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State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S4/15/26 S4/27/26 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SENATE BILL 7 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 COMMERCE 10
- STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT 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 COMMERCE - 16
STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION 17
FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. 18
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - OPERATIONS. There is hereby established 23
for the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department for the 2026-2027 24
fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 25
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Maximum Annual 27
Maximum Salary Rate 28
Item Class No. of Fiscal Year 29
No. Code Title Employees 2026-2027 30
(1) EEX23A INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 1 GRADE EXE02 31
(2) PPE06C INSURANCE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER 4 GRADE SPC10 32
(3) LAT06C ATTORNEY IV 1 GRADE SPC09 33
(4) PPE10C PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CLAIMS MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC09 34
(5) LAT05P ATTORNEY III 5 GRADE SPC08 35
(6) PRM02C RISK MANAGEMENT MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC07 36
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(7) FIF06P INSURANCE EXAMINER SUPERVISOR/EXP 2 GRADE SPC07 1
(8) FIF01P CERTIFIED FINANCIAL EXAMINER 2 GRADE SPC06 2
(9) FIF05P INSURANCE EXAMINER III 3 GRADE SPC06 3
(10) PCO02C COMMERCE PROGRAM MANAGER 1 GRADE SPC05 4
(11) LAT04P ATTORNEY II 6 GRADE SPC05 5
(12) PRM03P RISK MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SPC05 6
(13) FIF04P INSURANCE EXAMINER II 14 GRADE SPC03 7
(14) FIF08P SECURITIES EXAMINER II 1 GRADE SPC03 8
(15) FAU04P AUDITOR II 3 GRADE SPC02 9
(16) FBF03P BANK EXAMINER II 1 GRADE SPC02 10
(17) FAU03P AUDITOR I 5 GRADE SPC01 11
(18) FIF03P INSURANCE EXAMINER I 1 GRADE SPC01 12
(19) FIN04P INVESTMENT ANALYST 1 GRADE SPC01 13
(20) PRM01P RISK CONSULTANT 10 GRADE SPC01 14
(21) PPE02C BURIAL ASSOCIATION BOARD COORD 1 GRADE SGS08 15
(22) PCO04P COMMERCE PROGRAM SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 6 GRADE SGS08 16
(23) PAS08I EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT 1 GRADE SGS07 17
(24) PCA01P CLAIMS COORDINATOR 7 GRADE SGS07 18
(25) PCO01P COMMERCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR 3 GRADE SGS07 19
(26) FFS05P FISCAL SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE SGS07 20
(27) PPE04P PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY SUPERVISOR/EXP 2 GRADE SGS07 21
(28) PIC01I INSURANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER 7 GRADE SGS06 22
(29) ILS03I LEGAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE SGS06 23
(30) PCO03P COMMERCE PROGRAM SPECIALIST 4 GRADE SGS06 24
(31) FFS02P FISCAL SUPPORT COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS06 25
(32) PAS01P ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 7 GRADE SGS05 26
(33) IIV03P INVESTIGATOR II 2 GRADE SGS05 27
(34) PPE02P PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST I 3 GRADE SGS05 28
(35) PAS02P ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR 16 GRADE SGS04 29
(36) FFS04P FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST 4 GRADE SGS04 30
(37) HDH07P HR SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS04 31
(38) IIV02P INVESTIGATOR I 9 GRADE SGS04 32
(39) PCR02P CLAIMS REVIEW SPECIALIST 10 GRADE SGS03 33
(40) PAS03P ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 12 GRADE SGS02 34
(41) MPA01P PHARMACIST 1 GRADE MED09 35
(42) SRL03P ENFORCEMENT AGENT III 1 GRADE LES05 36
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(43) SRL01P ENFORCEMENT AGENT I 7 GRADE LES03 1
(44) IDA02C DATA ENGINEER 1 GRADE IST12 2
(45) IIS06P IT INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR 1 GRADE IST08 3
(46) IAS04P APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER I 3 GRADE IST06 4
(47) IIS04P IT INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST 2 GRADE IST06 5
(48) IUS05P USER SUPPORT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST06 6
(49) IUS04P USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 3 GRADE IST02 7
(50) FAC11C DIVISION FISCAL ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE SPC07 8
(51) IAS07C STATE APPLICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR 1 GRADE IST11 9
(52) IIS11P IT SUPERVISOR/EXPERT 1 GRADE IST09 10
MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 188 11
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SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Department 13
of Commerce - State Insurance Department for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the 14
following maximum number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as 15
"Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: 16
nineteen (19) temporary or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay 17
not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation 18
Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 19
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SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - OPERATIONS. There is hereby appropriated, 21
to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the State Insurance 22
Department Trust Fund, for personal services, operating expenses, special 23
maintenance and professional services of the Department of Commerce - State 24
Insurance Department - Operations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 25
the following: 26
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $8,187,821 30
(02) EXTRA HELP 140,000 31
(03) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 2,871,151 32
(04) OVERTIME 27,500 33
(05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 2,250,674 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 188,000 36
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(C) PROF. FEES 161,600 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 150,000 2
(E) DATA PROC. 0 3
(06) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 956,000 4
(07) AHIM EXPENSES 500,000 5
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $15,432,746 6
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SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - FUNERAL SERVICES. There is hereby 8
appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the cash fund 9
deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of 10
the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 11
Commerce - State Insurance Department - Funeral Services for the fiscal year 12
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 13
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 15
NO. 2026-2027 16
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $326,284 17
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 122,466 18
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 100,000 20
