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AR Code § 25-10-133 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 25-10-133. Mental health services — Transfer provision

 (a)  (1) Personnel positions and appropriations provided for all programs of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services may be reallocated when such actions are determined necessary to assure continued delivery of satisfactory levels of services in any of the several programs administered by the division.  (2) Such reallocations or transfers shall be requested by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.    (b) Any saving made in state or federal appropriations for regular salaries, extra help, Social Security and retirement matching, or maintenance and general operations, and grants for approved projects, upon prior review by the Legislative Council and approval of the Department of Finance and Administration, may be transferred to the purchase of services for persons with long-term mental illness and in the establishment, operation, and maintenance of facilities, centers, or programs for this population.
AR Code § 25-10-135 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 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 been adjudicated delinquent of an act that would constitute a Class A felony or higher or of a sexual offense or convicted of a Class A felony or higher or sexual offense until the following conditions have been met:  (1) Residents within one thousand feet (1,000') of the proposed location of the facility shall be notified by mail;  (2)  (A) A public hearing shall be conducted in the community of the proposed location of the facility by the contract provider at least ten (10) days in advance of the contract's effective date.  (B) Notice of the hearing shall be made by mail to each of the residents within one thousand feet (1,000') of the proposed location of the facility; and    (3) The notification requirement shall not apply to already-existing facilities at already-existing locations.    (b)  (1) Provided further, upon establishment of the facilities within a particular municipality, the contract provider and the department shall establish and implement a system to receive and respond to complaints and questions from residents of the municipality.  (2) In the event the department and the provider fail to provide satisfactory communication to the residents as provided in this section, the facility may be declared a public nuisance by the municipality.
AR Code § 25-10-136 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 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 Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs prior to privatizing any functions or responsibilities of the Division of Youth Services.  (b) The report shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs at least sixty (60) days prior to entering into a contract with a private business entity.  (c) In the event the General Assembly is in session, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide the report to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Chair of the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth.
AR Code § 25-10-137 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 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 of Human Services shall include a performance evaluation provision that outlines a method for evaluating the service provided under the contract. The provision shall identify the goals and performance indicators of the contract and how the state agency intends to evaluate the service provided.  (b) The department shall report to the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs or appropriate subcommittees thereof at least annually regarding the performance evaluation of each contract.
AR Code § 25-10-138 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 25-10-138. Education requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees

 (a) With the assistance of the Office of Personnel Management, the Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to increase the education requirements for youth service workers and security officers employed by the division. If the services are under contract with the division, the employees of the contractor shall meet the education requirements promulgated by the division.  (b) No rule pertaining to education requirements for youth service workers or security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 25-10-139 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 25-10-139. Training requirements for certain Division of Youth Services employees

 (a)  (1) The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to increase the hours of training provided to youth service workers and security officers employed by the division. If the services are under contract with the division, the employees of the contractor shall meet the training requirements promulgated by the division.  (2) The training requirements shall include, but not be limited to, training on the use of proper restraints and security crisis intervention as recommended by the Manual of Standards for Juvenile Training Schools and Services published by the American Correctional Association in cooperation with the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.  (3) The training hours shall be satisfied by the employee on a yearly basis.    (b) No rule pertaining to the training required of youth service workers and security officers promulgated hereafter by the division shall be effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council, the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate subcommittees thereof of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 25-10-141 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 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 subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses, the production of documents, or both, upon request of any party to the adjudication.  (B) Requests for a subpoena shall be granted by the administrative law judge if the testimony or documents desired are considered necessary and material without being unduly repetitious of other available evidence.    (2) Each subpoena shall:  (A) State that the subpoena is issued in a proceeding pending before the department;  (B) Contain the title of the administrative adjudication; and  (C) Command each person to whom it is directed to appear and give testimony at the time and place therein specified.    (3) Subpoenas may require the production of documents including:  (A) Writings;  (B) Drawings;  (C) Graphs;  (D) Charts;  (E) Photographs;  (F) Recordings; and  (G) Other data compilations from which information can be obtained.    (4) The party who requested a subpoena shall be responsible for serving the subpoena in the manner provided by law.  (5) Return of service shall be recorded, and the record shall be retained in the adjudication case file.  (6)  (A) The Pulaski County Circuit Court or the circuit court of the county of residence of any person duly served with a subpoena issued under this section may enforce the subpoena.  (B) Enforcement shall be in the manner provided by law for the enforcement of subpoenas issued by a circuit court.      (b) Upon motion and a showing of good cause, the presiding official may issue orders quashing or limiting subpoenas based on a determination that:  (1) The person subpoenaed does not have relevant, admissible evidence;  (2) The information or records sought are irrelevant to the adjudication;  (3) The information or records sought are confidential and not subject to disclosure or to production under federal laws or regulations or state law;  (4) Compliance with the subpoena would result in undue burden or expense; or  (5) The evidence possessed by the person subpoenaed or the information or record sought is unduly repetitious of other available evidence.    (c) If any child served with a subpoena to be a witness in an administrative hearing is a party to an open dependency-neglect or family-in-need-of-services case, the child's attorney ad litem shall be provided a copy of the subpoena.
AR Code § 25-10-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-201. Public policy

