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Act 378 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S3/10/25 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 38 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - 10
LICENSING AND REGULATION BOARDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 11
ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -16
LICENSING AND REGULATION BOARDS 17
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 -2026 FISCAL 18
YEAR. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 24
ACUPUNCTURE AND RELATED TECHNIQUES. There is hereby appropriated, to the 25
Department of Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 26
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 27
operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of 28
Acupuncture and Related Techniques for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 29
the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025 -2026 33
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $2,999 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(C) PROF. FEES 8,001 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 2
(E) DATA PROC. 0 3
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $11,000 4
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF 6
ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE COUNSELORS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 7
Department of Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 8
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal 9
services and operating expenses of the Department of Health - State Board of 10
Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors for the fiscal year ending 11
June 30, 2026, the following: 12
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
NO. 2025 -2026 15
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $7,400 16
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 566 17
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 18
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 19
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 20
(C) PROF. FEES 14,000 21
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 22
(E) DATA PROC. 0 23
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $31,966 24
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 26
ATHLETIC TRAINING. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 27
Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 28
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services 29
and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of 30
Athletic Training for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 31
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2025 -2026 34
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $480 35
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 37 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 20,000 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 3
(C) PROF. FEES 0 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $20,517 7
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SECTION 4. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 9
CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS. There is hereby established for the Department of 10
Health - Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for the 2025 -2026 11
fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 12
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Maximum Annual 14
Maximum Salary Rate 15
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 16
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 17
(1) L091C ADH PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION CHIEF I 1 GRADE GS08 18
(2) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 19
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 20
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 22
CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 23
Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 24
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services 25
and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of 26
Chiropractic Examiners for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 27
following: 28
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2025 -2026 31
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $91,815 32
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 35,643 33
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 60,000 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 2,500 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(C) PROF. FEES 12,672 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 2
(E) DATA PROC. 0 3
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $202,630 4
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SECTION 6. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS BOARD OF EXAMINERS 6
IN COUNSELING. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - 7
Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the 8
following maximum number of regular employees. 9
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Maximum Annual 11
Maximum Salary Rate 12
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 13
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 14
(1) N176N ADH EXEC DIR COUNSELING BD 1 GRADE GS11 15
(2) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 2 GRADE GS04 16
(3) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 17
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 4 18
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SECTION 7. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN COUNSLING. 20
There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Health - Arkansas Board of 21
Examiners in Counseling for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 22
number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 23
payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary 24
or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 25
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 26
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 27
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN 29
COUNSELING. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 30
payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by 31
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 32
expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Board of Examiners in 33
Counseling for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 34
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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NO. 2025 -2026 1
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $225,143 2
(02) EXTRA HELP 4,000 3
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 84,472 4
(04) OVERTIME 12,000 5
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 6
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 113,800 7
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,000 8
(C) PROF. FEES 11,000 9
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 10
(E) DATA PROC. 0 11
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $454,415 12
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SECTION 9. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 14
DENTAL EXAMINERS. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - 15
Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the 16
following maximum number of regular employees. 17
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Maximum Annual 19
Maximum Salary Rate 20
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 21
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 22
(1) X027C ADH DENTAL EXAMINERS BD EXEC DIR 1 GRADE GS10 23
(2) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 24
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 25
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF DENTAL 27
EXAMINERS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 28
payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by 29
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 30
expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of Dental 31
Examiners for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 32
