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AR Code § 20-76-437 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 4 - Grants of Assistance|§ 20-76-437. Reporting — Transitional employment assistance

 The Department of Human Services, the Division of Workforce Services, the Department of Health, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Division of Higher Education, the Adult Education Section, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, the Arkansas Economic Development Council, and the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall report periodically to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor regarding the provision of services to Transitional Employment Assistance Program recipients.
AR Code § 20-76-438 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 4 - Grants of Assistance|§ 20-76-438. Purpose

 (a)  (1) The General Assembly finds that it is important that all families in this state be strong and economically self-sufficient and that it is in the public interest that:  (A) Eligible persons and families of lesser means be given time-limited cash assistance along with an opportunity to obtain and retain employment that is sufficient to sustain their families;  (B) As a part of this transition from welfare to work, it is in the public's interest that various supportive services and, in some cases, education and training be offered to these families to enable them to make this transition;  (C) Education and training are essential to long-term career development and self-sufficiency; and  (D) Employment improves the quality of life for parents and children by increasing family income and assets and by improving self-esteem.    (2) Therefore, it is in the public interest that our state provide time-limited cash assistance and supportive services to our most vulnerable citizens and their children.    (b)  (1) The General Assembly also finds that:  (A) Currently there are inefficiencies and duplication of effort on the part of the Division of Workforce Services and the Department of Human Services in the administration of the Transitional Employment Assistance Program; and  (B) A different division of responsibility for administration of the Transitional Employment Assistance Program by the division and the Department of Human Services may result in the more efficient and effective administration of the Transitional Employment Assistance Program.    (2) Therefore, it is in the public interest that the General Assembly authorize the division to:  (A) Receive the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services for the administration of all Temporary Assistance for Needy Families-funded programs in Arkansas;  (B) Expend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds subject to the appropriations of the General Assembly;  (C) Provide all employment-related services for time-limited Transitional Employment Assistance Program clients;  (D) Contract with other state agencies or other providers to deliver services in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families-funded programs; and  (E) Prepare and submit any Temporary Assistance for Needy Families renewal plans that are required in § 402 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.
AR Code § 20-76-446 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 4 - Grants of Assistance|§ 20-76-446. Community Investment Initiative

 (a)  (1) There is created the Community Investment Initiative.  (2) The Division of Workforce Services shall develop the initiative.    (b) The division shall contract with private or community organizations, including faith-based organizations, to offer services and support to parents, children, and youth in their communities.  (c) The initiative may fund programs for the following purposes:  (1) Improving outcomes for youth, including, but not limited to:  (A) Academic achievement;  (B) Job skills;  (C) Civic participation and community involvement; and  (D) Reducing risky behaviors such as sexual activities, drug use, and criminal behavior;    (2) Improving parenting and family functioning through services and support to parents, children, and to families;  (3) Improving marriage and relationship skills among youth and engaged and married couples;  (4) Improving the financial and emotional connections of noncustodial parents to their children through fatherhood programs;  (5) Improving the employment skills and family connections of parents who leave state jails and prisons;  (6) Providing supportive services to child-only cases in the Transitional Employment Assistance Program; and  (7) Other purposes allowable under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.    (d)  (1) The division shall authorize contracts with state agencies or community organizations to provide training and capacity building services to organizations eligible to apply for initiative funds.  (2) Contracts may be let for the following purposes:  (A) Assisting in the development of proposals to be funded through the initiative;  (B) Preparing organizations for the fiscal responsibilities involved in receiving and spending state and federal funds; and  (C) Improving the provision of services by contractors receiving funds from the initiative.      (e) Use of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds shall be subject to appropriations by the General Assembly for the initiative.  (f) Contracts shall include performance-based payments keyed to participation in services and specified outcomes.  (g) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds may be combined with other state, federal, and other funds in ways consistent with federal laws and rules.
AR Code § 20-76-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-701. Title

