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AR Code § 20-76-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-76-113. Promoting outcomes for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays Program

 (a) The administration of the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays Program shall focus on promoting the following Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcomes for Transitional Employment Assistance Program recipients and poor families in Arkansas:  (1) Increase the percentage of families who receive appropriate services to move off of Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance into employment and toward self-sufficiency;  (2) Increase the percentage of families who leave Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance due to earnings from work;  (3) Increase earnings of families who leave Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance;  (4) Increase the percentage of parents leaving Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance who stay employed; and  (5) Increase the percentage of former Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance recipients who move out of poverty, including the value of food stamps and the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and child support.    (b) The Division of Workforce Services shall develop and maintain the indicators for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcomes listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(5) of this section, subject to review and approval by the Arkansas Workforce Development Board.  (c)  (1) The division shall develop proper targets for each Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcome by July 1 of each year, subject to review and approval by the board.  (2) The division shall review and report on progress in achieving the targets in the comprehensive annual program report.  (3)  (A) On the forty-fifth day after the end of the federal fiscal year, the report shall be submitted to the Governor and to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.  (B) The report shall include comments from the Department of Human Services, the division, and other relevant state agencies about their activities and their progress toward the Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcome targets.
AR Code § 20-76-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-76-114. Department of Human Services — Authority limited

 The Department of Human Services shall not seek, apply for, accept, or renew any waiver or demonstration project under 7 U.S.C. § 2015(o) that relaxes or reduces the codified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requirement to work.
AR Code § 20-76-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-76-115. Federal resource limits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

 (a) Unless required by federal law:  (1) The resource limit standards of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall not exceed the standards specified in 7 U.S.C. § 2014(g)(1); and  (2) Categorical eligibility that exempts households from the federal resource limit standards shall not be granted for any noncash, in-kind, or other benefit.    (b) Unless required by federal law, the Department of Human Services shall not:  (1) Apply gross income standards for food assistance higher than the standards specified in 7 U.S.C. § 2014(c); or  (2) Grant categorical eligibility that exempts households from the gross income standard under subdivision (b)(1) of this section for any noncash, in-kind, or other benefit.
AR Code § 20-76-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-76-116. Targeted incentive and instruction program for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

 (a) To the extent possible, the Department of Human Services shall:  (1) Support and participate in viable programs such as the Double Up Food Bucks Incentive Program along with Healthy Active Arkansas partners that offer incentives for healthy food purchases by recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; and  (2) Authorize targeted nutrition education programming at locations operated by Healthy Active Arkansas partners that are authorized in the targeted nutrition education programming plan of operations.    (b) To increase the success of the targeted nutrition education program, the department shall authorize nutrition education programs that are made available through private grants to be offered in targeted areas.  (c) The department may authorize:  (1) The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance in cooperation with the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention as part of the Governor's Healthy Active Arkansas framework to offer targeted nutrition education programs; and  (2) Other entities providing private funds in cooperation with the department and the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention as part of the Healthy Active Arkansas framework to offer targeted nutrition education programs.
AR Code § 20-76-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-76-117. Child support — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

 The Department of Human Services shall require a custodial parent or noncustodial parent to cooperate with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration as a condition of eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as authorized under 7 C.F.R. § 273.11, as it existed on January 1, 2019.
AR Code § 20-76-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-202. Department of Human Services — Public assistance — Temporary funding

 (a)  (1) It is found and determined that the continued operations of the Department of Human Services, through its appropriate divisions, in accordance with the approved annual operations plan, are from time to time seriously impaired by either administrative oversights and delays by the Office of Grants Management of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or by the processes of federal fiscal year conversion.  (2) It is further found and determined that the delays in the proper preparation and transmittal of federal grant award authorizations and letter of credit instruments have created unnecessary hardships on the providers of services and the needy citizens of this state.    (b)  (1) Therefore, upon certification of the pending availability of federal funding by the disbursing officer of the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may grant temporary advances.  (2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall recover within a period of twenty (20) days the temporary advances upon receipt of the grant award authorizations or letter of credit instruments.    (c) No person in the State of Arkansas shall be excluded from participation in or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity enumerated in this section on the ground of race, color, sex, disability, religion, or national origin.
AR Code § 20-76-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-204. County offices — Powers and duties