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 34
NO. 2025 -2026 35
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $155,097 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 48,708 1
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 2
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 119,637 3
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 7,166 4
(C) PROF. FEES 42,126 5
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 6
(E) DATA PROC. 0 7
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $372,734 8
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SECTION 11. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS DIETETICS 10
LICENSING BOARD. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - 11
Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the 12
following maximum number of regular employees. 13
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Maximum Annual 15
Maximum Salary Rate 16
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 17
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 18
(1) L091C ADH PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION CHIEF I 1 GRADE GS08 19
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 20
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS DIETETICS LICENSING 22
BOARD. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 23
payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by 24
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 25
expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board for 26
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 27
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2025 -2026 30
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $47,260 31
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 18,775 32
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 33
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 5,000 34
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 35
(C) PROF. FEES 0 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 1
(E) DATA PROC. 0 2
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $71,035 3
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SECTION 13. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS BOARD OF 5
DISPENSING OPTICIANS. There is hereby established for the Department of 6
Health - Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians for the 2025 -2026 fiscal 7
year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 8
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Maximum Annual 10
Maximum Salary Rate 11
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 12
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 13
(1) L091C ADH PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION CHIEF I 1 GRADE GS08 14
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 1 15
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SECTION 14. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS BOARD OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS. There 17
is hereby authorized, for the Department of Health - Arkansas Board of 18
Dispensing Opticians for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 19
number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 20
payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary 21
or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 22
provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 23
successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 24
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS BOARD OF DISPENSING 26
OPTICIANS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 27
payable from the Board of Dispensing Opticians' Fund, for personal services 28
and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Board of 29
Dispensing Opticians for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025 -2026 33
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $49,750 34
(02) EXTRA HELP 1,200 35
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 18,943 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 23,900 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 3
(C) PROF. FEES 0 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
(05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 200 7
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $93,993 8
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SECTION 16. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS BOARD OF HEARING INSTRUMENT 10
DISPENSERS. There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Health - 11
Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers for the 2025 -2026 fiscal 12
year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be 13
known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 14
purposes: two (2) temporary or part -time employees, when needed, at rates of 15
pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 16
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 17
classification. 18
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS BOARD OF HEARING 20
INSTRUMENT DISPENSERS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 21
Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 22
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services 23
and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Board of 24
Hearing Instrument Dispensers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 25
following: 26
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2025 -2026 29
(01) EXTRA HELP $30,200 30
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,328 31
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 17,800 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 34
(C) PROF. FEES 350 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $50,678 2
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SECTION 18. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL 4
BOARD. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - Arkansas 5
State Medical Board for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 6
number of regular employees. 7
8
Maximum Annual 9
Maximum Salary Rate 10
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 11
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 12
(1) U134U ADH EXEC DIR AR STATE MEDICAL BD 1 GRADE SE01 13
(2) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT07 14
(3) D065C NETWORK SUPPORT ANALYST 1 GRADE IT04 15
(4) D064C WEBSITE DEVELOPER 2 GRADE IT04 16
(5) G076C ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 17
(6) R019C BUDGET MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 18
(7) X030C REGULATORY BOARD CHIEF INVESTIGATOR 1 GRADE GS08 19
(8) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 4 GRADE GS06 20
(9) E046C TRAINING INSTRUCTOR 1 GRADE GS06 21
(10) G187C CREDENTIALING COORDINATION SUPERVISOR 2 GRADE GS05 22
(11) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 23
(12) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2 GRADE GS04 24
(13) C045C LICENSING COORDINATOR 16 GRADE GS04 25
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 34 26
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SECTION 19. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD. There is hereby 28
authorized, for the Department of Health - Arkansas State Medical Board for 29
the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or 30
temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 31
appropriated herein for such purposes: two (2) temporary or part -time 32
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 33
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 34
for the appropriate classification. 35
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SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD. 1
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be payable from 2
the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 3
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of 4
the Department of Health - Arkansas State Medical Board for the fiscal year 5
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 6
7
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2025 -2026 9
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,493,519 10
