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An act TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE 10 SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 11 REPRESENTATIVES, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas                        A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                          HOUSE BILL 1573

4

5 By: Representative Ladyman

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7

8                             For An Act To Be Entitled

9             AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND THE

10            SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF

11            REPRESENTATIVES; TO AMEND THE NAMES OF THE STANDING

12            COMMITTEES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES

13            OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; TO AMEND THE SUBJECT

14            MATTER AREAS ASSIGNED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND

15            THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF

16            REPRESENTATIVES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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18

19                                         Subtitle

20                       TO REORGANIZE THE STANDING COMMITTEES

21                       AND THE SUBJECT MATTER INTERIM

22                       COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF

23                       REPRESENTATIVES.

24

25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

26

27  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 10-3-101 is amended to read as follows:

28  10-3-101. Presession assignment of regular standing committees.

29  (a) The presession assignments of members of regular standing Senate

30 and House of Representatives committees and the designation of committee

31 chair and vice chair shall be made in the Senate pursuant to the Rules of the

32 Senate and in the House of Representatives by the Speaker-elect of the House

33 of Representatives as soon as is feasible after each biennial general

34 election.

35  (b) The following ten (10) standing committees shall be established

36 for the House of Representatives, in accordance with the Rules of the House

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1 of Representatives:

2             (1) House Committee on Education -- matters pertaining to public

3 kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult education, vocational

4 education, vocational-technical schools, vocational rehabilitation, higher

5 education, private educational institutions, similar legislation, and

6 resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on

7 Education;

8             (2) House Committee on Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector

9 General -- matters pertaining to public safety, state and local courts, court

10 clerks and stenographers and other employees of the courts, civil and

11 criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and criminal laws, issues related

12 to the Department of Inspector General, similar matters, and resolutions

13 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Public Safety,

14 Corrections, and Inspector General;

15            (3) House Committee on Public Health and Human Services --

16 matters pertaining to public health, mental health, public welfare, human

17 relations and resources, intellectual and other developmental disabilities,

18 the aged and problems of aging, children and youth, similar legislation, and

19 resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Public

20 Health and Human Services;

21            (4) House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing,

22 and Public Transportation -- matters pertaining to banks and banking, savings

23 and loan associations, stocks, bonds, and other securities, securities

24 dealers, insurance, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing

25 and housing, labor and labor relations, industrial development, roads and

26 highways, city streets, county roads, highway safety, airports and air

27 transportation, common and contract carriers, mass transit, similar

28 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

29 Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public

30 Transportation;

31            (5) House Committee on Finance and Administration -- matters

32 pertaining to the levy, increase, reduction, collection, enforcement and

33 administration of taxes and other revenue-producing measures, and resolutions

34 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Finance and

35 Administration;

36            (6) House Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs -- matters

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1 pertaining to the military, veterans, similar legislation, and resolutions

2 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Veterans and Military

3 Affairs;

4             (7) House Committee on Agriculture -- matters pertaining to

5 agriculture, livestock, forestry, similar legislation, and resolutions

6 germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on Agriculture;

7             (8) House Committee on State Agencies, Transformation, and

8 Shared Services -- matters pertaining to state government and state agencies,

9 except where the subject matter relates more appropriately to another

10 committee, proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas

11 or the United States Government, election laws and procedures, federal and

12 interstate relations, legislative affairs, memorials, other matters whenever

13 the subject matter is not germane to the subject matter of any other standing

14 committee, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter

15 of the House Committee on State Agencies, Transformation, and Shared

16 Services;

17            (9) House Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks,

18 Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish � matters pertaining to city and

19 municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement districts, interlocal

20 government cooperation, parks, heritage, tourism, hunting, fishing, similar

21 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

22 Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game

23 and Fish; and

24            (10) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public

25 Service Commission - matters pertaining to energy sources, energy supplies,

26 energy needs, energy problems, environmental affairs, water and air

27 pollution, natural resources, oil and gas, levees and drainage, rivers and

28 harbors, public utilities, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to

29 the subject matter of the House Committee on Energy, Environment, and

30 Arkansas Public Service Commission.

31

32  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 10-3-203(3)(A), concerning subject matter

33 interim committees of the House of Representatives, is amended to read as

34 follows:

35  (3)(A) The following ten (10) subject matter interim committees of the

36 House of Representatives, each to consist of the members who compose the

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1 respective standing committees of the House of Representatives having

2 comparable subject matter jurisdiction, plus such other nonvoting members as

3 may be selected pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives, who

4 shall be entitled to per diem and mileage for attending meetings of the

5 committees:

6                           (i) House Committee on Education -- matters

7 pertaining to public kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult

8 education, vocational education, vocational-technical schools, vocational

9 rehabilitation, higher education, private educational institutions, similar

10 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

11 Committee on Education;

12                          (ii) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety,

13 Corrections, and Inspector General -- matters pertaining to public safety,

14 state and local courts, court clerks and stenographers and other employees of

15 the courts, civil and criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and

16 criminal laws, issues related to the Department of Inspector General, similar

17 matters, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee

18 on Judiciary Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General;

19                          (iii) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

20 Labor and Human Services-- matters pertaining to public health, mental health,

21 intellectual and other developmental disabilities, public welfare, human

22 relations and resources, environmental affairs, water and air pollution,

23 labor and labor relations, public welfare, human relations and resources,

24 intellectual and other developmental disabilities, the aged and problems of

25 aging, children and youth, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to

26 the subject matter of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

27 Labor and Human Services;

28                          (iv) House Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor

29 and Licensing, and Public Transportation -- matters pertaining to banks and

30 banking, savings and loan associations, stocks, bonds, and other securities,

31 securities dealers, insurance, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage

32 financing and housing, labor and labor relations, industrial development,

33 roads and highways, city streets, county roads, highway safety, airports and

34 air transportation, common and contract carriers, mass transit, similar

35 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

36 Committee on Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public

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1 Transportation;

2                  (v) House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance

3 and Administration -- matters pertaining to the levy, increase, reduction,

4 collection, enforcement and administration of taxes and other revenue-

5 producing measures, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the

6 House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance and Administration;

7                  (vi) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

8 Legislative Veterans and Military Affairs -- matters pertaining to the aged

9 and problems of aging; children and youth, military, veterans, legislative

10 affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is not germane

11 to the subject matter of any other standing committee, similar legislation,

12 and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on

13 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative Veterans and Military Affairs;

14                 (vii) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and

15 Economic Development -- matters pertaining to agriculture, livestock,

16 forestry, industrial development, natural resources, oil and gas, publicity

17 and parks, levee and drainage, rivers and harbors, similar legislation, and

18 resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House Committee on

19 Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development;

20                 (viii) House Committee on City, County, and Local

21 Affairs -- matters pertaining to city and municipal affairs, county affairs,

22 local improvement districts, interlocal government cooperation, similar

23 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

24 Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs;

25                 (ix) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce --

26 matters pertaining to banks and banking, savings and loan associations,

27 stock, bonds, and other securities, securities dealers, insurance, public

28 utilities, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing and

29 housing, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter

30 of the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce; and

31                 (x)(viii) House Committee on State Agencies, and

32 Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services -- matters pertaining

33 to state government and state agencies, except where the subject matter

34 relates more appropriately to another committee, proposed amendments to the

35 Constitution of the State of Arkansas or the federal government United States

36 Government, election laws and procedures, federal and interstate relations,

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1 legislative affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is

2 not germane to the subject matter of any other standing committee, similar

3 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

4 Committee on State Agencies, and Governmental Affairs. Transformation, and

5 Shared Services;

6                       (ix) House Committee on City, County, Local Affairs,

7 Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish � matters pertaining to city and

8 municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement districts, interlocal

9 government cooperation, parks, heritage, tourism, hunting, fishing, similar

10 legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the House

11 Committee on City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game

12 and Fish; and

13                      (x) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and

14 Arkansas Public Service Commission - matters pertaining to energy sources,

15 energy supplies, energy needs, energy problems, environmental affairs, water

16 and air pollution, natural resources, oil and gas, levees and drainage,

17 rivers and harbors, public utilities, similar legislation, and resolutions

18 germane to the House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public

19 Service Commission.

20

21  SECTION 3. Arkansas Code � 2-16-203(b)(5), concerning penalties for a

22 violation of the Arkansas Plant Act of 1917, is amended to read as follows:

23  (5) All rules promulgated under this section shall be reviewed

24 by the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and

25 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or

26 subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

27 Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

28 Development.

29

30  SECTION 4. Arkansas Code � 2-16-605(b), concerning rules restricting

31 the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee

32 colonies, or other activities affecting the boll weevil eradication program,

33 is amended to read as follows:

34  (b) All rules promulgated under this subchapter shall be reviewed by

35 the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and

36 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development or

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1 appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,

2 and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry,

3 and Economic Development.

4

5   SECTION 5. Arkansas Code � 2-18-105(b)(3), concerning fees of the

6 State Plant Board, is amended to read as follows:

7   (3) Before collecting the fees under this subsection or

8 increasing those fees hereafter, the board shall seek the advice of the House

9 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate

10 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development.

11

12  SECTION 6. Arkansas Code � 6-10-122(c), concerning the requiring of

13 automated external defibrillators, is amended to read as follows:

14  (c) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education shall

15 provide a report to the following on or before July 1 each year regarding the

16 implementation of this section and the status of automated external

17 defibrillator availability on each school campus:

18  (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

19 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

20  (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment

21 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate on or before July

22 1 each year regarding the implementation of this section and the status of

23 automated external defibrillator availability on each school campus.

24

25  SECTION 7. Arkansas Code � 6-11-208(a)(4), concerning the Regional

26 Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth, is

27 amended to read as follows:

28  (4) Beginning on October 1, 2011, the multiagency task force

29 shall provide status reports to the House Committee on Aging, Children and

30 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on

31 Children and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for

32 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate one (1)

33 time each quarter.

34

35  SECTION 8. Arkansas Code � 6-18-2103(d)(2), concerning the duties of

36 the farm to school and early childhood education program coordinator, is

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1 amended to read as follows:

2           (2) Submit the annual report to the House Committee on

3 Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and to the Senate Committee

4 on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development and the Speaker of the

5 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or

6 she deems appropriate.

7

8   SECTION 9. Arkansas Code � 6-60-106(c)(2), concerning unplanned

9 pregnancies action plans, is amended to read as follows:

10          (2) The board shall report on the status of the action plan

11 annually to the:

12                   (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

13 Welfare, and Labor; and

14                   (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

15 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

16 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate;

17                   (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and

18                   (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education.

19

20  SECTION 10. Arkansas Code � 6-60-111(d)(2), concerning sexual assault

21 action plans, is amended to read as follows:

22          (2) The board shall report on the status of the action plan annually

23 to the:

24                   (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

25 Welfare, and Labor; and

26                   (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

27 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

28 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate;

29                   (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education; and

30                   (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education.