 (a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services shall have authority to receive, disburse, and account for funds from the division, county, state, or any other source for purposes and plans approved by the division in accordance with the rules established by the division.  (b) The appropriate division is empowered to receive and disburse funds received from the department for general relief purposes. The funds shall be spent and accounted for by the county offices in accordance with the rules and policies of the department pertaining to the granting of assistance and relief.  (c) The appropriate division is authorized to establish a county welfare fund from which fund the county offices are authorized to make such disbursements and expenditures for general relief as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act and in accordance with the rules of the department.
AR Code § 20-76-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-207. Political activity

 (a)  (1) No officer or employee of the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services or of a county office shall use his or her official authority to influence or permit the use of the program administered by the division or the county offices for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof or for any political purpose.  (2) No officer or employee shall devote his or her office hours, or efforts during office hours, towards any partisan political activity, nor shall any activity be conducted upon the premises of the employee or officer's agency, commission, or board.  (3) Furthermore, no communication, vehicles, stationery, or other material property of the State of Arkansas shall be utilized for any partisan political activities by the officers or employees.  (4) No officer or employee shall conduct himself or herself in such a manner during allowable political activity so as to reflect that his or her position is that of the State of Arkansas, or his or her agency, commission, or board.    (b)  (1) Except as noted otherwise in this section or as necessary to meet the requirements of federal law as pertains to employees, no restrictions shall be imposed upon the political freedoms of an officer or employee.  (2) No officer or employee shall be deprived either of his or her right to vote or expression of opinion as a citizen on political subjects.    (c)  (1) No officer or employee shall solicit or receive directly or indirectly any political funds or contributions from other officers or employees of that agency; nor shall any officer or employee be obliged to contribute or render services, assistance, subscriptions, assessments, or contributions for any political purposes.  (2) However, during nonduty hours and away from state premises, an officer or employee may communicate through the mails requests for political support from the public at large which may include officers and employees of the agency.    (d) Any officer or employee of the division or of a county office violating this provision shall be subject to discharge or suspension or such other disciplinary measures as may be provided by the rules of the division.
AR Code § 20-76-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-208. Legislative finding — Regional offices

 (a) It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Seventh General Assembly that regional offices tend to create inefficiency in the operation of the programs and services provided by the Department of Human Services.  (b) Therefore, no office of the Department of Human Services shall be called a regional office, nor shall any function of any office, other than the Department of Human Services Central Office, include supervision of any district department office.
AR Code § 20-76-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-209. Payment of certain contributions and withholdings by Department of Human Services generally

 (a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to pay the employer's portion of contributions and withholdings required by the federal and state income tax laws, the Federal Insurance Contributions Law, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Division of Workforce Services Law, § 11-10-101 et seq., in all cases wherein the recipient has been determined to be the employer of the provider and, as such, required to withhold an amount from the employee's wage and contribute an amount based upon the wages under the provisions of the above enumerated acts.  (b) The appropriate division shall report, pay, or contribute the amounts from the appropriation for paying grants under the program concerned.
AR Code § 20-76-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-210. Payment of certain contributions and withholdings — Certain nursing home care projects

 (a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to pay the employer's portion of contributions and withholdings required by the federal and state income tax laws, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Division of Workforce Services Law, § 11-10-101 et seq., in all cases wherein the homemaker and home health aid trainee is participating in the subsidized employment project to prevent premature nursing home care.  (b) The appropriate division shall report, pay, or contribute the amounts from the appropriation for paying grants under this project.  (c) Beneficiaries or trainees under this program shall not be eligible to participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System but shall be entitled to receive sick and vacation leave as provided for state employees.
AR Code § 20-76-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-211. Secretary's office of Department of Human Services — Client Specific Emergency Services Revolving Fund Paying Account

 (a) The Secretary's office of the Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain as a cash fund account the Client Specific Emergency Services Revolving Fund Paying Account consisting of federal grants, aids, cash donations, reimbursements, and state general revenue, not to exceed a daily balance of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for delivery of immediate care, short-term services, or emergency services to eligible clients.  (b) The account shall be established and maintained in accordance with procedures established by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for cash funds and shall be administered under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.
AR Code § 20-76-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-212. Reimbursement rate to providers — Arkansas Medicaid Program