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 5,464 21
(C) PROF. FEES 2,950 22
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
(E) DATA PROC. 0 24
(04) LOANS 55,000 25
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $612,164 26
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SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - INSURANCE FRAUD INVESTIGATION DIVISION. 28
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable 29
from the State Insurance Department Criminal Investigation Division Trust 30
Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Department of 31
Commerce - State Insurance Department - Insurance Fraud Investigation 32
Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
NO. 2026-2027 36
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(01) REGULAR SALARIES $989,458 1
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 335,422 2
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 220,635 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 35,000 5
(C) PROF. FEES 4,000 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 60,000 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,644,515 9
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SECTION 6. APPROPRIATION - PREPAID FUNERAL BENEFITS DIVISION. There is 11
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 12
State Insurance Department Prepaid Trust Fund, for personal services and 13
operating expenses of the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department 14
- Prepaid Funeral Benefits Division for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 15
the following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $290,809 20
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 106,399 21
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 22
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 36,700 23
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 4,000 24
(C) PROF. FEES 0 25
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 30,000 26
(E) DATA PROC. 0 27
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $467,908 28
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SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - PREPAID FUNERAL CONTRACTS RECOVERY PROGRAM. 30
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable 31
from the State Insurance Department Prepaid Trust Fund, for expenses and 32
payment of claims of the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department 33
- Prepaid Contracts Recovery Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 34
2027, the following: 35
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 1
NO. 2026-2027 2
(01) EXPENSES AND CLAIMS FOR PREPAID 3
FUNERAL CONTRACTS RECOVERY PROGRAM $500,000 4
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SECTION 8. APPROPRIATION - REFUNDS OF OVERPAYMENTS. There is hereby 6
appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 7
Miscellaneous Revolving Fund, for payments of miscellaneous tax and fee 8
refunds by the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - Refunds 9
of Overpayments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 10
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS $11,000,000 14
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SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM. There is 16
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 17
Insurance Continuing Education Trust Fund, for personal services of the 18
Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - Continuing Education 19
Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 20
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
NO. 2026-2027 23
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $25,268 24
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 5,916 25
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $31,184 26
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SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - HEALTH INFORMATION COUNSELING. There is 28
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 29
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for 30
personal services and operating expenses of the Department of Commerce - 31
State Insurance Department - Health Information Counseling for the fiscal 32
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 33
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 35
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(01) REGULAR SALARIES $318,851 1
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 137,135 2
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 3
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 317,407 4
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 20,000 5
(C) PROF. FEES 471,552 6
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 7
(E) DATA PROC. 0 8
(04) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 55,000 9
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,319,945 10
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SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - CONSUMER INFORMATION SYSTEM - CASH. There 12
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 13
cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 14
Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Commerce - 15
State Insurance Department - Consumer Information System - Cash for the 16
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 17
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
NO. 2026-2027 20
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $5,005 22
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 23,000 23
(C) PROF. FEES 0 24
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 25
(E) DATA PROC. 0 26
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $28,005 27
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SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE CLAIMS SECTION. There is 29
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 30
Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, for personal services and operating 31
expenses of the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - Public 32
Employee Claims Section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the 33
following: 34
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 36
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NO. 2026-2027 1
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,186,551 2
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 438,871 3
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 4
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 498,631 5
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 24,300 6
(C) PROF. FEES 0 7
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 8
(E) DATA PROC. 0 9
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,148,353 10
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SECTION 13. APPROPRIATION - STATE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS. There is hereby 12
appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the Workers' 13
