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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 HOUSE BILL 1058 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 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 10
FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES - DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER ON 11
AGING, FAY W. BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 12
ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, AND THE AREA HEALTH 13
EDUCATION CENTER IN HELENA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 14
JUNE 30, 2027; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 15
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Subtitle 18
AN ACT FOR THE UAMS - REYNOLDS CENTER ON 19
AGING, BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 20
ARK. BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, & THE AREA 21
HEALTH ED. CENTER IN HELENA APPROPRIATION 22
FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. 23
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING, BOOZMAN COLLEGE 28
OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE, AND THE AREA HEALTH ED. CENTER - 29
HELENA. There is hereby established for the University of Arkansas for 30
Medical Sciences - Reynolds Center on Aging, Boozman College of Public 31
Health, Biosciences Institute, and Area Health Education Center - Helena for 32
the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 33
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Maximum Annual 35
Maximum Salary Rate 36
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Item No. of Fiscal Year 1
No. Title Employees 2026-2027 2
UAMS REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING 3
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 4
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 5
(1) Project/Program Administrator 5 6
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 7
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 8
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 9
Project/Program Director $140,094 10
Project/Program Manager $126,956 11
Executive Assistant $118,680 12
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 13
(2) Administrative Support Pool 1 14
Administrative Assistant $69,437 15
Administrative Analyst $69,437 16
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 17
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 18
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 19
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 20
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 21
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 22
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 23
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 24
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 25
(3) Faculty Pool 19 26
Professor $251,312 27
Associate Professor $231,911 28
Assistant Professor $218,965 29
Instructor $175,946 30
(4) Education Coordinator 1 $180,856 31
(5) Senior Research Assistant 1 $118,978 32
UAMS BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH 33
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 34
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 35
(6) Dean 1 $373,554 36
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(7) Associate Dean 1 $252,809 1
(8) Project/Program Administrator 2 2
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 3
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 4
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 5
Project/Program Director $140,094 6
Project/Program Manager $126,956 7
Executive Assistant $118,680 8
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 9
(9) Research Technologist 1 $81,232 10
(10) Administrative Support Pool 4 11
Administrative Assistant $69,437 12
Administrative Analyst $69,437 13
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 14
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 15
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 16
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 17
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 18
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 19
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 20
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 21
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 22
(11) Department Chairperson 5 $264,266 23
(12) Faculty Pool 6 24
Professor $251,312 25
Associate Professor $231,911 26
Assistant Professor $218,965 27
ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE 28
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 29
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 30
(13) Director of Biosciences Institute 1 $392,879 31
(14) Research Technologist 6 $81,232 32
(15) Research Technician 4 $54,877 33
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 34
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 35
(16) Faculty Pool 24 36
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Research Professor $245,440 1
Associate Research Professor $231,909 2
Assistant Research Professor $218,965 3
Research Instructor $150,661 4
(17) Post Doctoral Fellow 6 $151,798 5
(18) Graduate Assistant 4 $59,215 6
UAMS AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER - HELENA 7
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 8
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 9
(19) Project/Program Administrator 17 10
Executive Project/Program Director $213,928 11
Exec. Project/Program Manager $186,892 12
Sr. Project/Program Director $172,738 13
Project/Program Director $140,094 14
Project/Program Manager $126,956 15
Executive Assistant $118,680 16
Project/Program Specialist $109,536 17
(20) Administrative Support Pool 2 18
Administrative Assistant $69,437 19
Administrative Analyst $69,437 20
Administrative Support Supervisor $64,199 21
Administrative Specialist III $61,729 22
Administration Support Specialist $61,729 23
Administrative Specialist II $54,877 24
Administrative Support Specialist $54,877 25
Administrative Specialist I $48,785 26
Extra Help Assistant $40,098 27
TWELVE MONTH EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL 28
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 29
(21) Assistant Professor 1 $212,961 30
(22) Clinic Instructor 1 $171,123 31
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 113 32
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SECTION 2. APPROPRIATION - DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER ON AGING. There 34
is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 35
to be payable from the Targeted State Needs Program Account of the Tobacco 36
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Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the 1
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Donald W. Reynolds Center on 2
Aging for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 3
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 5
NO. 2026-2027 6
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,292,959 7
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 316,765 8
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 9
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 603,713 10
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 52,128 11
(C) PROF. FEES 0 12
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 55,231 13
(E) DATA PROC. 0 14
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,320,796 15
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - FAY W. BOOZMAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 17
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical 18
Sciences, to be payable from the Targeted State Needs Program Account of the 19
Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 20
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Fay W. Boozman College 21
of Public Health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 22
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 24
NO. 2026-2027 25
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $2,561,276 26
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 564,670 27
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 28
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 50,000 29
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 20,000 30
(C) PROF. FEES 0 31
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 32
(E) DATA PROC. 0 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $3,195,946 34
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE. There is 36
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hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, to 1
be payable from the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Program Account of the 2
Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 3
