Arkansas Code Title 25, Chapter 10, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 25-10-101 - Creation -- Appointment of Director.
  (a) There is created a Department of Human Services.(b) (1) The executive head of the department shall be the Director of the Department of...
• § 25-10-102 - Organization Generally.
  (a) The Department of Human Services shall consist of and be operated under an integrated service system consisting of the following divisions with responsibilities...
• § 25-10-103 - [Repealed.]
• § 25-10-104 - Developmental Disabilities Services -- Board of Developmental Disabilities Services.
  (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services and the institutional and supportive facilities of the human development centers located at Alexander, Conway, Arkadelphia, Jonesboro,...
• § 25-10-105 - [Repealed.]
• § 25-10-106 - Division Heads and Other Personnel.
  (a) (1) The Director of the Department of Human Services, with the advice and consent of the Governor, shall appoint the heads of the...
• § 25-10-107 - Reports by Divisions.
  (a) All other divisions within the Department of Human Services shall provide the Division of Administrative Services of the Department of Human Services with...
• § 25-10-108 - Coordination of Programs, Procedures, Etc., of Department and Institutional Boards.
  In addition to the functions and duties provided by law to be performed by the Director of the Department of Human Services, the director...
• § 25-10-109 - Institutional Services Generally -- Development of Admission Policies, Etc.
  In addition to the functions and duties provided by law and this act to be performed by the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services within...
• § 25-10-110 - Institutional Services Generally -- Charges.
  (a) It is found and determined by the General Assembly that under existing law most institutions in the Department of Human Services engaged in...
• § 25-10-111 - Budgeting Generally.
  (a) (1) The Director of the Department of Human Services shall obtain from each division, office, section, or unit of the Department of Human...
• § 25-10-112 - [Repealed.]
• § 25-10-113 - Disposition of Direct Services Funds.
  (a) It is the intent and purpose of this act that no appropriation of funds provided by the General Assembly to the Department of...
• § 25-10-114 - Developmental Disabilities -- Special Authorization -- Cash Funds.
  (a) All funds received by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services shall be placed in the State Treasury...
• § 25-10-115 - County Offices of Human Services.
  (a) The Director of the Department of Human Services shall establish a county office of human services in each county of this state. The...
• § 25-10-116 - Advisory Committees Generally.
  (a) From time to time, the Director of the Department of Human Services or the Governor may establish various advisory committees to assist the...
• § 25-10-117 - Community Services Advisory Council.
  (a) There is established a Community Services Advisory Council consisting of thirteen (13) members to be appointed by the Governor for terms of two...
• § 25-10-118 - Child Support Enforcement Program -- Reports.
  The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall file a semiannual report with the...
• § 25-10-119 - Certification of Vouchers.
  (a) The designated disbursing officers for the Department of Human Services are hereby authorized to complete and sign one (1) certification for each state...
• § 25-10-120 - Research and Training Institute.
  (a) The Research and Training Institute is authorized to seek, accept, and administer public or private funds, consisting of donations, federal and state grants,...
• § 25-10-121 - Proceeds From the Sale of Land -- Deposit in Special Trust Fund.
  (a) Pursuant to the process delineated in § 22-6-601, in lieu of depositing the proceeds of the sale of lands in the fund from...
• § 25-10-122 - Office of Minority Mental Health -- Creation.
  (a) There is created an Office of Minority Mental Health within the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services.(b) The...
• § 25-10-123 - Programs and Policies -- Development.
  The Office of Minority Mental Health within the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall develop programs and policies...
• § 25-10-124 - Administration of State or Federal Funds.
  (a) The Office of Minority Mental Health within the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is the authorized state...
• § 25-10-125 - [Repealed.]
• § 25-10-126 - Grants-In-aid -- Conditions for Receiving Funds.
  Any private nonprofit community-based agency that receives grants-in-aid through the Department of Human Services for the provision of services, as a condition of receiving...
• § 25-10-127 - Advance Disbursements.
  Advance disbursements of funds to providers made under payment methodologies are authorized when approved in advance by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
• § 25-10-128 - Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support.
  (a) There is created in the Department of Human Services the Division of Community Service and Nonprofit Support.(b) Administrative assistance to coordinate the activities...
• § 25-10-129 - Department of Human Services Authorized to Issue Rules to Assure Compliance With Federal Statutes, Rules, and Regulations.
  (a) (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the State of Arkansas utilize federal funding to the fullest extent possible to...
• § 25-10-130 - Employee Assistance Programs -- Prohibition of Agreement for Services.
  The Department of Human Services shall not enter into any contract, memorandum of understanding, or interagency agreement for an employee assistance program that provides...
• § 25-10-131 - Match Transfer.
  The Director of the Department of Human Services, with the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, is authorized to effect interagency...
• § 25-10-132 - Medical Services and County Operations -- Use of Local Funds.
  To the extent allowed by federal requirements, including waiver, demonstration and pilot project options, the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human...
• § 25-10-133 - Mental Health Services -- Transfer Provision.
  (a) (1) Personnel positions and appropriations provided for all programs of the Division of Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services may...
• § 25-10-134 - Community-Based Residential Programs -- Regulations.
  (a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall not contract for community-based residential programs within any municipalities to house unrelated juveniles who have been...
• § 25-10-135 - Youth Services.
  (a) The Department of Human Services shall not contract or pay for community-based residential programs within any municipality to house unrelated persons who have...
• § 25-10-136 - Private Service Contract Notice Required.
  (a) The Department of Human Services shall notify the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and...
• § 25-10-137 - Private Service Contract Performance Evaluation Requirement.
  (a) All new contracts which privatize services and functions which had been performed by employees of the Division of Youth Services of the Department...
• § 25-10-138 - Education Requirements for Certain Division of Youth Services Employees.
  (a) With the assistance of the Office of Personnel Management of the Division of Management Services of the Department of Finance and Administration, the...
• § 25-10-139 - Training Requirements for Certain Division of Youth Services Employees.
  (a) (1) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate regulations to increase the hours of training provided to...
• § 25-10-140 - [Repealed.]
• § 25-10-141 - Subpoenas in Administrative Adjudications.
  (a) (1) (A) In every case of adjudication before the Department of Human Services, an administrative law judge shall have the power to issue...
• § 25-10-142 - Home Visitation Program.
  In cooperation with the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board and the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules...
• § 25-10-143 - Advisory Opinions.
  (a) As used in this section, "advisory opinion" means a written statement by the Director of the Department of Human Services or his or...
• § 25-10-144 - Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism -- Creation.
  (a) There is established a Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and Volunteerism.(b) The purposes of the Governor's Advisory Commission on National Service and...

Last modified: November 15, 2016