Compensation Revolving Fund, for payment of state employee claims by the 14
Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - State Employee Claims 15
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 16
17
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 18
NO. 2026-2027 19
(01) STATE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS $15,500,000 20
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SECTION 14. APPROPRIATION - PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE CLAIMS. There is 22
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 23
Miscellaneous Revolving Fund, for payment of public school employee claims by 24
the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - Public School 25
Employee Claims for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE CLAIMS $400,000 30
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SECTION 15. APPROPRIATION - COUNTY EMPLOYEE CLAIMS. There is hereby 32
appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 33
Miscellaneous Revolving Fund, for payment of county employee claims by the 34
Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - County Employee Claims 35
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 36
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ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2
NO. 2026-2027 3
(01) COUNTY EMPLOYEE CLAIMS $200,000 4
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SECTION 16. APPROPRIATION - CITY EMPLOYEE CLAIMS. There is hereby 6
appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 7
Miscellaneous Revolving Fund, for payment of city employee claims by the 8
Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - City Employee Claims 9
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 10
11
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
NO. 2026-2027 13
(01) CITY EMPLOYEE CLAIMS $400,000 14
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SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION - GOVERNMENTAL BONDING BOARD. There is 16
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 17
Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Trust Fund, for operating expenses, refunds, 18
reimbursements, claims, and professional services of the Department of 19
Commerce - State Insurance Department - Governmental Bonding Board for the 20
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 21
22
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 23
NO. 2026-2027 24
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 25
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $5,000 26
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 27
(C) PROF. FEES 0 28
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 29
(E) DATA PROC. 0 30
(02) REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS 150,000 31
(03) CLAIMS 1,500,000 32
(04) PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 50,000 33
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,705,000 34
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SECTION 18. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS MULTI-AGENCY INSURANCE TRUST FUND. 36
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There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable 1
from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund, for expenses and payment 2
of claims by the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - 3
Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending June 4
30, 2027, the following: 5
6
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 7
NO. 2026-2027 8
(01) FOR EXPENSES AND CLAIMS FROM AMAIT FUND $10,000,000 9
10
SECTION 19. APPROPRIATION - PUBLIC SCHOOL INSURANCE PROGRAM. There is 11
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 12
Public School Insurance Trust Fund, for expenses and payment of claims by the 13
Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - Public School Insurance 14
Program for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) EXPENSES AND CLAIMS $8,000,000 19
20
SECTION 20. APPROPRIATION - CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS - CASH. There 21
is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 22
cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal 23
Officer of the State, for operating expenses of the Department of Commerce - 24
State Insurance Department - Criminal Background Checks - Cash for the fiscal 25
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 26
27
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 28
NO. 2026-2027 29
(01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 30
(A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 31
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 32
(C) PROF. FEES 0 33
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 34
(E) DATA PROC. 0 35
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $25,000 36
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SECTION 21. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE 2
DATABASE. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be 3
payable from the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Fund, for the 4
Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Database, maintenance and 5
operations, data collection and management, and data request fulfillment of 6
the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department for the fiscal year 7
ending June 30, 2027, the following: 8
9
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 10
NO. 2026-2027 11
(01) HEALTHCARE TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE 12
DATABASE EXPENSES $3,200,000 13
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SECTION 22. APPROPRIATION - FIREFIGHTER CANCER RELIEF. There is hereby 15
appropriated, to the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department, to 16
be payable from the Arkansas Firefighter Cancer Relief Network Trust Fund, 17
for relief to firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer and participating in 18
a firefighter cancer relief network for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, 19
the following: 20
21
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 22
NO. 2026-2027 23
(01) FIREFIGHTER CANCER RELIEF $250,000 24
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SECTION 23. APPROPRIATION - MEDICARE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PATIENTS AND 26
PROVIDERS ACT. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, 27
to be payable from the federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal 28
Officer of the State, for personal services and operating expenses of the 29
Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department - MIPPA for the fiscal 30
year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 31
32
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 33
NO. 2026-2027 34
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $235,183 35
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 90,005 36