31

32  SECTION 11. Arkansas Code � 6-60-212(d), regarding nursing applicants

33 from medically underserved areas, is amended to read as follows:

34  (d) The coordinating board shall report annually to the House

35 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

36 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor following regarding implementation of this

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1 section:

2           (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

3 and

4           (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment

5 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

6

7      SECTION 12. Arkansas Code � 6-61-112(g)(2), concerning the calling of

8 a student or student's spouse into military service, is amended to read as

9 follows:

10     (2) The division shall report to the House Committee on Aging,

11 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim

12 Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the House of

13 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

14 appropriate regarding the type and amount of compensatory options provided

15 under this section by each state-supported institution of higher education no

16 later than October 1 of each year beginning in 2006 and each year thereafter.

17

18     SECTION 13. Arkansas Code � 8-4-311(b)(11)(C), concerning the powers

19 of the Division of Environmental Quality, is amended to read as follows:

20          (C)(i) Any rule proposed pursuant to this authorization shall be

21 reported to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

22 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

23 or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health,

24 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public

25 Health, Welfare, and Labor prior to its final promulgation; and

26

27     SECTION 14. Arkansas Code � 8-5-207 is amended to read as follows:

28     8-5-207. Operators to be licensed.

29     (a) In order to safeguard the public health and protect the waters of

30 this state from pollution, all operators in responsible charge of public or

31 private wastewater treatment plants shall be duly licensed and certified as

32 competent by the Division of Environmental Quality under the provisions of

33 this subchapter and under such rules as the Arkansas Pollution Control and

34 Ecology Commission may adopt, with the advice and assistance of the licensing

35 committee, pursuant to the authority of this subchapter.

36     (b) All rules promulgated pursuant to under this subchapter shall be

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1 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

2 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

3 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 15. Arkansas Code � 8-6-221 is amended to read as follows:

8   8-6-221. Review of rules.

9   All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the House

10 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the

11 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate

12 subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

13 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

14

15  SECTION 16. Arkansas Code � 8-6-610(b), concerning rules of the

16 Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read as

17 follows:

18  (b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public

19 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on

20 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House

21 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the

22 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

23

24  SECTION 17. Arkansas Code � 8-6-902(c), concerning rules promulgated

25 by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read

26 as follows:

27  (c) All rules adopted under this subchapter shall be reviewed by the

28 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and

29 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate

30 subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

31 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

32

33  SECTION 18. Arkansas Code � 8-9-105(c), concerning rules promulgated

34 by the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, is amended to read

35 as follows:

36  (c) All rules adopted under this chapter shall be reviewed by the House

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1 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the

2 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate

3 subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

4 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

5

6   SECTION 19. Arkansas Code � 8-9-805(b), concerning hearings on the

7 technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim

8 storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, is amended to read as follows:

9   (b) The Legislative Council shall hold hearings on the technical and

10 economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim storage and

11 recycling of spent nuclear fuel and include the following committees, the:

12  (1) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor

13 and Licensing, and Public Transportation;

14  (2) Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce;

15  (3) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

16 Human Services;

17  (4) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

18  (5) Joint Energy Committee on Energy; and

19  (6) House Committee on Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public

20 Service Commission.

21

22  SECTION 20. Arkansas Code � 9-4-110 is amended to read as follows:

23  9-4-110. Reports.

24  The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission or its

25 designee shall provide an annual report by October 1 of each year to the

26 Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Chair of

27 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

28 Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

29 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate containing the following

30 information:

31  (1) The incidence of domestic violence in this state based on

32 information obtained from shelters under this chapter;

33  (2) A description of shelters that meet the requirements of and

34 receive funding from the commission or its designee under this chapter; and

35  (3) The number of persons assisted by the shelters that receive

36 funding from the commission or its designee under this chapter.

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1   SECTION 21. Arkansas Code � 9-5-113 is amended to read as follows:

2   9-5-113. Reports.

3   The Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas or its designee shall

4 provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the Department of Human

5 Services, Division of Arkansas State Police, Chair of the Senate Interim

6 Committee on Children and Youth, and the Chair of the House Committee on

7 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the

8 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or

9 she deems appropriate containing the following information:

10  (1) The incidence of child abuse in this state based on

11 information obtained from child safety centers under this chapter;

12  (2) A description of child safety centers that meet the

13 requirements of the Department of Finance and Administration and the

14 Children's Advocacy Centers of Arkansas and receive funding from the

15 Department of Finance and Administration;

16  (3) The number of children receiving investigative services by

17 the child safety centers that receive funding from the Department of Finance

18 and Administration under this chapter; and

19  (4) Outcome data provided by the child safety centers.

20

21  SECTION 22. Arkansas Code � 9-6-110 is amended to read as follows:

22  9-6-110. Reports.

23  The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or

24 her 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 that receive funds under this chapter;

32  (2) A description of shelters that meet the requirements of and

33 receive funds under this chapter; and

34  (3) The number of persons assisted by the shelters that receive

35 funds under this chapter.

36

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1   SECTION 23. Arkansas Code � 9-15-407 is amended to read as follows:

2   9-15-407. Reporting.

3   The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall report

4 annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and

5 Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and

6 the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee

7 or committees he or she deems appropriate regarding:

8   (1) The status of the implementation and administration of this

9 subchapter and its purposes; and

10  (2) Any recommended changes in the law to improve the prevention

11 of or intervention into spousal abuse situations.

12

13  SECTION 24. Arkansas Code � 9-25-105(b)(12), concerning the Child

14 Death and Near Fatality Multidisciplinary Review Committee, is amended to

15 read as follows:

16  (12) One (1) member appointed by the Chair of the Subcommittee on

17 Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

18 Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services;

19

20  SECTION 25. Arkansas Code � 9-28-205(f), concerning youth services

21 centers, is amended to read as follows:

22  (f) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Elementary

23 and Secondary Education shall report annually, beginning on March 1, 2010, to

24 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

25 Affairs and to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the

26 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

27 committees he or she deems appropriate on the state of the Division of Youth

28 Services' system of education.

29

30  SECTION 26. Arkansas Code � 9-28-216(b), concerning the separation of

31 juvenile offenders, is amended to read as follows:

32  (b) No rule pertaining to the separation of juvenile offenders

33 promulgated hereafter by the division shall be effective until reviewed by

34 the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

35 Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services, and the

36 Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth, or appropriate subcommittees

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1 thereof, of the General Assembly.

2

3         SECTION 27. Arkansas Code � 9-28-217(a)(19)(B)(iii), concerning

4 juvenile records confidentiality, is amended to read as follows:

5                        (iii) The Department of Corrections shall submit the

6 rules to the following committees for review:

7                        (a) Senate Interim Committee on Children and

8 Youth;

9                        (b) House Committee on Aging, Children and

10 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services; and

11                       (c) Administrative Rules Subcommittee of the

12 Legislative Council.

13

14        SECTION 28. Arkansas Code � 9-28-301(e)-(g), concerning inspections of

15 facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of Youth Services

16 of the Department of Human Services, are amended to read as follows:

17        (e)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall present a list

18 of findings of the random health inspections to the House Committee on Aging,

19 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human

20 Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth within one

21 (1) month after completing the random health inspections.

22        (2)(A) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the

23 Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide the report to the House

24 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs

25 Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

26 Committee on Children and Youth.

27        (B) The complete report, including, but not limited to,

28 statistics shall be made available to the public.

29        (f)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the

30 division shall file the report, along with a response not to exceed two (2)

31 pages, to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and

32 Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim

33 Committee on Children and Youth within thirty (30) days after receiving an

34 inspection report prepared by the Department of Health.

35        (2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the

36 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the response to

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1 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

2 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

3 Committee on Children and Youth.

4             (3) The response shall include a plan of correction and suggest

5 a means by which the Department of Human Services or the division will

6 correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of the filing of the report

7 or within the time frame determined by the Department of Health to ensure the

8 health and safety of the juveniles housed at the facility.

9   (g)(1) The Department of Human Services or the division shall develop

10 an internal audit and review to evaluate and monitor all facilities of the

11 division.

12            (2) The Department of Health will cooperate in training or

13 assisting the Department of Human Services or the division in developing the

14 process as it relates to health concerns.

15            (3) Included in its quarterly performance reports, the

16 Department of Human Services or the division shall report on its progress to

17 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

18 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on

19 Children and Youth.

20            (4) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the

21 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the

22 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

23 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

24 Committee on Children and Youth.

25

26  SECTION 29. Arkansas Code � 9-28-302(e)-(g), concerning security

27 inspections of facilities operated by or under contract with the Division of

28 Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as

29 follows:

30  (e)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall present a

31 list of findings of the random security inspections to the House Committee on

32 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and

33 Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth within

34 one (1) month after conducting the random security inspections.

35            (2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the

36 Secretary of the Department of Corrections shall provide the report to the

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1 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

2 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

3 Committee on Children and Youth.

4              (3) The complete report including, but not limited to,

5 statistics shall be made available to the public.

6   (f)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or the

7 division shall file the report, along with a response not to exceed two (2)

8 pages, to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and

9 Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim

10 Committee on Children and Youth within thirty (30) days of receiving an

11 inspection report prepared by the Department of Corrections.

12             (2) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the

13 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the response to

14 the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

15 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

16 Committee on Children and Youth.

17             (3) The response shall include a plan of correction and suggest

18 a means by which the Department of Human Services or the division will

19 correct any deficiencies within thirty (30) days of the filing of the report

20 or within the time frame determined by the Department of Corrections to

21 ensure the health and safety of the juveniles housed at the facility.

22  (g)(1)(A) The Department of Human Services or the division shall

23 develop an internal audit and review to evaluate and monitor all facilities

24 of the division.

25                   (B) The internal audit and review shall include without

26 limitation monitoring of all facilities for security concerns.

27             (2) The Department of Corrections will cooperate in training or

28 assisting the Department of Human Services or the division in developing this

29 process as it relates to security concerns.

30             (3)(A) In its quarterly performance reports, the Department of

31 Human Services or the division shall report on its progress to the House

32 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs

33 Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children

34 and Youth.

35                   (B) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the

36 Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the

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1 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

2 Affairs Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

3 Committee on Children and Youth.

4

5   SECTION 30. Arkansas Code � 9-28-405(m), concerning the Child Welfare

6 Agency Review Board, is amended to read as follows:

7   (m) All rules promulgated under this section and all public comment

8 received in writing by the department in response shall be made available for

9 review by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the

10 Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children

11 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services,

12 and by the Governor or his or her designee from among the Governor's staff.

13

14  SECTION 31. Arkansas Code � 9-28-603(b)(6), concerning the

15 establishment of independent living programs, is amended to read as follows:

16            (6) Provide an annual report to the division and the Senate

17 Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Subcommittee on Children and

18 Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and

19 Military Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

20 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate summarizing outcome

21 data in areas related to educational achievement, employment, and criminal

22 justice contact of the participants and other information as requested by the

23 division.