 (a) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to furnish blind and visually handicapped persons those services which are reasonably necessary to allow them the opportunity to lead full, useful, and productive lives and to expend funds available for that purpose in the most efficient and effective manner possible.  (b) The General Assembly finds that this purpose may be best accomplished by the establishment of a Division of State Services for the Blind within the Department of Commerce with the necessary authority to administer the services and programs for the blind and visually impaired.
AR Code § 25-10-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Blind”, for the purposes of qualification for appointment as a member of the Board of the Division of State Services for the Blind within the Department of Commerce, means a person having not more than twenty/two hundred (20/200) visual acuity in the better eye with corrective lenses, or visual acuity greater than twenty/two hundred (20/200), but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle of no greater than twenty degrees (20°); and  (2) “Visually handicapped”, as a term, shall be defined by rules of the board, and the board shall have sole and exclusive authority to define and determine whether any person is “blind” or “visually handicapped” for purposes of determining eligibility to participate in government programs under this subchapter.
AR Code § 25-10-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-203. Exemption

 No provision of this subchapter shall apply to any program or service currently operated or administered by the Arkansas School for the Blind or the State Library Board, and this subchapter shall not amend or repeal any statutory provision governing the operation of the School for the Blind or the Arkansas State Library.
AR Code § 25-10-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-206. Legal counsel

 The Division of State Services for the Blind within the Department of Commerce or any employees or committees thereof shall be entitled to the services of the Attorney General in connection with the operation of the affairs of the division.
AR Code § 25-10-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-207. State Services for the Blind Fund Account

 Any sums provided by the General Assembly for the purposes of this subchapter shall be kept by the Treasurer of State in a fund to be designated as the “State Services for the Blind Fund Account” and shall be used to carry out the particular purposes assigned to it in this subchapter.
AR Code § 25-10-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-208. State services for the blind — Supplemental insurance

 Staff members who transport blind and visually impaired persons on official state business of the Division of State Services for the Blind within the Department of Commerce are entitled to reimbursement for supplemental insurance costs. Costs incurred for supplemental liability automobile insurance above the minimum required by law for the purpose of including coverage for work-related activities shall be reimbursed through standard travel procedures annually, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.
AR Code § 25-10-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 2 - Division of State Services for the Blind|§ 25-10-209. Information Reading Services for the Blind created

 (a) Information Reading Services for the Blind is created within the Division of State Services for the Blind.  (b) The Information Reading Services for the Blind shall be:  (1) An integral part of the rehabilitation state plan of the division;  (2) A network to:  (A) Provide audible access to statewide public notices, newspaper articles of interest, and other information, particularly at the local level, to persons who are visually handicapped; and  (B) Translate existing local, state, and national information into an audible format to make it available for access by visually handicapped persons; and    (3) Available to all state agencies as a means of making public notices audibly accessible to visually handicapped persons who cannot read print.    (c) This section does not limit the eligibility of the Information Reading Services for the Blind to receive line-item state or federal grant funding targeted solely for support of its programming.  (d) The Director of the Division of State Services for the Blind shall consult at least annually with active consumers of the Information Reading Services for the Blind, including participating state agencies, in the design, improvement, and delivery of the services.
AR Code § 25-10-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 4 - Department of Human Services State Institutional System|§ 25-10-401. Creation

 The state institutions known as the Arkansas State Hospital at Little Rock, the Arkansas Health Center at Benton, the Arkansas Services Center at Jonesboro, the youth services center located at North Little Rock, the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center located in Saline County, and all other facilities owned and operated by the department for youth services or mental health treatment are consolidated to form the Department of Human Services State Institutional System.
AR Code § 25-10-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 4 - Department of Human Services State Institutional System|§ 25-10-402. Purpose — Guidelines