(02) EXTRA HELP 24,500 11
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 584,328 12
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 13
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,379,645 14
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 19,000 15
(C) PROF. FEES 21,000 16
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 17
(E) DATA PROC. 0 18
(05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 7,500 19
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,529,492 20
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SECTION 21. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 22
NURSING. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - Arkansas 23
State Board of Nursing for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 24
number of regular employees. 25
26
Maximum Annual 27
Maximum Salary Rate 28
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 29
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 30
(1) U096U ADH ASBN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE SE01 31
(2) L018N NURSE PRACTITIONER 1 GRADE MP04 32
(3) L009C NURSE MANAGER 3 GRADE MP03 33
(4) L026C ADH NURSING PROGRAM COORD 2 GRADE MP02 34
(5) D030C INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IT07 35
(6) D084C COMPUTER OPERATOR 1 GRADE IT02 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(7) G013N ADH ASBN GENERAL COUNSEL 1 GRADE GS12 1
(8) G047C ATTORNEY SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS11 2
(9) G076C ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANAGER 1 GRADE GS10 3
(10) X030C REGULATORY BOARD CHIEF INVESTIGATOR 1 GRADE GS08 4
(11) C010C EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS07 5
(12) P013C PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS07 6
(13) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 7
(14) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 8
(15) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 9
(16) C046C LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE GS04 10
(17) C045C LICENSING COORDINATOR 6 GRADE GS04 11
(18) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 2 GRADE GS03 12
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 30 13
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SECTION 22. EXTRA HELP - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING. 15
There is hereby authorized, for the Department of Health - Arkansas State 16
Board of Nursing for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 17
of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable 18
from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary or part -19
time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in 20
the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this 21
act for the appropriate classification. 22
23
SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 24
NURSING. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 25
payable from the State Board of Nursing Fund, for personal services and 26
operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of 27
Nursing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 28
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2025 -2026 31
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,982,888 32
(02) EXTRA HELP 5,000 33
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 689,775 34
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,040,914 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 43,448 1
(C) PROF. FEES 2,000 2
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 3
(E) DATA PROC. 0 4
(05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 1,000 5
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,765,025 6
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SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING - SCHOLAR 8
LOANS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health - Arkansas 9
State Board of Nursing, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 10
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 11
the Nursing Student Loan Program to make student loans for the fiscal year 12
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 13
14
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2025 -2026 16
(01) NURSING STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM $100,000 17
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SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING - NURSING 19
EDUCATION WORKSHOPS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 20
Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 21
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for operating expenses 22
of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of Nursing - Nursing 23
Education Workshops for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 24
25
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 26
NO. 2025 -2026 27
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $14,325 29
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 30
(C) PROF. FEES 2,000 31
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
(E) DATA PROC. 0 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $16,325 34
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SECTION 26. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING - ARKANSAS 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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CENTER FOR NURSING GRANT. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 1
Health - Arkansas State Board of Nursing, to be payable from the State Board 2
of Nursing Fund, for a grant for personal services and operating expenses for 3
the Arkansas Center for Nursing for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 4
following: 5
6
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2025 -2026 8
(01) ARKANSAS CENTER FOR NURSING GRANT $173,000 9
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SECTION 27. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY. 11
There is hereby established for the Department of Health - State Board of 12
Optometry for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 13
regular employees. 14
15
Maximum Annual 16
Maximum Salary Rate 17
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 18
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 19
(1) L091C ADH PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION CHIEF I 1 GRADE GS08 20
(2) A098C FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 21
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 22
23
SECTION 28. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY. 24
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be payable from 25
the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 26
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of 27
the Department of Health - State Board of Optometry for the fiscal year 28
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29
30
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
NO. 2025 -2026 32
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $110,887 33
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 40,545 34
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 35
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 32,000 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 1
(C) PROF. FEES 35,000 2
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 3
(E) DATA PROC. 0 4
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $218,432 5
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SECTION 29. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 7
PHARMACY. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - 8
Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following 9
maximum number of regular employees. 10
11
Maximum Annual 12
Maximum Salary Rate 13
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 14
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 15
(1) N001N ADH DIRECTOR OF PHARMACY BOARD 1 GRADE MP08 16
(2) L015N ADH ASST PHARMACY DIRECTOR 1 GRADE MP07 17
(3) L107C ADH ASBP PHARMACIST INSPECTOR 3 GRADE MP06 18
(4) G041N ADH ASPB GENERAL COUNSEL 1 GRADE GS13 19
(5) A023C ADH PHARMACY BOARD CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE GS10 20