 Notwithstanding any other provision in federal law or departmental commitment which may exist to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall not increase any reimbursement rate to any provider or provider groups supported in whole or in part by funds administered by the department, nor shall it adopt any other rule or amendment to the Arkansas Medicaid Program that would result in an obligation of the general revenues of the state without first seeking and receiving the approval of the Governor and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
AR Code § 20-76-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-213. Electronic benefit transfer system for food stamps

 The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall establish a program utilizing an electronic benefit transfer system for the distribution and redemption of food stamps, whereby food stamp recipients will no longer use paper coupons to participate in the federal food stamp program.
AR Code § 20-76-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-214. Payment of certain contributions and withholdings — Transitional employment assistance

 (a) The Department of Human Services is authorized to pay the employer's portion of contributions and withholdings required by the federal and state income tax laws, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., the Division of Workforce Services Law, § 11-10-101 et seq., and private medical insurance premiums for eligible individuals where that is necessary to achieve employment assistance.  (b)  (1) Transitional employment assistance recipients shall not be deemed to be state employees solely as a consequence of receiving transitional employment assistance benefits and shall not be eligible to participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System solely as a consequence of receiving transitional employment assistance benefits.  (2) Transitional employment assistance recipients who are employed by the state shall be eligible for the same benefits as an employee who performs similar work and is not a transitional employment assistance recipient.
AR Code § 20-76-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 2 - Administration Generally|§ 20-76-215. [Deleted.]

 A.C.R.C. Notes. Former § 20-76-215, regarding Administrative Services and the Client Specific Emergency Services Revolving Fund Paying Account, was identical to § 20-76-211 and has been deleted at the direction of the Arkansas Code Revision Commission. The section was derived from Acts 1997, No. 1360, § 66.
AR Code § 20-76-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 3 - Social Security Disability Determination|§ 20-76-301. State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination — Creation

 There is created and established at the seat of government of this state a department of state to be designated and known as the “State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination”.
AR Code § 20-76-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 3 - Social Security Disability Determination|§ 20-76-302. State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination — Director — Bonds

 (a) The executive head of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination is designated as the director.  (b) The Director of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination shall be a resident elector of this state at least thirty (30) years of age, of good moral character, and of demonstrated ability in the field of his or her employment.  (c) The director shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (d) Before entering upon his or her duties of employment, the director shall take, subscribe, and file in the office of the Secretary of State an oath or affirmation to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution and to faithfully discharge the duties of employment upon which he or she is about to enter.  (e) The director shall furnish bond with a corporate surety thereon to the State of Arkansas in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the proper accounting of all funds received and disbursed by him or her. The original of the bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and an executed counterpart of the surety bond shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of State.  (f) The director shall be disbursing agent for the department but shall not be required to furnish additional bond as the disbursing agent.  (g) Other employees of the department required by the director to do so shall furnish and file bonds, conditioned as above, or fidelity bonds with the director. These bonds shall be in such penal sums as shall be determined by the director.  (h) The premiums on all such bonds shall be paid from appropriations made available to the department.
AR Code § 20-76-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 3 - Social Security Disability Determination|§ 20-76-303. State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination and director — Powers and duties

 It shall be the function, power, and duty of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination, or the Director of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination:   (1) To enter into agreements with the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services whereby the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination, with respect to all individuals in this state, or with respect to such classes of individuals in this state as may be designated in the agreement, will, in the case of any individual, determine whether or not he or she is under a disability and of the day the disability began and of the day on which the disability ceased. For the purposes hereof, the term “disability” shall be as defined in any agreement or by applicable law;  (2) To accept and deposit into the State Treasury any funds from whatever source received and to withdraw therefrom such funds as may be required to carry out its functions, powers, and duties and, with respect thereto, to comply fully with the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., and the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq., and, where more restrictive, with the terms of any agreement entered into with the secretary in relation to the use of any funds made available to the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof. However, the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination shall not have the authority to commit this state, either directly or indirectly, to the expenditure of any state funds in the absence of specific authority granted by the General Assembly; and  (3) To take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as shall be necessary or desirable to carry out effectively the purposes and intent of this subchapter.