 20 |
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| 138 | 137 | | services by the Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services for 21 |
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| 139 | 138 | | the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 22 |
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| 141 | 140 | | ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24 |
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| 142 | 141 | | NO. 2025-2026 25 |
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| 143 | 142 | | (01) RESIDENTIAL SERVICES $34,616,356 26 |
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| 145 | 144 | | SECTION 8. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 28 |
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| 146 | 145 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 29 |
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| 147 | 146 | | OF FUNDS FOR THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. The Department of Human 30 |
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| 148 | 147 | | Services shall provide funding in an amount not to exceed $240,000 for the 31 |
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| 149 | 148 | | fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 2026 for the Juvenile Ombudsman Program 32 |
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| 150 | 149 | | described in ACA 16-87-216. Upon request by the Executive Director of the 33 |
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| 151 | 150 | | Arkansas Public Defender Commission, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State 34 |
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| 152 | 151 | | shall transfer an amount not to exceed $240,000 for the fiscal year ending 35 |
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| 153 | 152 | | June 30, 2025 2026 from an account designated by the Secretary of the 36 SB32 |
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| 156 | 155 | | Department of Human Services to the State Central Services Fund as a direct 1 |
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| 157 | 156 | | revenue to fund the Juvenile Ombudsman Program. 2 |
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| 158 | 157 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 3 |
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| 159 | 158 | | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 4 |
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| 161 | 160 | | SECTION 9. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6 |
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| 162 | 161 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 7 |
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| 163 | 162 | | OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES. The Chief Fiscal Officer 8 |
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| 164 | 163 | | of the State shall transfer funds in an amount of $400,000 for the fiscal 9 |
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| 165 | 164 | | year ending June 30, 2025 2026 from the Department of Human Services – Youth 10 |
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| 166 | 165 | | Services Fund Account to the Juvenile Detention Facilities Operating Fund to 11 |
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| 167 | 166 | | fund the appropriation to the Department of Finance and Administration – 12 |
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| 168 | 167 | | Disbursing Officer for grants for operating expenses of local juvenile 13 |
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| 169 | 168 | | detention facilities. 14 |
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| 170 | 169 | | The amount of the funds transferred in the fiscal year ending June 30, 15 |
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| 171 | 170 | | 2025 2026 may be adjusted upon request of the Secretary of the Department of 16 |
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| 172 | 171 | | Human Services on a pro -rata basis with any reductions provided in the 17 |
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| 173 | 172 | | Revenue Stabilization Law from the July 1 Official Forecast of general 18 |
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| 174 | 173 | | revenue funding for the Division of Youth Services. 19 |
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| 175 | 174 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 20 |
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| 176 | 175 | | 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 21 |
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| 178 | 177 | | SECTION 10. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 23 |
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| 179 | 178 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 24 |
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| 180 | 179 | | RESIDENTIAL SERVICES CONTINGENCY. If it has been determined that the 25 |
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| 181 | 180 | | Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services cannot continue to 26 |
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| 182 | 181 | | contract with private provider(s) for residential juvenile services, 27 |
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| 183 | 182 | | educational services, therapeutic services, and/or medical services and deems 28 |
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| 184 | 183 | | it necessary to utilize Department staff to provide all or parts of the 29 |
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| 185 | 184 | | required services above, the Department is authorized to seek the approval of 30 |
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| 186 | 185 | | the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Governor and the Arkansas 31 |
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| 187 | 186 | | Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee to utilize the contingent 32 |
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| 188 | 187 | | residential services positions contained in this Act and to make the 33 |
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| 189 | 188 | | appropriate transfers from any line item authorized in the RESIDENTIAL 34 |
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| 190 | 189 | | SERVICES appropriation of this Act to any line item authorized in the 35 |
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| 191 | 190 | | OPERATIONS appropriation of this Act. If it has been determined that the 36 SB32 |
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| 194 | 193 | | Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services cannot continue to 1 |
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| 195 | 194 | | operate one or more of the various service components of a Residential 2 |
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| 196 | 195 | | Facility for residential juvenile services, educational services, therapeutic 3 |
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| 197 | 196 | | services, and/or medical services and deems it necessary to utilize a 4 |
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| 198 | 197 | | contract with private provider(s), the Department is authorized to seek the 5 |
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| 199 | 198 | | approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the Governor and the 6 |