(6) C037C ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 21
(7) D087C DATABASE COORD/BUSINESS LIC. ANALYST 1 GRADE GS05 22
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 10 23
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SECTION 30. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. There is 25
hereby authorized, for the Department of Health for the 2025 -2026 fiscal 26
year, the following maximum number of part -time or temporary employees, to be 27
known as "Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such 28
purposes: four (4) temporary or part -time employees, when needed, at rates of 29
pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and 30
Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate 31
classification. 32
33
SECTION 31. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 34
PHARMACY. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health - 35
Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, to be payable from the cash fund deposited 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, 1
for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Health - 2
Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, 3
the following: 4
5
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 6
NO. 2025 -2026 7
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,259,530 8
(02) EXTRA HELP 30,000 9
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 362,617 10
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 586,985 12
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 29,120 13
(C) PROF. FEES 0 14
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 15
(E) DATA PROC. 0 16
(05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 3,000 17
(06) IMPAIRED PHARMACIST PROGRAM 50,000 18
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,321,252 19
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SECTION 32. APPROPRIATION ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY - PHARMACY 21
STUDENT LOANS AND SCHOLARSHIPS. There is hereby appropriated, to the 22
Department of Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 23
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for grants 24
to colleges of pharmacy in Arkansas for pharmacy student loans and 25
scholarships of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy 26
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 27
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 29
NO. 2025 -2026 30
(1) PHARMACY STUDENT LOAN/SCHOLARSHIPS $400,000 31
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SECTION 33. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 33
PHYSICAL THERAPY. There is hereby established for the Department of Health - 34
Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the 35
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Maximum Annual 2
Maximum Salary Rate 3
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 4
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 5
(1) X050C ADH PHYSICAL THERAPY BD EXEC DIR 1 GRADE GS08 6
(2) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 7
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 8
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SECTION 34. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF 10
PHYSICAL THERAPY. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, 11
to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 12
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services 13
and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of 14
Physical Therapy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 15
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2025 -2026 18
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $118,146 19
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 42,672 20
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 89,833 22
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 23
(C) PROF. FEES 8,490 24
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 25
(E) DATA PROC. 0 26
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $259,141 27
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SECTION 35. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY - 29
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of 30
Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as 31
determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for a scholarship 32
program of the Department of Health - Arkansas State Board of Physical 33
Therapy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 34
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(01) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM $200,000 2
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SECTION 36. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS BOARD OF PODIATRIC 4
MEDICINE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 5
payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by 6
the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating 7
expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Board of Podiatric Medicine 8
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 9
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 11
NO. 2025 -2026 12
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,800 13
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 138 14
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 15
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 4,052 16
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 17
(C) PROF. FEES 250 18
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 19
(E) DATA PROC. 0 20
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,240 21
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SECTION 37. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS PSYCHOLOGY BOARD. 23
There is hereby established for the Department of Health - Arkansas 24
Psychology Board for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 25
of regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 31
(1) L091C ADH PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION CHIEF I 1 GRADE GS08 32
(2) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 33
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 34
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There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be payable from 1
the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 2
Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of 3
the Department of Health - Arkansas Psychology Board for the fiscal year 4
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 5
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2025 -2026 8
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $92,890 9
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 37,177 10
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 61,540 12
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,000 13
(C) PROF. FEES 24,727 14
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 15
(E) DATA PROC. 0 16
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $219,334 17
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SECTION 39. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS PSYCHOLOGY BOARD - SCHOLARSHIP 19
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health - 20
Arkansas Psychology Board, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the 21
State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 22
scholarships for psychology students pursing training as psychological and 23
neurological technicians for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 24
following: 25
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
NO. 2025 -2026 28
(01) PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS $150,000 29
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SECTION 40. REGULAR SALARIES - ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD. 31
There is hereby established for the Department of Health - Arkansas Social 32
Work Licensing Board for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 33
number of regular employees. 34
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Maximum Salary Rate 1