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(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 1
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 266,229 2
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 47,630 3
(C) PROF. FEES 541,802 4
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 5
(E) DATA PROC. 0 6
(04) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 105,291 7
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,286,140 8
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SECTION 24. APPROPRIATION - ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE 10
PROGRAM. There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be 11
payable from the Arkansas Self-Funded Cyber Response Program Trust Fund, for 12
expenses of the Arkansas Self-Funded Cyber Response Program by the Department 13
of Commerce - State Insurance Department - Arkansas Cyber Response Board for 14
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 15
16
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 17
NO. 2026-2027 18
(01) EXPENSES OF THE AR CYBER RESPONSE 19
PROGRAM $10,000,000 20
21
SECTION 25. APPROPRIATION - SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL SMP. There is 22
hereby appropriated, to the Department of Commerce, to be payable from the 23
federal funds as designated by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to 24
empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries to prevent, detect, and report 25
health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling and 26
education by the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department for the 27
fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the following: 28
29
ITEM FISCAL YEAR 30
NO. 2026-2027 31
(01) REGULAR SALARIES $131,177 32
(02) PERSONAL SERVICES MATCHING 53,891 33
(03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 34
(A) OPER. EXPENSE 394,432 35
(B) CONF. & TRAVEL 9,582 36
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(C) PROF. FEES 0 1
(D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 2
(04) GRANTS AND AID 192,000 3
(05) PROMOTIONAL ITEMS 36,000 4
TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $817,082 5
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SECTION 26. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 7
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 8
TRANSFER PROVISION. In the event the State Insurance Department is unable to 9
maintain a full roster of examination personnel, and upon approval of the 10
Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the resulting unused appropriations in 11
Regular Salaries, Extra Help, and Personal Services Matching may be 12
transferred to the Professional Services special line item for the purpose of 13
contracting with qualified individuals or firms for examination assistance. 14
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2025 15
2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 16
17
SECTION 27. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 18
CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. REFUND TO 19
EXPENDITURE. The proceeds from the reimbursement of travel expenses received 20
by the Arkansas Insurance Department, shall be deposited into the same State 21
Treasury Fund or Fund Account from which the original travel expenditure was 22
incurred as a refund to expenditure to the credit of the appropriation from 23
which the original expenditure was made. 24
The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 25
2025 2026 through June 30, 2026 2027. 26
27
SECTION 28. Arkansas Code § 23-86-119(a)(1), concerning information 28
required to be disclosed to policyholders, is amended to read as follows: 29
(a)(1) Upon request from a policyholder with more than fifty (50) 30
twenty-five (25) insured employees under a comprehensive group health 31
insurance policy, an insurer issuing or delivering a group accident and 32
health insurance policy in this state shall provide to the policyholder the 33
following information for the most recent twelve-month period or for the 34
entire period of coverage, whichever is shorter: 35
(A)(i) A monthly premium, claims, and enrollment report. 36
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(ii) A monthly premium, claims, and enrollment 1
report required under subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i) of this section shall include 2
without limitation: 3
(a) Medical claims on a paid basis by month; 4
(b) Pharmacy claims on a paid basis by month; 5
(c) Premiums paid by month; and 6
(d) Total number of enrolled members, 7
including dependents by month; and 8
(B)(i) A high-cost claimant report that is applicable to 9
an enrolled member with claims exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000). 10
(ii) A high-cost claimant report required under 11
subdivision (a)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall include for each enrolled 12
member: 13
(a) Current coverage status, either active or 14
terminated; 15
(b) Total medical claims on a paid basis by 16
month; and 17
(c) Total pharmacy claims on a paid basis by 18
month. 19
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SECTION 29. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 21
authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 22
and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 23
the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 24
Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 25
Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 26
control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 27
the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 28
strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 29
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SECTION 30. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 31
Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 32
contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 33
which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 34
Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 35
manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 36
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summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 1
Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 2
3
SECTION 31. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 4
General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 5
the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 6
effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2026 is essential to the operation of 7
the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 8
the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 9
effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2026 could work irreparable harm 10
upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 11
programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 12
being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 13
and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2026. 14
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