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| 200 | 199 | | Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee to make the 7 |
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| 201 | 200 | | appropriate transfers from any line item authorized in the OPERATIONS 8 |
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| 202 | 201 | | appropriation of this Act to any line item authorized in the RESIDENTIAL 9 |
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| 203 | 202 | | SERVICES appropriation of this Act. 10 |
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| 204 | 203 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 11 |
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| 205 | 204 | | 2024 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 12 |
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| 207 | 206 | | SECTION 11. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 14 |
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| 208 | 207 | | CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. EXTRA 15 |
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| 209 | 208 | | HELP SALARIES - CONTINGENT RESIDENTIAL SERVICES POSITIONS. There is hereby 16 |
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| 210 | 209 | | established for the Department of Human Services - Division of Youth Services 17 |
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| 211 | 210 | | - Contingent Residential Services Positions, the following maximum number of 18 |
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| 212 | 211 | | positions whose salaries shall be governed by the provisions of the Uniform 19 |
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| 213 | 212 | | Classification and Compensation Act (Arkansas Code § 21 -5-201 et seq.), or 20 |
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| 214 | 213 | | its successor, and all laws amendatory thereto. Requests to use positions 21 |
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| 215 | 214 | | will be based upon the non -contracted services for residential juvenile 22 |
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| 216 | 215 | | services, educational services, therapeutic services, and/or medical 23 |
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| 217 | 216 | | services. If at such time a category(s) of services are contracted with 24 |
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| 218 | 217 | | private provider(s), identified positions associated with such service(s) 25 |
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| 219 | 218 | | shall be returned to the contingency pool. In order to ensure required 26 |
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| 220 | 219 | | staffing levels, Extra Help positions authorized herein are specifically 27 |
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| 221 | 220 | | exempt from limitation of hours, either by Act or regulation. 28 |
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| 222 | 221 | | 29 |
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| 223 | 222 | | CONTINGENT POSITIONS - RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 30 |
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| 224 | 223 | | MAXIMUM 31 |
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| 225 | 224 | | ITEM CLASS NO. OF 32 |
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| 226 | 225 | | NO. CODE TITLE EMPLOYEES 33 |
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| 227 | 226 | | (01) 9999 EXTRA HELP 320 34 |
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| 228 | 227 | | GRAND TOTAL CONTINGENT POSITIONS 320 35 |
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| 232 | 231 | | The provisions of this section shall be in effect through June 30, 2025 2026. 1 |
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| 235 | 234 | | SECTION 12. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 4 |
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| 236 | 235 | | authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 5 |
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| 237 | 236 | | and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 6 |
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| 238 | 237 | | the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 7 |
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| 239 | 238 | | Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 8 |
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| 240 | 239 | | Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 9 |
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| 241 | 240 | | control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 10 |
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| 242 | 241 | | the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 11 |
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| 243 | 242 | | strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 12 |
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| 245 | 244 | | SECTION 13. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 14 |
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| 246 | 245 | | Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 15 |
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| 247 | 246 | | contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 16 |
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| 248 | 247 | | which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 17 |
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| 249 | 248 | | Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 18 |
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| 250 | 249 | | manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 19 |
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| 251 | 250 | | summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 20 |
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| 252 | 251 | | Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 21 |
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| 254 | 253 | | SECTION 14. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 23 |
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| 255 | 254 | | General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 24 |
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| 256 | 255 | | the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 25 |
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| 257 | 256 | | effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 26 |
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| 258 | 257 | | the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 27 |
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| 259 | 258 | | the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 28 |
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| 260 | 259 | | effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 29 |
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| 261 | 260 | | upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 30 |
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| 262 | 261 | | programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 31 |
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| 263 | 262 | | being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 32 |
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| 264 | 263 | | and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 33 |
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