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 2
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 3
(1) X135C ADH SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BD EXEC DI 1 GRADE GS08 4
(2) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 5
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 6
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SECTION 41. EXTRA HELP - ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING BOARD. There 8
is hereby authorized, for the Department of Health - Arkansas Social Work 9
Licensing Board for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number 10
of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable 11
from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary or part -12
time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in 13
the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this 14
act for the appropriate classification. 15
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SECTION 42. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SOCIAL WORK LICENSING 17
BOARD. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 18
payable from the Social Work Licensing Fund, for personal services and 19
operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Social Work 20
Licensing Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 21
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2025 -2026 24
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $116,308 25
(02) EXTRA HELP 6,000 26
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 41,609 27
(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 42,000 29
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 6,000 30
(C) PROF. FEES 7,000 31
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
(E) DATA PROC. 0 33
(05) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 500 34
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $219,417 35
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SECTION 43. REGULAR SALARIES - BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE 1
PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY. There is hereby established for the Department of 2
Health - Board of Examiners in Speech -Language Pathology and Audiology for 3
the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 4
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Maximum Annual 6
Maximum Salary Rate 7
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 8
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 9
(1) L059C ADH ABSLPA DIRECTOR 1 GRADE GS08 10
(2) C072C ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS04 11
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 2 12
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SECTION 44. EXTRA HELP - BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN SPEECH -LANGUAGE 14
PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY. There is hereby authorized, for the Department of 15
Health - Board of Examiners in Speech -Language Pathology and Audiology for 16
the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of part -time or 17
temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", payable from funds 18
appropriated herein for such purposes: one (1) temporary or part -time 19
employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the 20
Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act 21
for the appropriate classification. 22
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SECTION 45. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS - BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN SPEECH -24
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY. There is hereby appropriated, to the 25
Department of Health, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State 26
Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for personal 27
services and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Board of 28
Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology for the fiscal year 29
ending June 30, 2026, the following: 30
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 32
NO. 2025 -2026 33
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $98,930 34
(02) EXTRA HELP 12,000 35
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 39,482 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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(04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 50,516 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,250 3
(C) PROF. FEES 12,800 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $216,978 7
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SECTION 46. REGULAR SALARIES - ARKANSAS SPINAL CORD COMMISSION. There 9
is hereby established for the Department of Health - Arkansas Spinal Cord 10
Commission for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of 11
regular employees. 12
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Maximum Annual 14
Maximum Salary Rate 15
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 16
No. Code Title Employees 2025 -2026 17
(1) D057C INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER 1 GRADE IT05 18
(2) U006U ADH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPINAL CORD C 1 GRADE GS12 19
(3) M013C ADH SPINAL CORD COMN CLIENT SVS ADMI 1 GRADE GS09 20
(4) A050C AGENCY FISCAL MANAGER 1 GRADE GS09 21
(5) L098C CERTIFIED VOCATIONAL REHAB COUNSELOR 7 GRADE GS08 22
(6) M026C LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER 1 GRADE GS07 23
(7) L051C REHABILITATION COUNSELOR 9 GRADE GS06 24
(8) C056C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST III 1 GRADE GS04 25
(9) C073C ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST II 3 GRADE GS03 26
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 25 27
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SECTION 47. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS SPINAL CORD COMMISSION - STATE 29
OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 30
payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services 31
and operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas Spinal Cord 32
Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 33
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(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,235,581 1
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 488,362 2
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 219,888 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 15,620 5
(C) PROF. FEES 19,065 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
(04) LONG TERM ATTENDANT CARE 261,610 9
(05) SPINAL TREATMENT PROGRAM 772,000 10
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,012,126 11
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SECTION 48. APPROPRIATION - FEDERAL OPERATIONS - ARKANSAS SPINAL CORD 13
COMMISSION. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be 14
payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 15
the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Health - Arkansas 16
Spinal Cord Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 17
following: 18
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 20
NO. 2025 -2026 21
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $20,000 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 3,000 24
(C) PROF. FEES 5,000 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $28,000 28
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SECTION 49. APPROPRIATION - CASH - ARKANSAS SPINAL CORD COMMISSION. 30
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be payable from 31
the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief 32
Fiscal Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of 33
Health - Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 34
2026, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2025 -2026 2
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $40,000 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 5
(C) PROF. FEES 10,000 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $50,000 9
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SECTION 50. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 11