24

25  SECTION 32. Arkansas Code � 9-30-105(c)(7), concerning the powers and

26 duties of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as follows:

27            (7) On or before October 1 of each year, provide an annual

28 report to the Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and

29 the Chair of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative

30 and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services summarizing the

31 evaluations of the One Percent to Prevent Fund.

32

33  SECTION 33. Arkansas Code � 10-2-133(d), concerning increased cost

34 obligations for health benefit plans, is amended to read as follows:

35  (d) A fiscal impact statement required by this section shall be

36 developed by an actuary within the guidelines adopted by the House Committee

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1 on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public

2 Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, as

3 applicable.

4

5   SECTION 34. Arkansas Code � 10-3-220(b), concerning the monitoring of

6 changes made in federal income tax laws and regulations, is amended to read

7 as follows:

8   (b) The secretary shall report his or her findings annually to the

9 House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue

10 and Taxation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment

11 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate and may make such

12 other reports to the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate

13 Committee on Revenue and Taxation committees under this subsection as he or

14 she deems necessary.

15

16  SECTION 35. Arkansas Code � 10-3-316 is amended to read as follows:

17  10-3-316. Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee.

18  The cochairs of the Legislative Council shall appoint a member of the

19 Senate Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs and a member of the House

20 Committee on City, County, and Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and

21 Game and Fish to serve as members of the Charitable, Penal and Correctional

22 Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council.

23

24  SECTION 36. Arkansas Code � 10-3-1401(a)(1)(D), concerning the

25 membership of the Joint Committee on Economic and Tax Policy, is amended to

26 read as follows:

27                   (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Revenue and

28 Taxation Finance and Administration;

29

30  SECTION 37. Arkansas Code � 10-3-3202(b)(1)(M)-(P), concerning the

31 Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee, are amended to read as

32 follows:

33                   (M)(i) The Chair of the House Committee on Aging, Children

34 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services

35 or his or her designee.

36                          (ii) The Chair of the House Committee on Aging,

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1 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human

2 Services shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Child Maltreatment

3 Investigations Oversight Committee if he or she appoints a designee under

4 subdivision (b)(1)(M)(i) of this section;

5                 (N)(i) The Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on

6 Children and Youth or his or her designee.

7                 (ii) The Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on

8 Children and Youth shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Child

9 Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee if he or she appoints a

10 designee under subdivision (b)(1)(N)(i) of this section;

11                (O) Two (2) members of the General Assembly who are members

12 of the:

13                (i) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

14 Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services; or

15                (ii) Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth;

16                (P)(i) One (1) current or former member of the General

17 Assembly who is a current or former member of the:

18                (a) House Committee on Aging, Children and

19 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services; or

20                (b) Senate Interim Committee on Children and

21 Youth.

22                (ii) The current or former member of the General

23 Assembly under subdivision (b)(1)(P)(i) of this section shall be appointed by

24 the Governor;

25

26         SECTION 38. Arkansas Code � 10-3-3204(a), concerning reports to the

27 Child Maltreatment Investigation Oversight Committee, is amended to read as

28 follows:

29         (a) The Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee shall

30 submit its findings and recommendations contained in a report at least

31 annually to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and

32 Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and

33 the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee

34 or committees he or she deems appropriate.

35

36         SECTION 39. Arkansas Code � 12-8-504(c), concerning the transfer of

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1 child abuse investigations, is amended to read as follows:

2          (c) The Department of Human Services and the Department Division of

3 Arkansas State Police shall submit for review any transition plan developed

4 under this section to the House Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the

5 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

6 Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the

7 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

8 committees he or she deems appropriate.

9

10         SECTION 40. Arkansas Code � 12-8-509(a)(2)(A), concerning reporting on

11 findings and statistics regarding incidents of neglect, is amended to read as

12 follows:

13           (2)(A) Annually report no later than October 1 to the following:

14                          (i) The Senate Interim Committee on Children and

15 Youth;

16                          (ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and

17 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs;

18                          (iii)(ii) The Senate Committee on Public Health,

19 Welfare, and Labor; and

20                          (iv)(iii) The House Committee on Public Health,

21 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

22 the committee or committees that he or she deems appropriate.

23

24         SECTION 41. Arkansas Code � 12-9-104(1)(B), concerning rules of the

25 Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training, is amended to

26 read as follows:

27           (B) The rules promulgated by the commission shall not go into

28 full force and effect until the commission seeks the advice of the

29 Legislative Council and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

30 Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

31 and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the Legislative Council and the

32 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and

33 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

34

35         SECTION 42. Arkansas Code � 12-12-407(g), concerning the audit of

36 untested sexual assault collection kits and unsubmitted anonymous kits, is

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1 amended to read as follows:

2   (g)(1) On or before each February 1, the State Crime Laboratory shall

3 prepare and transmit to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker

4 of the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Public Health,

5 Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

6 and Human Services, and the Attorney General a report containing:

7   (A) A compilation of the data submitted by law enforcement

8 agencies and licensed healthcare providers under this section, with the data

9 reported in the aggregate; and

10  (B) A plan to address any backlog of untested sexual

11 assault collection kits and unsubmitted anonymous kits.

12  (2) The report submitted under subdivision (g)(1) of this

13 section shall be presented to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

14 and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

15 Human Services, meeting jointly.

16

17  SECTION 43. Arkansas Code � 12-12-913(c)(3), concerning guidelines and

18 procedures promulgated by the Sex Offender Assessment Committee, is amended

19 to read as follows:

20  (3) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall submit the

21 proposed guidelines and procedures to the House Committee on Public Health,

22 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public

23 Health, Welfare, and Labor for their review and shall report to the House

24 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the

25 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor every six (6) months on

26 the implementation of this section.

27

28  SECTION 44. Arkansas Code � 12-18-713 is amended to read as follows:

29  12-18-713. Reports on overturned true determinations.

30  (a)(1) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas

31 State Police shall submit two (2) reports annually on true determinations

32 made under this chapter that are administratively or judicially overturned to

33 the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on

34 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the

35 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or

36 she deems appropriate.

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1              (2) The first report shall be submitted on June 1 and the second

2 report shall be submitted on December 1.

3   (b) A report submitted under subsection (a) of this section shall

4 include:

5              (1) Data on overturned true determinations by county; and

6              (2) Any other information requested by the Senate Interim

7 Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children

8 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs committees under subdivision

9 (a)(1) of this section.

10

11  SECTION 45. Arkansas Code � 12-18-801(a)(2), concerning the time to

12 complete an administrative hearing related to child maltreatment is amended

13 to read as follows:

14             (2)(A) The Department of Human Services shall report any

15 failures to comply with this subsection for each quarter to the House

16 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and

17 the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the

18 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or

19 she deems appropriate.

20             (B) The quarterly report to the House Committee on Aging,

21 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim

22 Committee on Children and Youth under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section

23 shall include a written explanation of the failure of the Department of Human

24 Services.

25

26  SECTION 46. Arkansas Code � 12-18-908(f), concerning the removal of

27 names from the Child Maltreatment Central Registry, is amended to read as

28 follows:

29  (f) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall adopt

30 rules necessary to carry out this chapter pursuant to the Arkansas

31 Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., except that the secretary

32 shall not begin the process under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act,

33 � 25-15-201 et seq., until the proposed rules have been reviewed by the House

34 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs

35 Public Health and Human Services and the Senate Interim Committee on Children

36 and Youth.

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1   SECTION 47. Arkansas Code � 12-27-113(e)(5)(B), concerning commitments

2 to the Division of Correction, is amended to read as follows:

3   (B) A view of records under this subdivision (e)(5) by an

4 employee may be performed only if the employee is assigned to one (1) or more

5 of the following committees:

6   (i) Senate Committee on Judiciary;

7   (ii) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety,

8 Corrections, and Inspector General; or

9   (iii) Charitable, Penal, and Correctional

10 Institutions Subcommittee of the Legislative Council.

11

12  SECTION 48. Arkansas Code � 12-27-129(a), concerning the Division of

13 Correction's report on rehabilitation, is amended to read as follows:

14  (a) The Division of Correction may report to the House Committee on

15 State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Senate Committee on State

16 Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the Speaker of the House of

17 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

18 appropriate no later than December 1 of each year regarding its efforts in

19 rehabilitating the inmate population.

20

21  SECTION 49. Arkansas Code � 12-75-132(f)(3), concerning the Arkansas

22 Homeland Security Advisory Group, is amended to read as follows:

23  (3) The advisory group shall submit the report annually to the

24 director, and to the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental

25 Affairs and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs,

26 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

27 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

28

29  SECTION 50. Arkansas Code � 13-11-102 is amended to read as follows:

30  13-11-102. Administration -- Rules.

31  (a) The Senior Arkansans Hall of Fame shall be administered by the

32 Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of

33 Human Services, in consultation with the House Committee on Aging, Children

34 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services.

35  (b) The division will promulgate rules to implement the hall of fame

36 and to select candidates for inclusion.

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1   SECTION 51. Arkansas Code � 14-236-107(b)(1), concerning rules

2 promulgated by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the

3 Department of Health, is amended to read as follows:

4            (1) After review by the House Committee on Public Health,

5 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public

6 Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof adopt, and

7 from time to time amend, rules governing the review and approval of

8 subdivisions proposing to utilize individual sewage disposal systems as the

9 means of sewage disposal for part or all of the lots in the subdivision and

10 the location, design, construction, installation, and operation of individual

11 sewage disposal systems proposed for or located in subdivisions or in platted

12 or unplatted lots or tracts of land pursuant to the procedures provided in

13 the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., in order that

14 the wastes from the systems will not pollute any potable water supply, or

15 source of water used for public or domestic supply purposes, or for

16 recreational purposes, or other waters of this state, and will not give rise

17 to a public health hazard by being accessible to insects, rodents, or other

18 possible carriers which may come into contact with food or potable water, or

19 by being accessible to human beings, and will not constitute a nuisance due

20 to odor or unsightly appearance;

21

22  SECTION 52. Arkansas Code � 14-262-101(b)(4), concerning the review of

23 rules concerning the transfer of unexpended funds relative to the collection

24 of certain fines, is amended to read as follows:

25           (4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be

26 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

27 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

28 or appropriate subcommittees thereof.

29

30  SECTION 53. Arkansas Code � 15-4-1405(a), concerning the Center for

31 Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies, is amended to read as

32 follows:

33  (a) The Center for Prototype Development and Emerging Technologies

34 shall submit an annual report based on the fiscal year on or before December

35 31 of each year to the Governor and shall file an electronic copy of the

36 report with the Legislative Council to be reviewed by the House Committee on

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1 State Agencies, and Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services

2 and the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs.

