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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/10/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1063
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5 By: Representatives J. Mayberry, Ray
6 By: Senator Crowell
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE
10 EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF
11 "DISABILITY CERTIFICATION" AND "ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL"
12 TO CHANGE THE DISABILITY ONSET AGE FROM TWENTY-SIX TO
13 FORTY-SIX; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 Subtitle
17 TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE
18 EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE
19 DEFINITIONS OF "DISABILITY
20 CERTIFICATION" AND "ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL"
21 TO CHANGE DISABILITY ONSET AGE FROM
22 TWENTY-SIX TO FORTY-SIX.
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24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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26 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 20-3-103(4), concerning the definition of
27 "disability certification" under the Achieving a Better Life Experience
28 Program Act, is amended to read as follows:
29 (4) "Disability certification" means, with respect to an
30 individual, a certification to the satisfaction of the United States
31 Secretary of the Treasury by the individual or the parent or guardian of the
32 individual that:
33 (A) Certifies that:
34 (i)(a)(1) The individual has a medically
35 determinable physical or mental impairment that:
36 (A) Results in marked and severe
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1 functional limitations; and
2 (B) Can be expected to result in
3 death; or
4 (2) Has lasted or can be expected to
5 last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or
6 (b) The individual is blind within the meaning
7 of � 1614(a)(2) of the Social Security Act; and
8 (ii) The blindness or disability occurred before the
9 individual attained twenty-six (26) forty-six (46) years of age; and
10 (B) Includes a copy of the individual's diagnosis relating
11 to the individual's relevant impairment or impairments, signed by a physician
12 meeting the criteria of � 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act;
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14 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 20-3-103(5), concerning the definition of
15 "eligible individual" under the Achieving a Better Life Experience Program
16 Act, is amended to read as follows:
17 (5) "Eligible individual" means an individual who for a taxable
18 year:
19 (A) Is entitled to benefits based on blindness or
20 disability under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.
21 � 301 et seq., and the blindness or disability is a preexisting condition
22 that occurred before the date on which the individual attained twenty-six
23 (26) forty-six (46) years of age; or
24 (B) Has a disability certification filed with the United
25 States Secretary of the Treasury for the taxable year;
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27 SECTION 3. DO NOT CODIFY. Effective date.
28 This act is effective on and after January 1, 2026.
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30 /s/J. Mayberry
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