 This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015”.
AR Code § 20-76-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-702. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Caretaker relative” means any of the following individuals living with a minor child:  (A) A parent or stepparent;  (B) A grandparent;  (C) A sibling, half-sibling, or stepsibling;  (D) An aunt or uncle of any degree;  (E) A first cousin, nephew, or niece; and  (F) A relative by adoption within the previously named classes;    (2) “Chain of custody” means the methodology of tracking specified materials or substances for the purpose of maintaining control and accountability from initial collection to final disposition for all materials or substances, providing accountability at each stage in handling, testing, and storing specimens and reporting test results;  (3) “Confirmation test” means a second analytical procedure used to identify the presence of a specific drug or drug metabolite in a specimen, which test may be different in scientific principle from that of the initial test procedure and must be capable of providing requisite specificity, sensitivity, and quantitative accuracy;  (4)  (A) “Drug” means marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, amphetamine, and opiates, including without limitation morphine.  (B) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services may add under the definition of subdivision (4)(A) of this section additional drugs by rule;    (5) “Drug test” means any chemical, biological, or physical instrumental analysis administered by a drug testing agency authorized to test under this subchapter for the purpose of determining the presence or absence of a drug or its metabolites;  (6) “Drug testing agency” means an entity that has the required credentials as established by the Division of Workforce Services to administer drug tests using a person's urine, blood, or DNA that will detect and validate the presence of drugs in a person's body;  (7) “Drug treatment program” means a service provider that provides confidential, timely, and expert identification, assessment, and resolution of drug or alcohol abuse problems affecting a person;  (8) “Five-panel drug test” means a test for marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, amphetamine, and opiates, including without limitation morphine;  (9) “Protective payee” means a caretaker relative or legal guardian of a minor child unless the caretaker relative who is an applicant for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits receives a positive result on a drug test; and  (10) “Specimen” means tissue, fluid, or a product of the human body capable of revealing the presence of drugs or drug metabolites.
AR Code § 20-76-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-703. Administration

 (a)  (1) Subject to state appropriation, the Division of Workforce Services, in coordination with the Department of Human Services, shall establish and administer a drug screening and testing program of suspicion-based drug screening and testing for each applicant who is otherwise eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, § 20-76-101 et seq., or its successor program and for each recipient of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, § 20-76-101 et seq., or its successor program.  (2) The drug screening and testing program shall include the population statewide.    (b)  (1) A dependent child under eighteen (18) years of age is exempt from the drug screening and testing requirement unless the dependent child is a parent who is also an applicant for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and who does not live with a parent, legal guardian, or other adult caretaker relative.  (2) An entity or individual participating in the Career Pathways Initiative or Community Investment Initiative under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program is exempt from the drug screening and testing requirement.    (c)  (1) An applicant or recipient may inform the drug testing agency administering the test of any prescription or over-the-counter medication that the individual is taking.  (2) An applicant or recipient shall not be denied Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits on the basis of failing a drug test if the applicant has a current and valid prescription or a written certification and a registry identification card issued under the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 98, for the drug in question.    (d)  (1) An applicant or recipient shall undergo a confirmation test using the same specimen sample from the initial positive test before receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits.  (2) The results of the confirmation test shall be used to determine final eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program benefits.
AR Code § 20-76-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-704. Powers and duties

 (a) The Division of Workforce Services, in coordination with the Department of Human Services, shall:  (1) Consult with substance abuse treatment experts;  (2) Develop appropriate screening techniques and processes to establish reasonable cause that an applicant or recipient is using a drug and to establish the necessary criteria to permit the division, in coordination with the department, to require the applicant or recipient to undergo no less than a five-panel drug test;  (3) Identify and select a screening tool as a part of the development of the screening technique that will be employed for the drug screening and testing program under this subchapter;  (4) Develop a plan for funding of the costs of the screening process, the no less than five-panel drug testing process, personnel and information systems modification, and other costs associated with the development and implementation of the testing process; and  (5) Develop a plan for any modification of its information systems necessary to properly track and report the status of applicants or recipients who are screened and who must undergo testing as required by this subchapter, including without limitation a detailed analysis of costs for systems analysis, programming, and testing of modifications and for implementation dates for completion of the modifications.    (b) Annually, the division, in coordination with the department, shall submit a report of the past calendar year on or before February 1 to the General Assembly that includes without limitation:  (1) The number of individuals screened;  (2) The number of screened individuals for whom there was a reasonable suspicion of illegal drug use;  (3) The number of screened individuals who took a drug test;  (4) The number of screened individuals who refused to take a drug test;  (5) The number of screened individuals who received a positive result on the drug test;  (6) The number of screened individuals who received a negative result on the drug test;  (7) The number of individuals who received a positive result on a drug test for a second or subsequent time;  (8) The amount of costs incurred by the division for the administration of the drug screening and testing program; and  (9) The number of applications and re-applications received for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, § 20-76-101 et seq., in the previous year and the current year.
AR Code § 20-76-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-706. Information regarding drug testing