3

4   SECTION 54. Arkansas Code � 15-4-3805(b)(2), concerning reporting

5 requirements of the Department of Agriculture, is amended to read as follows:

6            (2) Make the report required under this subsection available to

7 the Governor and the cochairs of the Legislative Council or, if the General

8 Assembly is in session, the cochairs of the Joint Budget Committee, the House

9 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, and the Senate

10 Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, and the Speaker

11 of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees

12 he or she deems appropriate.

13

14  SECTION 55. Arkansas Code � 15-5-1408(2)(B), concerning reporting

15 under the Venture Capital Investment Act of 2001, is amended to read as

16 follows:

17           (B) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

18 Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

19 Development and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

20 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate; and

21

22  SECTION 56. Arkansas Code � 15-5-1415(2)(B), concerning reporting

23 under the Venture Capital Investment Act of 2001, is amended to read as

24 follows:

25  (B) House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development

26 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

27 committees he or she deems appropriate;

28

29  SECTION 57. Arkansas Code � 15-10-207 is amended to read as follows:

30  15-10-207. Reporting regarding the Weatherization Assistance Program.

31  The Arkansas Energy Office of the Division of Environmental Quality

32 shall report to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

33 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee he or

34 she deems appropriate and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

35 Labor concerning the Weatherization Assistance Program as transferred to the

36 office under � 25-14-103 20-80-312 and as authorized under � 15-10-205(a):

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1               (1) When the office applies to the United States Department of

2 Energy for the funding for the program as described in the state plan;

3               (2) At the midyear point of the program to show the statistics

4 relating to budgeting, enrollment, and other information relating to the

5 program; and

6               (3) At the end of the year of the program to show the total

7 impact of the program and to discuss the renewal application for the funding

8 for the program as described in the state plan.

9

10  SECTION 58. Arkansas Code � 15-22-301(12), concerning the duties of

11 the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, is amended to read as follows:

12              (12) Report periodically to the House Committee on Agriculture,

13 Forestry, and Economic Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture,

14 Forestry, and Economic Development and the Speaker of the House of

15 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

16 appropriate;

17

18  SECTION 59. Arkansas Code � 15-23-904(b), concerning the authority of

19 the Arkansas Waterways Commission to establish programs, is amended to read

20 as follows:

21  (b) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Commerce,

22 Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate

23 Committee on Public Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs.

24

25  SECTION 60. Arkansas Code � 16-17-1002(b)(1)(B), concerning the

26 District Court Resource Assessment Board, is amended to read as follows:

27               (B) Two (2) members of the House of Representatives

28 appointed by the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety,

29 Corrections, and Inspector General; and

30

31  SECTION 61. Arkansas Code � 16-17-1002(b)(2)(B), concerning the

32 District Court Resource Assessment Board, is amended to read as follows:

33               (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public

34 Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General or his or her designee; and

35

36  SECTION 62. Arkansas Code � 16-87-216(c)(13)(B)(ii), concerning the

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1 Juvenile Ombudsman Division of the Arkansas Public Defender Commission, is

2 amended to read as follows:

3               (ii) The House Committee on Aging, Children and

4 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of

5 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

6 appropriate;

7

8   SECTION 63. Arkansas Code � 16-90-802(b)(2)(B), concerning the

9 Arkansas Sentencing Commission, is amended to read as follows:

10              (B) One (1) advisory member shall be appointed by and

11 serve at the pleasure of the Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary Public

12 Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General.

13

14  SECTION 64. Arkansas Code � 16-90-802(d)(2)(E), concerning the

15 Arkansas Sentencing Commission, is amended to read as follows:

16              (E) Before review and approval by the Legislative Council

17 under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq.,

18 revisions to the voluntary sentencing standards shall be reviewed by the

19 House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector

20 General and the Senate Committee on Judiciary;

21

22  SECTION 65. Arkansas Code � 16-93-202(e)(2), concerning the review of

23 records of the Post-Prison Transfer Board, is amended to read as follows:

24  (2) A view of records under subdivision (e)(1) of this section by

25 an employee may be performed only if the employee is assigned to one (1) or

26 more of the following committees:

27              (A) Senate Committee on Judiciary;

28              (B) House Committee on Judiciary Public Safety,

29 Corrections, and Inspector General; or

30              (C) Charitable, Penal and Correctional Institutions

31 Subcommittee of the Legislative Council.

32

33  SECTION 66. Arkansas Code � 16-93-210(a)(1), concerning the monthly

34 performance report on parole and post-release supervision applications and

35 outcome, is amended to read as follows:

36  (a)(1) The Post-Prison Transfer Board shall submit a monthly report to

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1 the chairs chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Committee

2 on Judiciary, the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

3 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, the Legislative

4 Council, the Board of Corrections, and the Governor, showing the number of

5 persons who make application for parole or post-release supervision and those

6 who are granted or denied parole or post-release supervision during the

7 previous month for each criminal offense classification.

8

9   SECTION 67. Arkansas Code � 16-99-105(c), concerning reporting and

10 data collection, is amended to read as follows:

11  (c) The board shall report all data, findings, and recommendations

12 annually for improvement to the:

13           (1) Governor;

14           (2) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;

15           (3) Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts;

16           (4) Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

17 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate;

18           (5) President of the Senate;

19           (6) Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary; and

20           (7)(6) Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary.

21

22  SECTION 68. Arkansas Code � 17-4-110(4), concerning responsibilities

23 of occupational licensing entities, is amended to read as follows:

24           (4) Provide to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

25 Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of Representatives for

26 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate an

27 annual report stating the number of individuals granted automatic

28 occupational licensure and expedited occupational licensure under this

29 chapter.

30

31  SECTION 69. Arkansas Code � 17-11-404(c)(1), concerning investigations

32 of the State Board of Appraisers, Abstractors, and Home Inspectors, is

33 amended to read as follows:

34  (c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1

35 with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the

36 House Committee on State Agencies, and Governmental Affairs Transformation,

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1 and Shared Services for the Senate Committee on State Agencies and

2 Governmental Affairs' and the House Committee on State Agencies and

3 Governmental Affairs' committees' review.

4

5       SECTION 70. Arkansas Code � 17-38-102(g), concerning rules promulgated

6 by the Department of Health, is amended to read as follows:

7       (g) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed

8 by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

9 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or

10 appropriate subcommittees thereof.

11

12      SECTION 71. Arkansas Code � 17-51-103(b), concerning rules pertaining

13 to waterworks operators, is amended to read as follows:

14      (b) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed

15 by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

16 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or

17 appropriate subcommittees thereof.

18

19      SECTION 72. Arkansas Code � 17-87-203(1)(B), concerning rules

20 promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, is amended to read as

21 follows:

22           (B) No rule promulgated hereafter by the board shall be

23 effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council and the House Committee

24 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate

25 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees

26 thereof;

27

28      SECTION 73. Arkansas Code � 17-87-209(e), concerning reports on the

29 Clinical Nurse Education Portal, is amended to read as follows:

30      (e)(1) On the year-anniversary of August 1, 2023, and annually

31 thereafter, the department shall report on the implementation, progress, and

32 activity of the portal to the:

33           (A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

34 and

35           (B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

36 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

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1 committees he or she deems appropriate.

2            (2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

3 and Labor or the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

4 Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives may request any additional

5 reports at his or her discretion.

6

7   SECTION 74. Arkansas Code � 17-87-314(e)(5), concerning reports by the

8 Full Independent Practice Credentialing Committee, is amended to read as

9 follows:

10  (5) Provide reports quarterly and upon request regarding the number

11 of applicants approved and denied to the Senate Committee on Public Health,

12 Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

13 Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee

14 or committees he or she deems appropriate.

15

16  SECTION 75. Arkansas Code � 17-100-202(b)(3)(A), concerning rules

17 promulgated by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and

18 Audiology, is amended to read as follows:

19           (3)(A) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be

20 reviewed by 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 thereof.

23

24  SECTION 76. Arkansas Code � 17-100-208(c)(1), concerning the use of

25 outside investigators by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology

26 and Audiology, is amended to read as follows:

27  (c)(1) The board shall file a report annually on or before December 1

28 with the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the

29 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services for

30 the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs and the House

31 Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs' committees' review.

32

33  SECTION 77. Arkansas Code � 17-102-201(a)(5), concerning the Arkansas

34 State Board of Acupuncture and Related Techniques, is amended to read as

35 follows:

36           (5)(A) On a biennial basis beginning in October 2010, the board

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1 shall file a written report with the House Committee on Public Heath,

2 Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

3 Labor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

4 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

5   (B) The report shall contain a certified copy of the

6 minutes of all board meetings as required by � 17-102-205 for the calendar

7 years 2009 through October 2010 and thereafter covering the period of time

8 since the last report.

9   (C) The report shall contain a comprehensive assessment of

10 the board's functionality, including without limitation staff and office site

11 adequacy and any other information as may be requested by the House Committee

12 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public

13 Health, Welfare, and Labor and the committee or committees to which the

14 report is assigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives sufficient

15 for the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate

16 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees to make a

17 recommendation to the Governor regarding whether the board should be

18 continued or whether the board should be disbanded and abolished in

19 accordance with a proclamation issued by the Governor.

20

21  SECTION 78. Arkansas Code � 19-5-1151(g)(1), concerning the University

22 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences National Cancer Institute Designation Trust

23 Fund, is amended to read as follows:

24  (g)(1) The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University

25 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall submit a semiannual report containing

26 the following information to the Governor; the Legislative Council or, if the

27 General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee; the Senate

28 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and the House Committee on

29 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for

30 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate:

31  (A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date;

32  (B) A list of the administrative costs paid for from the

33 fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages;

34  (C) The total revenue received by the fund during the

35 reporting period; and

36  (D) A detailed description of the steps taken and the

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1 progress made toward achieving status as a National Cancer Institute-

2 Designated Cancer Center during the reporting period.

3

4   SECTION 79. Arkansas Code � 19-5-1160(h)(1), concerning the University

5 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Maternal Health Workforce Trust Fund, is

6 amended to read as follows:

7   (h)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall submit a

8 semiannual report containing the following information to the Governor; the

9 Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint

10 Budget Committee; the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

11 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the

12 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or

13 she deems appropriate:

14                   (A) The balance of the fund as of the reporting date;

15                   (B) A list of the administrative costs paid for from the

16 fund, including without limitation salaries, pensions, and packages;

17                   (C) The total revenue received by the fund during the

18 reporting period; and

19                   (D) A detailed description of the steps taken and the

20 progress made toward addressing the maternal health workforce needs of

21 Arkansas during the reporting period.

22

23  SECTION 80. Arkansas Code � 19-11-261(b), concerning the cooperative

24 purchase of paper products for local government, is amended to read as

25 follows:

26  (b)(1) The director shall promulgate rules for administration of the

27 program.

28              (2) The rules shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public

29 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on

30 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the

31 committees.