 (a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board is established to manage the Department of Human Services State Institutional System, as provided and intended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 33.  (b) The board shall perform its functions and duties in accordance with the general guidelines, policies, and rules of the Department of Human Services governing divisions, offices, sections, or units within the department with respect to budgets, personnel and personnel policies, records, purchasing, bookkeeping, and other administrative procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.
AR Code § 25-10-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 4 - Department of Human Services State Institutional System|§ 25-10-403. Members

 (a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board shall consist of a membership of seven (7).  (b) The individual members will be appointed by the Governor.
AR Code § 25-10-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 10 - Department of Human Services|Subchapter 4 - Department of Human Services State Institutional System|§ 25-10-404. Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center

 The youth services center located at Alexander shall be known as the “Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center”.
AR Code § 25-15-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 15 - Administrative Procedures|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 25-15-101. Interpreters generally

 (a) As used in this section, “interpreter” means an interpreter as defined in § 25-15-102.  (b) A person who cannot speak or understand the English language or who because of hearing, speaking, or other impairment has difficulty in communicating with other persons and who is a party to a civil proceeding or a witness in a civil proceeding is entitled to an interpreter to assist that person throughout the proceeding.  (c)  (1) An interpreter may be retained by the party or witness himself or herself or, if the person is unable to pay for an interpreter, may be appointed by the administrative board or agency before which the proceeding is pending.  (2) If an interpreter is appointed by the board or agency, the fee for the services of the interpreter shall be set by the board or agency and be paid from funds available to the board or agency or be paid in any other manner ordered by the board or agency.    (d) An administrative agency may inquire into the qualifications and integrity of an interpreter and may disqualify any person for cause from serving as an interpreter.  (e) An interpreter for another person who is either a party or a witness in an administrative proceeding under this section shall take the following oath:    “Do you solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will justly, truly, and impartially interpret to the oath about to be administered to him (her), and the questions which may be asked him (her), and the answers that he (she) shall give to such questions, relative to the cause now under consideration before this board (agency), so help you God (or under the pains and penalties of perjury)?”
AR Code § 25-15-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 15 - Administrative Procedures|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 25-15-103. Stay of proceedings in which party or attorney is a member or an employee of either branch of the General Assembly

 (a)  (1) Any and all administrative hearings before an agency of this state in which any attorney for either party to any suit is the Lieutenant Governor, or a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or is a clerk or sergeant at arms or a doorkeeper of either branch of the General Assembly, and any and all administrative hearings before an agency of this state in which the Lieutenant Governor, or any member of the General Assembly, or clerk or sergeant at arms or doorkeeper of either branch of the General Assembly is a party, shall be stayed for not fewer than fifteen (15) days preceding the convening of the General Assembly and for thirty (30) days after its adjournment sine die, unless otherwise requested by any interested member of the General Assembly or interested officer or employee of the General Assembly.  (2) The motion for a continuance need not be reduced to writing.  (3) It is not necessary that notice be afforded to opposing counsel that a continuance is sought.    (b) Any and all administrative hearings before an agency of this state in which any attorney for either party to any suit is a member of the Legislative Council, the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, or any interim committee of the General Assembly shall be stayed, or reset if scheduled, if the proceeding or hearing has been scheduled on the day immediately prior to, the day immediately after, or the day upon which the Legislative Council, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, or any interim committee is meeting and if the attorney is a member of the committee which is meeting, or an alternate member attending in the place of a regular member, and the attorney requests the continuance of the court no fewer than three (3) days before the proceeding is to commence.  (c) The term “adjournment sine die” as used in this section means adjournment without the establishment of a day certain for reconvening.  (d) The provisions of this section shall be applicable in the case of special or extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly as well as regular sessions.
AR Code § 25-15-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 15 - Administrative Procedures|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 25-15-105. Administrative fees and penalties

 (a) As used in this section, “agency” means the same as defined at § 25-15-202.  (b)  (1) An agency shall not assess a fee or penalty without specific statutory authority to:  (A) Assess a certain type and amount of fee or penalty; or  (B) Impose a fee or penalty in general.    (2) A fee or penalty established in the rules of an agency before the effective date of this section that does not comply with subdivision (b)(1) of this section may remain in effect until July 1, 2013, but shall not be increased above the amount established by the agency for that fee or penalty as of the effective date of this section.    (c) Subsection (b) of this section does not affect an agency's authority to deny, suspend, and revoke licenses within its regulatory authority.
AR Code § 25-15-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 25 - State Government|Chapter 15 - Administrative Procedures|Subchapter 2 - Administrative Procedure Act|§ 25-15-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.