 (a) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, and drug test results, written or otherwise, received by the Division of Workforce Services as a part of the drug testing program under this subchapter shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure and may not be used or received in evidence, obtained in discovery, or disclosed in any public or private proceedings.  (b)  (1) Information regarding drug test results for a test administered under this subchapter shall not be released to law enforcement officers or used in any criminal proceeding.  (2) Information released contrary to subdivision (b)(1) of this section is inadmissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding.    (c) This subchapter does not prohibit:  (1) The division or a drug testing agency conducting the drug test from having access to an adult applicant's or adult recipient's drug test information or using the information when consulting with legal counsel in connection with actions brought under or related to this subchapter or when the information is relevant to its defense in a civil or administrative matter; or  (2) The reporting of child abuse, child sexual abuse, or neglect of a child.
AR Code § 20-76-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-707. Positive drug test result not a disability

 An applicant or recipient who receives a positive result on a drug test administered under this subchapter shall not be deemed to have a disability because of the drug test result alone.
AR Code § 20-76-708 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-708. Rulemaking authority

 (a) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services, in coordination with the Department of Human Services, shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this subchapter.  (b) The director shall consider the following when promulgating rules:  (1) Testing procedures established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Transportation;  (2) Screening procedures established by the substance abuse experts to determine when a person exhibits the criteria to determine that there is reasonable cause to suspect that a person is likely to use drugs;  (3) Body specimens and minimum specimen amounts that are appropriate for drug testing;  (4) Methods of analysis and procedures to ensure reliable drug testing results, including without limitation standards for initial tests and confirmation tests;  (5) Minimum detection levels for each drug or drug metabolite for the purpose of determining a positive result;  (6) Chain-of-custody procedures to ensure proper identification, labeling, and handling of specimens tested; and  (7) Retention, storage, and transportation procedures to ensure reliable results of drug tests used in the administration of this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-76-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 7 - Drug Screening and Testing Act of 2015|§ 20-76-709. Effective date

 This subchapter shall be effective no later than December 31, 2015.
AR Code § 20-76-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 8 - Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019|§ 20-76-801. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019”.
AR Code § 20-76-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 8 - Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019|§ 20-76-802. Legislative findings and intent

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) Arkansas has made great strides in promoting work for able-bodied adults across other public assistance programs;  (2) Arkansas can continue those initiatives by further creating opportunities and spurring economic development by improving its workforce;  (3) Arkansas provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to more than one hundred twenty-three thousand (123,000) able-bodied adults without young children;  (4) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Arkansas should be protected and preserved for the truly vulnerable;  (5) Most able-bodied adults receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in Arkansas do not work at all;  (6) Arkansas has the opportunity under federal law to refer able-bodied adults to employment and training programs;  (7) Arkansas has more than thirty-two thousand six hundred (32,600) open jobs; and  (8) Arkansas is projected to create more than one hundred sixty-six thousand (166,000) jobs in 2019.    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that this subchapter shall increase employment and self-sufficiency among able-bodied adults who are receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
AR Code § 20-76-803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 8 - Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019|§ 20-76-803. Employment and training program requirement

 The Department of Human Services shall require an able-bodied adult under sixty (60) years of age who receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, has dependents who are all at least six (6) years of age and under eighteen (18) years of age or who has no dependents, and is not otherwise subject to the requirements under 7 U.S.C. § 2015(o), as it existed on January 1, 2019, to participate in an employment and training program established under 7 U.S.C. § 2015(d)(4), as it existed on January 1, 2019, including without limitation a program operated by the department that authorizes a work registrant to perform public service activities through work experience to fulfill the work requirement necessary to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
AR Code § 20-76-804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 76 - Public Assistance Generally|Subchapter 8 - Employment Opportunities for Able-Bodied Adults Act of 2019|§ 20-76-804. Reporting requirement

 (a) The Department of Human Services shall report the department's implementation of the employment and training program requirement under § 20-76-803 one (1) time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.  (b) The department shall develop and submit a report containing statistics of participation in the employment and training program one (1) time per calendar quarter to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
AR Code § 20-77-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-77-101. Cost-sharing charges for medically indigent — Legislative intent

 (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Medicaid medical assistance program administered by the Department of Human Services is intended to be supplemental to other potential sources of payment which are or may be available to pay for the costs of medical care delivered to residents of this state. To ensure that the appropriated funds are available to meet the needs of those residents, it is hereby declared the public policy of the State of Arkansas that the program is the payor of last resort to supplement and not supplant other sources which are or may be available to any individual, except when federal requirements under Title V specify otherwise.  (b) The appropriate division of the department, in order to comply with Pub. L. No. 92-603, § 208, may, with respect to the medically indigent:  (1) Provide that an enrollment fee, premium, or similar charge may be imposed;  (2) Specify the amount of and the period of liability for the charges; and  (3) Define the state's policy regarding the effect on the recipient of nonpayment of required charges.