32

33  SECTION 81. Arkansas Code � 19-11-1404(c), concerning the Construction

34 Manager-General Contractor Method of Procurement Pilot Program, is amended to

35 read as follows:

36  (c) The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall send

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1 written notice identifying the transportation project and the reasons for

2 deciding to apply the construction manager-general contractor method to that

3 specific transportation project to:

4            (1) The Chair of the House Committee on Commerce, Insurance,

5 Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation; and

6            (2) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Transportation,

7 Technology, and Legislative Affairs.

8

9   SECTION 82. Arkansas Code � 19-12-117(g)(3), concerning the

10 establishment of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission and resulting

11 from Initiated Act 1 of 2000, is amended to read as follows:

12  (3) The commission shall file a quarterly progress report with the

13 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee

14 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of

15 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

16 appropriate.

17

18  SECTION 83. Arkansas Code � 20-2-103, concerning the powers and duties

19 of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, is amended to read as follows:

20  (b) The commission shall report two (2) times each year to the House

21 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

22 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of

23 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

24 appropriate.

25

26  SECTION 84. Arkansas Code � 20-2-106 is amended to read as follows:

27  20-2-106. Report on health disparities.

28  On or before October 1 each year, the Arkansas Minority Health

29 Commission shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Health, the

30 Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the

31 Senate, the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

32 Labor, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

33 Labor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

34 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate without limitation:

35           (1) Summarizing the previous year's work under � 20-2-103(a)(5)

36 and (6);

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1            (2) Describing reductions in disparities in health and health

2 care in this state; and

3            (3) Outlining plans for continuing and expanding in the coming

4 year the program to reduce disparities in health and health care in this

5 state.

6

7         SECTION 85. Arkansas Code � 20-6-409(a)(2), concerning informational

8 materials prepared by the Department of Health and the Department of Human

9 Services, is amended to read as follows:

10           (2) The Department of Health and the Department of Human

11 Services shall present informational materials regarding this subchapter to

12 the:

13           (A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

14 and

15           (B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

16 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

17 committees he or she deems appropriate; and

18           (C) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

19 Legislative and Military Affairs.

20

21        SECTION 86. Arkansas Code � 20-7-101(b)(4), concerning violations of

22 the policies of the State Board of Health, is amended to read as follows:

23           (4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be

24 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

25 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

26 or appropriate subcommittees thereof.

27

28        SECTION 87. Arkansas Code � 20-7-109(a)(2), concerning the authority

29 of the State Board of Health to regulate public health, is amended to read as

30 follows:

31           (2) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be

32 reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

33 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

34 or appropriate subcommittees thereof.

35

36        SECTION 88. Arkansas Code � 20-7-135(f)(1), concerning nutrition and

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1 physical activity standards, is amended to read as follows:

2   (f)(1) The division and the department shall report annually on

3 progress in implementing nutrition and physical education standards to the:

4            (A) Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

5 Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

6 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate;

7            (B) Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

8 Welfare, and Labor;

9            (C) Chair of the House Committee on Education; and

10           (D) Chair of the Senate Committee on Education.

11

12  SECTION 89. Arkansas Code � 20-7-306 is amended to read as follows:

13  20-7-306. Reports -- Assistance.

14  (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall prepare and submit

15 a biennial report to the Governor, and the House Committee on Public Health,

16 Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

17 Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof, and the Speaker of the House of

18 Representatives for assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or

19 subcommittees that he or she deems appropriate.

20  (b) The Department of Health shall provide assistance to the House

21 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

22 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof

23 committees or subcommittees under subsection (a) of this section in the

24 development of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues.

25  (c)(1) With regard to � 6-18-702(d), � 6-60-504(b), and � 20-78-

26 206(a)(2)(B), the department shall report every six (6) months to the House

27 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

28 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of

29 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

30 appropriate regarding:

31           (A) The geographic patterns of exemptions, vaccination

32 rates, and exemptions in those areas as well as the rest of the state; and

33           (B) Disease incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases

34 collected by the department.

35           (2) The collection of exemption information shall begin January

36 4, 2004.

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1              (3) Reports shall begin at the first interim meeting of the

2 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee

3 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees under subdivision (c)(1) of

4 this section.

5

6   SECTION 90. Arkansas Code � 20-8-110(h), concerning the collection and

7 dissemination of health data, is amended to read as follows:

8   (h)(1) With the advice of the commission, the director shall compile

9 and publish summaries of health data collected by the Health Services Permit

10 Agency.

11             (2)(A) The director shall prepare an annual report of the Health

12 Services Permit Agency's findings and submit the report to the secretary, the

13 General Assembly, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

14 Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or

15 appropriate subcommittees thereof, and the Speaker of the House of

16 Representatives for assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or

17 subcommittees that he or she deems appropriate.

18                 (B) The Health Services Permit Agency shall provide

19 assistance to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

20 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor committees or

21 subcommittees under subdivision (h)(2)(A) of this section in the development

22 of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues.

23

24  SECTION 91. Arkansas Code � 20-8-807(a), concerning reports of the

25 Department of Health, is amended to read as follows:

26  (a) Annually, the Department of Health shall report to:

27             (1) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

28             (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment

29 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate;

30             (3) The minority leaders of the Senate and the House of

31 Representatives; and

32             (4) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

33 and Labor; and

34             (5) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

35 and Labor.

36

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1       SECTION 92. Arkansas Code � 20-9-1205(a)(1)(A), concerning reports

2 regarding healthcare-associated infections, is amended to read as follows:

3       (a)(1)(A) In consultation with the Advisory Committee on Healthcare

4 Acquired Infections, the Department of Health shall submit annually a report

5 summarizing the health facility quarterly reports required under this

6 subchapter to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

7 Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

8 Labor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

9 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

10

11      SECTION 93. Arkansas Code � 20-9-1402(c)(2), concerning the

12 establishment of the shaken baby syndrome education program, is amended to

13 read as follows:

14           (2) The department shall submit a biennial report of the

15 assessment under subdivision (c)(1) of this section to the Chair of the House

16 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate

17 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House

18 of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she

19 deems appropriate.

20

21      SECTION 94. Arkansas Code � 20-10-113(b), concerning the Fair

22 Reimbursement and Assisted Living Cost Reporting Act of 2023, is amended to

23 read as follows:

24      (b) The Department of Human Services shall annually report to:

25           (1) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

26 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

27 committees he or she deems appropriate;

28           (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

29 and

30           (3) The Legislative Council.

31

32      SECTION 95. Arkansas Code � 20-10-501(1), concerning the definition of

33 "committees" as pertaining to long-term care networks, is amended to read as

34 follows:

35           (1) "Committees" means the House Committee on Public Health,

36 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public

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1 Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof to whom the

2 state agencies in the long-term care network will report the progress of this

3 effort;

4

5   SECTION 96. Arkansas Code � 20-13-208 is amended to read as follows:

6   20-13-208. State Board of Health -- Powers and duties.

7   (a)(1) The State Board of Health shall have the responsibility and

8 authority to hold public hearings and promulgate and implement rules and

9 standards which it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this

10 subchapter.

11              (2) However, before implementing any rules or standards, the

12 board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public

13 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on

14 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees.

15  (b) In addition, the board may establish appropriate rules and

16 standards defining or limiting the emergency medical procedures or services

17 that may be rendered by licensed emergency medical services personnel who are

18 authorized to legally perform these services under the conditions set forth

19 by the board, except that before implementing any rules and standards, the

20 board shall submit and obtain the review of the House Committee on Public

21 Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on

22 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees.

23

24  SECTION 97. Arkansas Code � 20-13-210(a), concerning rules and

25 standards relating to emergency medical services, is amended to read as

26 follows:

27  (a)(1) All rules and standards relating to emergency medical services

28 promulgated and adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council

29 and the State Board of Health or any other state agency or department

30 authorized to promulgate and adopt rules to carry out this subchapter shall

31 be submitted to 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 for consideration before being placed in

34 effect by the department or agency.

35              (2) No rules or standards promulgated to carry out this

36 subchapter shall be enforced by any state agency or department until they

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1 have been:

2                (A) Submitted to and considered by the House Committee on

3 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee

4 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

5                (B) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council under

6 � 10-3-309.

7

8   SECTION 98. Arkansas Code � 20-13-820 is amended to read as follows:

9   20-13-820. Reports to the General Assembly.

10  The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide a report to the

11 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee

12 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor on or before April 1 and October 1 of

13 each year through 2011. After 2011, the secretary shall provide an annual

14 report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the

15 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of

16 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

17 appropriate on or before October 1.

18

19  SECTION 99. Arkansas Code � 20-15-1503(h)(3), concerning the Universal

20 Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Advisory Board, is

21 amended to read as follows:

22             (3) The board shall complete an annual report for the House

23 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

24 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of

25 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

26 appropriate which provides information such as, but not limited to, the

27 number of hospitals in compliance with this subchapter, the number of Deaf,

28 deaf, or Hard of Hearing infants identified, and the availability of follow-

29 up services.

30

31  SECTION 100. Arkansas Code � 20-15-2307(a), concerning reporting by

32 the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, is amended to read as follows:

33  (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee shall

34 file a written report on the number and causes of maternal deaths and its

35 recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to:

36             (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

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1   (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

2 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

3 committees he or she deems appropriate; and

4   (3) The Legislative Council.

5

6   SECTION 101. Arkansas Code � 20-15-2407(a), concerning reporting by

7 the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality Review Committee, is amended to

8 read as follows:

9   (a) Beginning in 2020, the Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Quality

10 Review Committee shall file a written report on maternal and perinatal

11 outcomes and its recommendations on or before December 31 of each year to:

12  (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

13  (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

14 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

15 committees he or she deems appropriate; and

16  (3) The Legislative Council.

17

18  SECTION 102. Arkansas Code � 20-16-203(c)(9), concerning the

19 membership of the advisory commission for the Arkansas Reproductive Health

20 Monitoring System, is amended to read as follows:

21  (9) One (1) member from the House Committee on Public Health,

22 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and one (1) member from the Senate

23 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

24

25  SECTION 103. Arkansas Code � 20-16-607(d), concerning pregnant women

26 in the custody or guardianship of the state, is amended to read as follows:

27  (d) A state agency under this section shall report annually to the

28 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee

29 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives

30 for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate the

31 number of any terminations of pregnancies that occurred for women in the

32 custody or guardianship of the state agency.

33

34  SECTION 104. Arkansas Code � 20-18-202 is amended to read as follows:

35  20-18-202. Regulatory powers of the State Board of Health.

36  The State Board of Health may adopt, amend, and repeal rules for the

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1 purpose of carrying out this chapter. All rules adopted under this chapter

2 shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

3 and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

4 Labor or appropriate subcommittees of the House Committee on Public Health,

5 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public

6 Health, Welfare, and Labor.

7

8   SECTION 105. Arkansas Code � 20-27-1707(a)(2), concerning the Arkansas

9 Child Death Review Panel, is amended to read as follows:

10  (2) The Legislative Council shall forward the report to the

11 Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging,

12 Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of

13 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

14 appropriate.