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Arkansas Biosciences 4
Institute for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 5
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,407,267 9
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 337,875 10
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 11
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 1,042,499 12
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 23,960 13
(C) PROF. FEES 37,940 14
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 1,434,680 15
(E) DATA PROC. 0 16
(04) ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 17
RESEARCH PROGRAM 1,896,736 18
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $6,180,957 19
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER IN HELENA. 21
There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical 22
Sciences, to be payable from the Targeted State Needs Program Account of the 23
Tobacco Settlement Program Fund, for personal services and operating expenses 24
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Area Health Education 25
Center in Helena for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,237,959 30
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 316,765 31
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 32
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 603,713 33
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 52,128 34
(C) PROF. FEES 25,000 35
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 36
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(E) DATA PROC. 0 1
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,235,565 2
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SECTION 6. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 4
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. ARKANSAS 5
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. In any fiscal year, if the funds 6
received by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the Arkansas 7
Biosciences Institute in the Arkansas Biosciences Institute appropriation in 8
this Act are less than the total amount appropriated, the University of 9
Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall provide no less than thirty-three and 10
one-third percent (33 and 1/3%) of the available funds for the Arkansas 11
Children's Hospital Research Program. Otherwise, the Arkansas Children’s 12
Hospital Research Program line item appropriation in the Arkansas Biosciences 13
Institute appropriation in this Act shall be funded in total or Arkansas 14
Children’s Hospital Chief Executive Officer may request that the University 15
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences transfer such funds each fiscal year from 16
the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Program Account to the Department of Human 17
Services Grants Fund Account. The transferred funds shall be used to match 18
federal funds used for Supplemental Medicaid payments to Arkansas Children’s 19
Hospital. 20
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 21
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 22
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SECTION 7. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 24
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 25
RESTRICTIONS. The appropriations provided in this act shall not be 26
transferred under the provisions of Arkansas Code 19-4-513, but only as 27
provided by this act. 28
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 29
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 30
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SECTION 8. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 32
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 33
PROVISIONS. The state-supported institution of higher education in this act 34
may transfer appropriations between the various line items within each 35
appropriation contained in this appropriation act. Such transfers shall be 36
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made only after the approval of the Division of Higher Education and the 1
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, and the approval of the Legislative 2
Council or Joint Budget Committee. 3
The General Assembly has determined that the institution in this act could 4
be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution 5
and that flexibility is being accomplished by providing authority to transfer 6
between items of appropriation made by this act. Since the General Assembly 7
has granted the institution broad powers under the transfer of 8
appropriations, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General 9
Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the transfers by requiring 10
prior approval of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee in the 11
utilization of the transfer authority. Therefore, the requirement of 12
approval by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a 13
severable part of this section. If the requirement of approval by the 14
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a 15
court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void. 16
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 17
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 18
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SECTION 9. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 20
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 21
POSITIONS. (a) Nothing in this act shall be construed as a commitment of the 22
State of Arkansas or any of its agencies or institutions to continue funding 23
any position paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement in the event 24
that Tobacco Settlement funds are not sufficient to finance the position. 25
(b) State funds will not be used to replace Tobacco Settlement funds when 26
such funds expire, unless appropriated by the General Assembly and authorized 27
by the Governor. 28
(c) A disclosure of the language contained in (a) and (b) of this Section 29
shall be made available to all new hire and current positions paid from the 30
proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement by the Tobacco Settlement Commission. 31
(d) Whenever applicable the information contained in (a) and (b) of this 32
Section shall be included in the employee handbook and/or Professional 33
Services Contract paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement. 34
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 35
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 36
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SECTION 10. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 2
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 3
COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds authorized by this act 4
shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency and funds made 5
available by law for the support of such appropriations; and the restrictions 6
of the State Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures 7
Law, the Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, 8
and other fiscal control laws of this State, where applicable, and 9
regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as 10
authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of said 11
funds. 12
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SECTION 11. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 14
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 15
LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any funds 16
disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained in this act 17
shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act was 18
adopted, as evidenced by Initiated Act 1 of 2000, the Agency Requests, 19
Executive Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the 20
budget manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, 21
letters, or summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas 22
Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and 23
adoption. 24
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SECTION 12. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 26
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 27
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 28
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 29
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 30
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 31
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 32
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 33
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 34
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 35
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 36