Arkansas § 20-46-302 Department of Human Services - Power to regulate - Funding

Arkansas Statutes

§ 20-46-302 — Department of Human Services - Power to regulate - Funding

Arkansas § 20-46-302

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-46-302 (2026).

Text

(a)The Arkansas State Hospital shall have the power to establish guidelines and rules in the administration of this section.

(b)(1) The Arkansas State Hospital through the Department of Human Services is authorized and empowered to assist community mental health centers and clinics in providing funds for medication required for the treatment of mental illness for medically indigent patients at a rate not to exceed five cents (5¢) per capita of the geographical area served by those community mental health centers or clinics.

(2)The most recent federal census will be used in determining the per capita of the area on which an allocation is made.

(c)(1) Disbursement of funds authorized by this section shall be limited to the appropriations for the department and funds made available by law

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(a) The Arkansas State Hospital shall have the power to establish guidelines and rules in the administration of this section. (b) (1) The Arkansas State Hospital through the Department of Human Services is authorized and empowered to assist community mental health centers and clinics in providing funds for medication required for the treatment of mental illness for medically indigent patients at a rate not to exceed five cents (5¢) per capita of the geographical area served by those community mental health centers or clinics. (2) The most recent federal census will be used in determining the per capita of the area on which an allocation is made. (c) (1) Disbursement of funds authorized by this section shall be limited to the appropriations for the department and funds made available by law for the support of the appropriations. (2) The restrictions of the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq.; the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq.; the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.; and other fiscal control laws of the state, where applicable, and rules promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of the funds.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2141, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2140, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1972 (Ex. Sess.), No. 54, §§ 1, 2, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 59-312 -- 59-314.