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 12
STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS - INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES FOR CONSUMER 13
COMPLAINTS. Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the available appropriation in 14
the Professional Fees Line item of this act shall be made available to the 15
board for the purpose of contracting an independent or private investigator 16
for investigative services regarding complaints submitted by consumers. 17
(a)(1) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall contract 18
with an outside investigator as needed to perform investigations and conduct 19
inspections of alleged wrongdoing. 20
(2) An outside investigator contracted under subdivision (a)(1) of 21
this section shall have expertise or background in the subject matter in 22
which he or she is being contracted to investigate. 23
(b) The duties of an investigator hired under this section shall 24
include without limitation investigation and inspection of all complaints, as 25
determined by the board, to determine whether a person has: 26
(1) Practiced his or her profession in such a way as to endanger the general 27
health and welfare of the public; or 28
(2) Otherwise violated this chapter or rules of the board. 29
(c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1 30
with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the 31
House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs for the 32
committees' review. 33
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(C) A summary of the findings of each investigation. 2
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 3
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SECTION 51. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 7
STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. The Arkansas State 8
Board of Dental Examiners is hereby authorized to expend from monies 9
authorized herein, $15 from each licensed dentist licensed by the State Board 10
of Dental Examiners each year to be paid by the Arkansas State Board of 11
Dental Examiners to 501(c)(3) Arkansas foundations that have healthcare 12
professionals on their board and provide for identification, treatment and 13
monitoring of healthcare professionals who suffer from alcohol or drug abuse 14
problems, in order to promote the public health and safety and to insure the 15
continued availability of skilled and highly trained dental professionals for 16
the benefit of the public. 17
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 18
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 19
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 22
STATE MEDICAL BOARD - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. The State Medical Board is hereby 23
authorized to expend from monies authorized herein, $30 from each licensed 24
physician licensed by the State Medical Board each year to be paid by the 25
State Medical Board to 501(c)(3) Arkansas foundations that have healthcare 26
professionals on their board and provide for identification, treatment and 27
monitoring of healthcare professionals who suffer from alcohol or drug abuse 28
problems, in order to promote the public health and safety and to insure the 29
continued availability of skilled and highly trained medical professionals 30
for the benefit of the public. 31
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 32
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 33
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 36 As Engrossed: S3/10/25 SB38
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STATE BOARD OF NURSING - FUNDING TRANSFER. The Arkansas State Board of 1
Nursing may request a fund transfer in an amount not to exceed one hundred 2
thousand dollars ($100,000) each fiscal year from the State Board of Nursing 3
Fund to the cash in State Treasury fund as determined by the Chief Fiscal 4
Officer of the State to provide funds for the Student Loan Program 5
appropriation provided herein. Upon approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of 6
the State, the amount requested shall be transferred on his or her books and 7
those of the State Treasurer and the Auditor of State. 8
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 30, 9
2024 2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 10
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SECTION 54. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 12
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 13
BOARD OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. The Arkansas Board of 14
Podiatric Medicine is hereby authorized to expend from monies authorized 15
herein, $10 from each licensed podiatrist licensed by the Arkansas Board of 16
Podiatric Medicine each year to be paid by the Arkansas Board of Podiatric 17
Medicine to 501(c)(3) Arkansas foundations that have healthcare professionals 18
on their board and provide for identification, treatment and monitoring of 19
healthcare professionals who suffer from alcohol or drug abuse problems, in 20
order to promote the public health and safety and to insure the continued 21
availability of skilled and highly trained podiatric professionals for the 22
benefit of the public. 23
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 24
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 25
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 28
ARKANSAS SPINAL CORD COMMISSION - LINE ITEM TRANSFER. Any savings made in the 29
State Appropriation may, after receiving advice and approval of the 30
Department of Finance and Administration, be transferred to the Spinal 31
Treatment Program. 32
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2024 33
2025 through June 30, 2025 2026. 34
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CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 1
OF FUNDS. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Arkansas 2
State Medical Board shall transfer annually the sum of five hundred thousand 3
dollars ($500,000), or so much as is available, from the unobligated and 4
unallocated monies remaining in the Arkansas State Medical Board's cash 5
funds, to the Department of Education - Division of Higher Education's 6
Graduate Medical Education Fund to be used exclusively for the Graduate 7
Medical Education Residency Expansion Board appropriation. 8
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SECTION 57. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 10
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 11
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 12
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 13
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 14
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 15
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 16
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 17
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 18
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SECTION 58. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 20
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 21
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 22
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 23
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 24
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 25
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 26
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 27
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SECTION 59. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 29
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 30
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 31
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 32
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 33
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 34
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 35
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programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 1
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 2
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 3
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