15

16  SECTION 106. Arkansas Code � 20-32-106(c), concerning rules of the

17 Department of Health on the segregation, packaging, storage, transportation,

18 treatment, and disposal of commercial medical waste from healthcare-related

19 facilities, is amended to read as follows:

20  (c) All rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewed

21 by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

22 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or

23 appropriate subcommittees thereof.

24

25  SECTION 107. Arkansas Code � 20-46-105(a)(1), concerning the report

26 concerning emotionally disturbed youth, is amended to read as follows:

27  (a)(1) The Department of Human Services shall report monthly to the

28 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

29 Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate

30 subcommittees thereof and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for

31 assignment to the committee, committees, subcommittee, or subcommittees he or

32 she deems appropriate the number of children placed in residential and

33 inpatient treatment programs, including sexual offender treatment, when

34 Medicaid is the payment source.

35

36  SECTION 108. Arkansas Code � 20-46-106(a)(3), concerning emotionally

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1 disturbed youth treated out of state, is amended to read as follows:

2            (3) The department shall provide a report monthly to the Senate

3 Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children

4 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of

5 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

6 appropriate reflecting the number of youths in the custody of the department

7 receiving services out of state as follows:

8            (A) The total number of males and the total number of females

9 currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, excluding sexual offender

10 treatment programs; and

11           (B) The total number of males and the total number of females

12 currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, including sexual offender

13 treatment programs.

14

15  SECTION 109. Arkansas Code � 20-47-505(b)(8), concerning the Child and

16 Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council, is amended to read as

17 follows:

18           (8) Provide a written report on a quarterly basis to the House

19 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and

20 the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the Speaker of the

21 House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or

22 she deems appropriate that summarizes progress implementing this subchapter;

23

24  SECTION 110. Arkansas Code � 20-47-510(d)(1)(B), concerning the

25 coordination and oversight of the Comprehensive Children's Behavioral Health

26 System of Care Plan, is amended to read as follows:

27           (B) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

28 Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children

29 and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

30 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

31

32  SECTION 111. Arkansas Code � 20-47-510(e)(1)(B), concerning the

33 coordination and oversight of the Comprehensive Children's Behavioral Health

34 System of Care Plan, is amended to read as follows:

35           (B) The House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

36 Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children

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1 and Youth and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

2 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

3

4       SECTION 112. Arkansas Code � 20-47-708 is amended to read as follows:

5       20-47-708. Annual report.

6       The Department of Human Services shall report annually on progress to

7 the:

8       (1) Governor;

9       (2) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative

10 and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth; and

11      (3) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the

12 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

13      (4) Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

14 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

15

16      SECTION 113. Arkansas Code � 20-48-702(a)(3), concerning the

17 reimbursement rate structure for individuals with developmental disabilities,

18 is amended to read as follows:

19      (3) There shall be a quarterly progress report 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 by the department on the categories of services and respective

24 service limits, service eligibility guidelines for each service component,

25 and the rate structure based on prospective costs.

26

27      SECTION 114. Arkansas Code � 20-57-104 is amended to read as follows:

28      20-57-104. Food safety -- Definition.

29      (a) Employees of food service establishments shall keep their hands

30 and exposed portions of their arms clean in a manner approved by the

31 Department of Health.

32      (b)(1) Except when washing fruits and vegetables, employees of food

33 service establishments shall avoid contact of exposed ready-to-eat food with

34 their hands by use of suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs,

35 or single-use gloves, or they shall wash their hands and exposed portions of

36 their arms utilizing a hand-washing program approved by the department.

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1        (2) Employees shall minimize bare-hand and bare-arm contact with

2 exposed food that is not in a ready-to-eat form.

3        (c)(1) Within thirty (30) days of August 13, 2001, the department

4 shall initiate a full review of the current version of the United States Food

5 and Drug Administration Food Code.

6        (2) The department shall report its findings to the House

7 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

8 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

9        (d)(c) As used in this section, "food service establishment" means

10 any:

11       (1) Fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-

12 order cafe, luncheonette, grille, tearoom, soda fountain, sandwich shop,

13 hotel kitchen, smorgasbord, tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, night club,

14 roadside stand, industrial feeding establishment, school lunch project,

15 private, public, or nonprofit organization or institution routinely serving

16 the public, catering kitchen, commissary, or similar place in which the food

17 or drink is prepared for sale or for service on the premises or elsewhere;

18       (2) Grocery store, delicatessen, meat market, retail bakery, or

19 other establishment which sells or otherwise provides food for immediate or

20 on-premise consumption, regardless of whether serving food for immediate

21 consumption is the primary activity of the business; and

22       (3) Other eating and drinking establishment where food is served

23 or provided for the public with or without charge.

24

25       SECTION 115. Arkansas Code � 20-60-217 is amended to read as follows:

26       20-60-217. Reporting.

27       Annually, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall submit a

28 report on the operations, implementation, and administration of the State

29 Meat Inspection Program to the:

30       (1) Governor;

31       (2) Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and

32 Economic Development Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment

33 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate; and

34       (3) Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and

35 Economic Development.

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1   SECTION 116. Arkansas Code � 20-76-106(c) and (d), concerning the

2 statewide implementation plan for Transitional Employment Assistance, is

3 amended to read as follows:

4   (c)(1)(A) The department shall prepare a comprehensive annual program

5 report.

6              (B) The report shall be subject to review and

7 recommendation by the board.

8              (2) The department shall submit the comprehensive annual program

9 report to the Governor, the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

10 Labor and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

11 and Labor.

12             (3) The comprehensive annual program report shall contain

13 proposals for measuring and making progress toward the transitional

14 employment assistance outcomes during the succeeding three-year period.

15             (4) The comprehensive annual program report to the Governor, the

16 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and the Senate

17 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall include all information

18 that the board deems necessary for determining progress in achieving the

19 outcomes.

20             (5) Information shall be provided for the state, each employment

21 opportunity district, and each county.

22             (6) The report shall also include all information requested by

23 resolution of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and

24 Human Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

25             (7) This report shall include a copy of all federal monthly,

26 quarterly, and annual reports submitted by the department regarding the

27 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program.

28  (d) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

29 Services and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall

30 report annually to the General Assembly their findings and recommendations

31 regarding the program.

32

33  SECTION 117. Arkansas Code � 20-76-113(c)(3)(A), concerning outcomes

34 for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays

35 Program, is amended to read as follows:

36             (3)(A) On the forty-fifth day after the end of the federal

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1 fiscal year, the report shall be submitted to the Governor, and to the Chair

2 of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of

3 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and the Speaker of

4 the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he

5 or she deems appropriate.

6

7   SECTION 118. Arkansas Code � 20-76-404(a)(3), concerning financial

8 assistance by the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as

9 follows:

10  (b)(1) The Department of Human Services shall certify to the Governor,

11 the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services,

12 and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor when the

13 support services necessary for program recipients to obtain employment or

14 participate in allowable work activities are available.

15

16  SECTION 119. Arkansas Code � 20-76-404(i)(4), concerning financial

17 assistance by the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as

18 follows:

19              (4) The board shall submit a report to the Governor, and the

20 Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the

21 Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and the

22 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

23 committees that he or she deems appropriate that reports on the outcomes of

24 the home visits and provides separate information for families who left

25 transitional assistance due to noncompliance and time limits.

26

27  SECTION 120. Arkansas Code � 20-76-410(d), concerning administrative

28 sanctions related to transitional employment assistance, is amended to read

29 as follows:

30  (d) The department shall include in the comprehensive annual program

31 report information on the families sanctioned and the outcomes of the home

32 visits to the Governor, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

33 and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and

34 the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee

35 or committees he or she deems appropriate.

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1   SECTION 121. Arkansas Code � 20-76-437 is amended to read as follows:

2   20-76-437. Reporting -- Transitional employment assistance.

3   The Department of Human Services shall report periodically to the House

4 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on

5 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Speaker of the House of

6 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

7 appropriate regarding the provision of services to Transitional Employment

8 Assistance Program recipients.

9

10  SECTION 122. Arkansas Code � 20-76-444(d)(2), concerning the Arkansas

11 Work Pays Program, is amended to read as follows:

12  (2) If the Arkansas Workforce Development Board certifies to the

13 Governor and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and notifies the

14 Legislative Council, the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

15 Labor, and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

16 Services that the action is necessary to avoid the number of families

17 receiving Arkansas Work Pays Program cash assistance going over three

18 thousand (3,000), it may authorize a reduction of the months for which

19 families may receive cash assistance or other supportive services.

20

21  SECTION 123. Arkansas Code � 20-76-804 is amended to read as follows:

22  20-76-804. Reporting requirement.

23  (a) The Department of Human Services shall report the department's

24 implementation of the employment and training program requirement under � 20-

25 76-803 one (1) time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public

26 Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for

27 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

28  (b) The department shall develop and submit a report containing

29 statistics of participation in the employment and training program one (1)

30 time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare,

31 and Labor Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

32 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

33

34  SECTION 124. Arkansas Code � 20-77-111(b)(2), concerning compilations

35 of data on the Arkansas Medicaid Program, is amended to read as follows:

36  (2) It shall include other comparisons in the format as may be

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1 requested by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Public Health,

2 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services, and the Senate Committee on Public

3 Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof to which the

4 reports are to be delivered.

5

6   SECTION 125. Arkansas Code � 20-77-406(e), concerning prescription

7 limits under the Arkansas Medicaid Program, is amended to read as follows:

8   (e) Quarterly, the department shall report on the progress and

9 implementation of this section to:

10             (1) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

11             (2) The House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

12 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

13 committees he or she deems appropriate.

