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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1027 3
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By: Joint Budget Committee 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - 10
HEALTH SERVICES PERMIT AGENCY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 11
ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - 16
HEALTH SERVICES PERMIT AGENCY 17
APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL 18
YEAR. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES. There is hereby established for the 24
Department of Health - Health Services Permit Agency for the 2026-2027 fiscal 25
year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 26
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Maximum Annual 28
Maximum Salary Rate 29
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 30
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 31
(1) PHP06C HEALTH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC09 32
(2) PHS08P HEALTH PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS08 33
(3) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 34
(4) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS04 35
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 4 36
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - STATE OPERATIONS. There is hereby 2
appropriated, to the Department of Health, to be payable from the 3
Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and operating 4
expenses of the Department of Health - Health Services Permit Agency - State 5
Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 6
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 8
NO. 2026-2027 9
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $307,888 10
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 94,481 11
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 12
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 60,835 13
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 1,274 14
(C) PROF. FEES 16,267 15
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 16
(E) DATA PROC. 0 17
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $480,745 18
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SECTION 3. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 20
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. CARRY 21
FORWARD. Any unexpended balance of funds generated by fees and fines pursuant 22
to Arkansas Code 20-8-103 et. seq. deposited into the Miscellaneous Agencies 23
Fund Account which remain at the close of each state fiscal year shall be 24
carried forward to the next state fiscal year to be used for the same intent 25
and purposes as set forth in law. 26
Any carry forward of unexpended balance funding as authorized herein, may 27
be carried forward under the following conditions: 28
(1) Prior to June 30, 2026 2027 the Agency shall by written statement set 29
forth its reason(s) for the need to carry forward said funding to the 30
Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget; 31
(2) The Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget shall 32
report to the Arkansas Legislative Council all amounts carried forward by the 33
September Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee meeting, 34
which report shall include the name of the Agency, Board, Commission or 35
Institution and the amount of the funding carried forward, the program name 36
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or line item, the funding source of that appropriation and a copy of the 1
written request set forth in (1) above; 2
(3) Each Agency, Board, Commission or Institution shall provide a written 3
report to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee 4
containing all information set forth in item (2) above, along with a written 5
statement as to the current status of the project, contract, purpose etc. for 6
which the carry forward was originally requested no later than thirty (30) 7
days prior to the time the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution presents 8
its budget request to the Arkansas Legislative Council/Joint Budget 9
Committee; and 10
(4) Thereupon, the Department of Finance and Administration shall include 11
all information obtained in item (3) above in the budget manuals and/or a 12
statement of non-compliance by the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution. 13
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 14
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 15
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SECTION 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 17
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 18
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 19
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 20
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 21
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 22
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 23
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 24
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 25
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SECTION 5. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 27
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 28
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 29
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 30
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 31
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 32
summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 33
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 34
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SECTION 6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General 36
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Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits the 1
appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 2
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 3
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 4
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 5
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 6
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 7
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 8
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 9
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 10
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