14

15  SECTION 126. Arkansas Code � 20-77-2513(c)(1), concerning the

16 Enterprise Fraud Program, is amended to read as follows:

17  (c)(1) Beginning October 1, 2014, the office shall provide quarterly

18 reports, or more frequent reports if requested by and of the following

19 recipients, to:

20                  (A) The cochairs of the Joint Performance Review

21 Committee;

22                  (B) The Chair of the House Committee on State Agencies and

23 Governmental Affairs;

24                  (C)(B) The Chair of the Senate Committee on State Agencies

25 and Governmental Affairs;

26                  (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

27 Welfare, and Labor; and

28                  (E)(C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

29 Welfare, and Labor; and

30                  (D) The Speaker of the House of Representatives for

31 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

32

33  SECTION 127. Arkansas Code � 20-78-206(e), concerning the Division of

34 Child Care and Early Childhood Education, is amended to read as follows:

35  (e) All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall be reviewed

36 by the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or an appropriate

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1 subcommittee thereof and the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House

2 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs

3 Public Health and Human Services or an appropriate subcommittee thereof.

4

5   SECTION 128. Arkansas Code � 20-78-501(d)(1), concerning the

6 membership of the Arkansas Early Childhood Commission, is amended to read as

7 follows:

8           (1) The Chair of the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the

9 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military

10 Affairs Public Health and Human Services or his or her designee;

11

12  SECTION 129. Arkansas Code � 20-81-104(a)(3), concerning the Arkansas

13 Veterans Commission, is amended to read as follows:

14          (3) Promote and advance the interests of Arkansas veterans by

15 meeting and acting as an advisory board to the General Assembly on all

16 matters affecting Arkansas veterans, their dependents, and survivors,

17 including without limitation by meeting with the members of the House

18 Legislative, Military and Veterans Affairs Permanent Subcommittee of the

19 House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative Veterans and

20 Military Affairs; and

21

22  SECTION 130. Arkansas Code � 20-82-211(a)(5)(H)(ii)(g), concerning the

23 Child Welfare Ombudsman Division of the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic

24 Violence Commission, is amended to read as follows:

25                        (g) House Committee on Aging, Children and

26 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Speaker of the House of

27 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

28 appropriate; and

29

30  SECTION 131. Arkansas Code � 20-85-101(c), concerning the Family

31 Treatment and Rehabilitation Program for Addicted Women and their Children,

32 is amended to read as follows:

33  (c) The program shall report quarterly to the Subcommittee on Children

34 and Youth of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative

35 and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the

36 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

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1 committees he or she deems appropriate.

2

3   SECTION 132. Arkansas Code � 21-5-403 is amended to read as follows:

4   21-5-403. Report of Director of the Employee Benefits Division.

5   The Director of the Employee Benefits Division shall report upon

6 request to the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor

7 and Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on

8 Insurance and Commerce regarding the State and Public School Life and Health

9 Insurance Program.

10

11  SECTION 133. Arkansas Code � 21-5-414(a), concerning state

12 contributions to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance

13 Program, is amended to read as follows:

14  (a) The Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall seek

15 the advice of the Legislative Council and the House Committee on Insurance

16 and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Transportation and the

17 Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce before additional state

18 contributions can be made to the State and Public School Life and Health

19 Insurance Program on behalf of state employees.

20

21  SECTION 134. Arkansas Code � 21-9-203(b)(2), concerning conflicts of

22 interest of the Attorney General, is amended to read as follows:

23  (2) When situations arise in which the Attorney General feels

24 that a conflict of interest exists and therefore must decline representation

25 of the officer or employee, the Attorney General shall prepare a report that

26 he or she shall submit to the House Committee on Judiciary and Senate

27 Committee on Judiciary and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for

28 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, in

29 which he or she shall recite the reasons for the conflict of interest and the

30 reasons his or her office declined representation.

31

32  SECTION 135. Arkansas Code � 23-61-1011(b)(1), concerning the

33 membership of the Health and Economic Outcomes Accountability Oversight

34 Advisory Panel, is amended to read as follows:

35  (1) The following members of the General Assembly:

36  (A) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

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1 Welfare, and Labor;

2            (B) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

3 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services;

4            (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Education;

5            (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Education;

6            (E) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and

7 Commerce;

8            (F) The Chair of the House Committee on Insurance and

9 Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation;

10           (G) An at-large member of the Senate appointed by the

11 President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

12           (H) An at-large member of the House of Representatives

13 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

14           (I) An at-large member of the Senate appointed by the

15 minority leader of the Senate; and

16           (J) An at-large member of the House of Representatives

17 appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

18

19  SECTION 136. Arkansas Code � 23-65-403 is amended to read as follows:

20  23-65-403. Committees' approval of agreements or compacts required.

21  A multistate agreement or compact entered into by the Insurance

22 Commissioner shall be:

23           (1) Considered by the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce

24 and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and

25 Licensing, and Public Transportation; and

26           (2) Reviewed and approved by the Legislative Council.

27

28  SECTION 137. Arkansas Code � 23-67-304(k)(5)(C), concerning the

29 Arkansas Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan, is amended to read as follows:

30           (C) A report of this review and action taken to improve

31 plan performance shall be made to the Legislative Council, and the House

32 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Insurance and

33 Commerce, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

34 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate no later than

35 September 1 after the calendar year reviewed.

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1   SECTION 138. Arkansas Code � 23-67-313(b) and (c), concerning

2 competitive selection, are amended to read as follows:

3   (b) The commissioner shall review the plan operations to ensure

4 compliance with this act. The commissioner shall review and report to the

5 Legislative Council, and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and

6 the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce Speaker of the House of

7 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

8 appropriate by September 1 of each year, with the first report to be

9 submitted no later than September 1, 1997, including, but not limited to, the

10 following information:

11            (1) Competitive selection of the administrator and servicing

12 carriers;

13            (2) Plan operating performance and service in accordance with

14 the intent of this act, including performance reviews of the administrator,

15 servicing carriers, and plan rules;

16            (3) Proper authority and independence of the Arkansas office to

17 properly perform and secure prompt, fair, and reasonable service as required

18 by this act; and

19            (4) Coverage provided by the plan in other states, including

20 evidence providing that carriers promptly provide coverage for employees of

21 Arkansas employers working in other states as provided in this act.

22  (c) The commissioner is encouraged to hold public hearings as needed

23 to assist in achieving the objectives of this act and to assist with the

24 review and report provided to the Legislative Council and the Senate

25 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and

26 Commerce under subsection (b) of this section.

27

28  SECTION 139. Arkansas Code � 23-79-1503(c), concerning rules on

29 coverage for craniofacial anomalies, is amended to read as follows:

30  (c) The department shall submit biannual reports to the Chair of the

31 House Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Chair of the Senate

32 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Speaker of the House of

33 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

34 appropriate.

35

36  SECTION 140. Arkansas Code � 23-79-1902 is amended to read as follows:

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1   23-79-1902. Interdisciplinary panel -- University of Arkansas for

2 Medical Sciences.

3   (a) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has partnered with

4 Arkansas Children's Hospital and the National Institute of Mental Health for

5 the establishment and operation of a clinic that currently serves patients

6 with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, also known as "PANS",

7 and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with

8 streptococcal infections, also known as "PANDAS".

9   (b)(1) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall organize

10 an interdisciplinary panel incorporating all components of those affected by

11 PANS/PANDAS, including without limitation working with national

12 organizations.

13  (2) The interdisciplinary panel under subdivision (b)(1) of this

14 section shall include:

15                    (A) A member at large from the Arkansas PANS/PANDAS

16 Advisory Council;

17                    (B) A member at large who is a medical professional with a

18 minimum experience of two (2) years working with PANS/PANDAS patients and who

19 is recommended by the Arkansas PANS/PANDAS Advisory Council with final

20 approval by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; and

21                    (C) A member at large who is a medical director or medical

22 officer from an insurance company licensed in this state to assist in the

23 development of diagnostic criteria for future insurance coverage purposes.

24  (c) An interdisciplinary team shall be established to create a

25 protocol for the treatment of and diagnostic framework for the coverage of

26 PANS and PANDAS by June 1, 2019, to allow for the assignment of an

27 International Classification of Diseases code, such as an ICD-9 code or other

28 applicable medical code for insurance coverage purposes.

29  (d) The interdisciplinary team shall report to the Senate Committee on

30 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Public Health,

31 Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and the

32 House Committee on Insurance and Commerce no later than August 31, 2019.

33  (e) Once the interdisciplinary team determines appropriate diagnostic

34 criteria for the protocol, a final report with recommendations shall be

35 submitted to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the

36 House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on

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1 Insurance and Commerce, the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, and

2 the General Assembly to include recommendations concerning mandating

3 insurance coverage for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS for the next

4 scheduled regular session that convenes after the submission of the report or

5 the Governor is encouraged to add the recommendation to the call of any

6 special session that is convened before the next scheduled regular session.

7   (f)(c) The expectation for the interdisciplinary team is that:

8            (1) Every available tool will be utilized to make healthcare

9 services for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS available statewide through the

10 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences network and available services,

11 including telemedicine; and

12           (2) Once the interdisciplinary team determines the diagnostic

13 criteria for purposes of insurance coverage, all insurance companies and

14 health benefit plans that are licensed in this state shall provide coverage

15 for the treatment of PANS and PANDAS diagnosed according to the established

16 diagnostic criteria recommended by the interdisciplinary team.

17  (g) The goal of the interdisciplinary team is to have the diagnostic

18 criteria finalized and ready to be presented at the December 2019 meeting of

19 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House

20 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Senate Committee on

21 Insurance and Commerce, and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce.

22

23  SECTION 141. Arkansas Code � 23-92-509(c), concerning rules under the

24 Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act, is amended to read as

25 follows:

26  (c)(1) In addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas

27 Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., and under � 10-3-309, the

28 State Insurance Department shall file a proposed rule or a proposed amendment

29 to an existing rule under this subchapter with the Senate Committee on

30 Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce,

31 Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation at least thirty

32 (30) days before the expiration of the period for public comment under the

33 Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq.

34           (2) The Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House

35 Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and

36 Public Transportation shall review the proposed rule or proposed amendment to

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1 an existing rule within forty-five (45) days of the date the proposed rule or

2 proposed amendment to an existing rule is filed with the Senate Committee on

3 Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce,

4 Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation.

5   (3)(A) If the department adopts an emergency rule under this

6 subchapter, in addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas

7 Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., and under � 10-3-309, the

8 department shall notify the following individuals of the emergency rule and

9 provide each individual with a copy of the rule within five (5) business days

10 of adopting the rule:

11                        (i) The Speaker of the House of Representatives;

12                        (ii) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

13                        (iii) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Insurance and

14 Commerce; and

15                        (iv) The Chair of the House Committee on Insurance and

16 Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation.

17                (B) The Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the

18 House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing,

19 and Public Transportation shall review the emergency rule within forty-five

20 (45) days of the date that the emergency rule is provided to the Chair of the

21 Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Chair of the House

22 Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and

23 Public Transportation.

24

25  SECTION 142. Arkansas Code � 23-99-422(f)(2), concerning benefits for

26 mental illness or substance use disorders delivered through a psychiatric

27 collaborative care model, is amended to read as follows:

28  (2) Beginning on September 1, 2023, and on a quarterly basis

29 thereafter, the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall report to the Senate

30 Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the House Committee on Insurance and

31 Commerce Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

32 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate concerning the progress

33 and activities under subdivision (f)(1) of this section.

34

35  SECTION 143. Arkansas Code � 23-102-110(b), concerning coverages

36 available through the Arkansas Earthquake Authority, is amended to read as

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1 follows:

2   (b) If there are no approved insurers in the program or if after

3 notice and hearing, the Board of the Arkansas Earthquake Authority or the

4 Insurance Commissioner finds that the program rates substantially exceed

5 rates that could be offered by the authority, and the board or commissioner

6 finds after a hearing that it is in the best interests of Arkansas citizens

7 to issue coverage directly through the authority, and with the concurrence of

8 the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and

9 Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance

10 and Commerce, if the General Assembly is in session, or the concurrence of

11 the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce, Insurance, Labor and

12 Licensing, and Public Transportation and the Senate Committee on Insurance

13 and Commerce, if the General Assembly is not in session, the board shall

14 proceed to offer coverage through the authority to potential insureds.

15

16  SECTION 144. Arkansas Code � 25-1-119(c)(3)(A), concerning services

17 and studies by state agencies, boards, and commissions concerning mortality

18 disparities, is amended to read as follows:

19          (3)(A) The entities listed in subdivision (c)(2) of this section

20 shall submit an annual report to the Chair of the House Committee on Public

21 Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public

22 Health, Welfare, and Labor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives for

23 assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, and

24 the Governor to be delivered on or before October 1 of each year.

25

26  SECTION 145. Arkansas Code � 25-1-120(d)(1)(D), concerning

27 comprehensive cross-sector collaboration by state agencies, boards, and

28 commissions concerning health disparities, is amended to read as follows:

29          (D) Compile an annual report of comprehensive collaborative

30 initiatives using the standardized format created under this subsection and

31 submit the report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

32 Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Speaker of

33 the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he

34 or she deems appropriate no later than October 1 of each year.

35

36  SECTION 146. Arkansas Code � 25-10-102(c)(1)(C), concerning the

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1 organization of the Department of Human Services, is amended to read as

2 follows:

3                   (C) Before implementation of any reorganization, the

4 secretary shall obtain the advice of the House Committee on State Agencies,

5 and Governmental Affairs Transformation, and Shared Services and the Senate

6 Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs.

7

8   SECTION 147. Arkansas Code � 25-10-136 is amended to read as follows:

9   25-10-136. Private service contract notice required.

10  (a) The Department of Human Services shall notify the Senate Interim

11 Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children

12 and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and Human Services

13 prior to privatizing any functions or responsibilities of the Division of

14 Youth Services.

15  (b) The report shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the

16 Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on

17 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and

18 Human Services at least sixty (60) days prior to entering into a contract

19 with a private business entity.

20  (c) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the Secretary of

21 the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the House

22 Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs

23 Public Health and Human Services and the Chair of the Senate Interim

24 Committee on Children and Youth.

25

26  SECTION 148. Arkansas Code � 25-10-137(b), concerning requirements for

27 private service contract evaluation, is amended to read as follows:

28  (b) The department shall report to the Senate Interim Committee on

29 Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth,

30 Legislative and Military Affairs or appropriate subcommittees thereof and the

31 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee,

32 committees, subcommittee, or subcommittees he or she deems appropriate at

33 least annually regarding the performance evaluation of each contract.

34

35  SECTION 149. Arkansas Code � 25-10-138(b), concerning education

36 requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees, is amended to

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1 read as follows:

2   (b) No rule pertaining to education requirements for youth service

3 workers or security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be

4 effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on

5 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and

6 Human Services, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or

7 appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly.

8

9   SECTION 150. Arkansas Code � 25-10-139(b), concerning training

10 requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees, is amended to

11 read as follows:

12  (b) No rule pertaining to the training required of youth service

13 workers and security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be

14 effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on

15 Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Public Health and

16 Human Services, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or

17 appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly.

18

19  SECTION 151. Arkansas Code � 25-15-503 is amended to read as follows:

20  25-15-503. Additional rule procedure.

21  (a)(1) In addition to filing requirements under the Arkansas

22 Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., and � 10-3-309, the

23 Department of Human Services shall, at least thirty (30) days before the

24 expiration of the period for public comment, file a proposed rule impacting

25 state Medicaid costs or a proposed amendment to an existing rule impacting

26 state Medicaid costs with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and

27 Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

28 Services.

29            (2) A review of the proposed rule or proposed amendment to an

30 existing rule by the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

31 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

32 Services shall occur within forty-five (45) days of the date the proposed

33 rule or proposed amendment to an existing rule is filed with the Senate

34 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on

35 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

36  (b)(1) If adopting an emergency rule impacting state Medicaid costs,

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1 in addition to the filing requirements under the Arkansas Administrative

2 Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., and � 10-3-309, the department shall

3 notify the following individuals of the emergency rule and provide each

4 individual with a copy of the rule within five (5) business days of adopting

5 the rule:

6            (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives;

7            (B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

8            (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

9 Welfare, and Labor; and

10           (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

11 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

12           (2) A review of the emergency rule by the Senate Committee on

13 Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health,

14 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services shall occur within forty-five (45) days

15 of the date that the emergency rule is provided to the Chair of the Senate

16 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House

17 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

18

19  SECTION 152. Arkansas Code � 25-15-602 is amended to read as follows:

20  25-15-602. Rules -- Additional rule procedure.

21  (a)(1) In addition to complying with the requirements under the

22 Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, � 25-15-201 et seq., and � 10-3-309, a

23 licensing entity shall, at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of

24 the period for public comment, file a rule regarding scope of practice with

25 the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House

26 Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

27           (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

28 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

29 Services shall review a rule regarding scope of practice within forty-five

30 (45) days of the date the rule regarding scope of practice is filed with the

31 Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee

32 on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

33  (b)(1) If adopting an emergency rule regarding scope of practice under

34 � 10-3-309, the licensing entity shall notify the following individuals of

35 the emergency rule regarding scope of practice and provide each individual

36 with a copy of the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within five (5)

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1 business days of adopting the emergency rule regarding scope of practice:

2   (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives;

3   (B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

4   (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

5 Welfare, and Labor; and

6   (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

7 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

8   (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor

9 and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and Human

10 Services shall review the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within

11 forty-five (45) days of the date that the emergency rule regarding scope of

12 practice is provided to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health,

13 Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health,

14 Welfare, and Labor and Human Services.

15

16  SECTION 153. Arkansas Code � 25-38-203(a)(13), concerning the powers

17 and duties of the Department of Agriculture, is amended to read as follows:

18  (13) Develop a report to be submitted each year on January 1 to the

19 Governor, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

20 Development, and the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

21 Development Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the

22 committee or committees he or she deems appropriate, concerning the

23 activities and programs of the:

24  (A) Arkansas Catfish Promotion Board;

25  (B) Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board;

26  (C) Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board;

27  (D) Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board;

28  (E) Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board; and

29  (F) Arkansas Beef Council.

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31  SECTION 154. Arkansas Code � 25-38-210(2), concerning reporting on

32 agricultural exchanges, is amended to read as follows:

33  (2) Annually report the department's findings under subdivision (1) of

34 this section to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

35 Development and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic

36 Development and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to

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1 the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

2

3   SECTION 155. Arkansas Code � 26-18-902(c), concerning the Tax Advisory

4 Council, is amended to read as follows:

5   (c) The council will develop and submit a report to the chairs of the

6 House Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Senate Committee on Revenue

7 and Taxation and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment

8 to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate.

9

10  SECTION 156. Arkansas Code � 26-18-1106(b)(7), concerning the duties

11 of the Chief Commissioner of the Tax Appeals Commission, is amended to read

12 as follows:

13              (7) Submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of

14 Representatives for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems

15 appropriate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House

16 Committee on Judiciary, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, the

17 cochairs of the Legislative Council, the Governor, and the Secretary of the

18 Department of Inspector General that contains the following information for

19 the year that is the subject of the report:

20                  (A) The case load of the commission;

21                  (B) The number of petitions filed;

22                  (C) The number of claims settled;

23                  (D) The number of decisions the commission rendered;

24                  (E) The number of decisions rendered:

25                  (i) In favor of the Department of Finance and

26 Administration;

27                  (ii) In favor of the taxpayer; and

28                  (iii) Partially in favor of the department and

29 partially in favor of the taxpayer;

30                  (F) The number of matters heard:

31                  (i) In person;

32                  (ii) By teleconference or videoconference;

33                  (iii) Using a combination of in-person and either

34 teleconference or videoconference means; and

35                  (iv) Solely on the documents filed with the

36 commission; and

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1                  (G) The average time for a claim to be processed from the

2 petition's being filed to a decision's being rendered, calculated for each

3 type of hearing conducted by the commission.

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5   SECTION 157. Arkansas Code � 26-26-310(d), concerning the

6 certification of the amount of property tax reduction, is amended to read as

7 follows:

8   (d) On or before January 30 each year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the

9 State shall submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the

10 Speaker of the House of Representatives for assignment to the committee or

11 committees he or she deems appropriate, the members of the Senate Committee

12 on Revenue and Taxation, the members of the House Committee on Revenue and

13 Taxation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the

14 Secretary of State, the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the

15 Commissioner of State Lands stating:

16          (1) The balance of the Property Tax Relief Trust Fund;

17          (2) Whether the fund could support an increase of the homestead

18 property tax credit allowed under � 26-26-1118; and

19          (3) If the fund has a balance sufficient to support an increase

20 of the homestead property tax credit allowed under � 26-26-1118, the amount

21 of increase that the fund could support.

22

23  SECTION 158. Arkansas Code � 26-58-122(c), concerning the procedures

24 to be followed upon failure to pay severance taxes due the Arkansas Forestry

25 Commission, is amended to read as follows:

26  (c)(1) In the event the secretary fails to report to the commission

27 within the time specified or the commission disagrees with the findings of

28 the secretary, the State Forester shall file with the Governor, the

29 Legislative Council, and the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance

30 and Administration and the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation a report

31 of the matter.

32          (2) The Governor shall then conduct an investigation into such

33 failure to report by the secretary or disagreement as to tax liability with

34 the commission, take whatever measures the Governor deems necessary to

35 rectify the situation, and shall notify the Legislative Council and the House

36 Committee on Revenue and Taxation Finance and Administration and the Senate

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1 Committee on Revenue and Taxation of the Governor's decision.

2

3       SECTION 159. Arkansas Code � 26-60-104 is amended to read as follows:

4       26-60-104. Rules.

5       The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is

6 authorized to promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this chapter

7 which shall be submitted to the House Committee on City, County, and Local

8 Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish and the Senate Committee

9 on City, County, and Local Affairs.

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11      SECTION 160. Arkansas Code � 27-16-509(e)(1)(A), concerning reciprocal

12 agreements, is amended to read as follows:

13      (e)(1)(A) If the secretary enters into a reciprocal agreement under

14 this section, then he or she shall submit a report to the following:

15                         (i) The cochairs of the Legislative Council;

16                         (ii) The Chair of the House Committee on Public

17 Transportation and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public

18 Transportation, Technology, and Legislative Affairs;

19                         (iii) The Speaker of the House of Representatives

20 for assignment to the committee or committees he or she deems appropriate;

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22                         (iii)(iv) The Director of the Bureau of Legislative

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