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AR Code § 21-5-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-204. Exceptions

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subchapter does not apply to:  (1) The employees of:  (A) Elected constitutional officers of this state;  (B) The General Assembly, including employees of the Bureau of Legislative Research and Arkansas Legislative Audit; and  (C) Members of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, circuit courts, prosecuting attorneys, and the Administrative Office of the Courts;    (2) The Arkansas Department of Transportation;  (3) Federal military technicians, military training support personnel, federally funded personnel of the Arkansas National Guard, and other military personnel who are paid directly by the federal government;  (4) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission; and  (5) State-supported institutions of higher education.    (b)  (1) An employee described in subsection (a) of this section may receive:  (A) A salary increase or a line item maximum increase under § 21-5-211; and  (B) A merit pay increase under § 21-5-1101.    (2) Section 21-5-214 does not apply to the salary increase authorized by subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section.
AR Code § 21-5-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-205. Effect on appropriation acts

 (a) All appropriation acts of all state agencies subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall be governed by the provisions of this subchapter with respect to grades, class titles, salary increases, salary increase eligibility, and other provisions unless special language in the appropriation act of the state agency specifically allows the state agency to provide salary increases, grade assignments, class title assignments, salary increase eligibility, and other provisions different from those provided by this subchapter.  (b) Where the intent of the General Assembly, by amendment to appropriation bills, is to allow a higher grade for a classification than that listed in this subchapter, the grade assigned to the classification in the appropriation act for the classification, as designated with the higher grade level, shall be the grade level for the classification in the state agency during the biennium.  (c) When a higher salary grade level is authorized in this subchapter for classifications which are not reflected in the appropriation action of a state agency, this subchapter shall set the salary grade levels to be authorized in a state agency's appropriation act for the biennium unless special language in the appropriation act of a state agency allows the state agency to provide salary increases other than that provided in this subchapter.  (d) It is the intent of this section that the respective state agencies governed by the provisions of this subchapter be authorized to allow salary grade levels as provided in the appropriation acts of the state agencies, provided that the rules which apply to salary increases under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be waived unless special language in the appropriation act of the state agency authorizes the state agency to provide increases other than those authorized under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-5-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-206. Legislative Council — Duties

 In order to assist the General Assembly in more efficiently performing its constitutional duty, that being “… the number and salaries of the clerks and employees of the different departments of the State shall be fixed by law”, the Legislative Council shall:   (1) Review the establishment and implementation of new classification titles proposed between legislative sessions due to program changes;  (2) Review the staffing levels of all agencies covered by this subchapter and submit to the General Assembly, when in regular session, fiscal session, or special session, recommendations for revisions, modifications, or additions thereto;  (3) Conduct, when necessary, salary surveys of the private and public sector of jobs comparable to those contained in § 21-5-208 for purposes of establishing equitable and competitive rates of compensation for employees occupying positions affected by this subchapter;  (4) Periodically review and recommend any changes found necessary in the job evaluation system used to set salary grade levels for all classifications affected by this section and forward the recommendations to the Office of Personnel Management; and  (5) Prepare and submit recommendations for revisions in this subchapter to the General Assembly when in session.
AR Code § 21-5-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-210. Implementation of plan — Changes in class specifications

 (a) For the purposes of implementing the uniform employee classification and compensation plan for the respective agencies covered by this subchapter, the General Assembly determines that the class specifications prepared by the Office of Personnel Management in classifying the various positions authorized in the respective appropriation acts shall be the class specifications to be followed in implementing the respective appropriations for all part-time and full-time employees of the respective agencies covered by this subchapter.  (b) Changes in class specifications may be made in whole or in part by the Office of Personnel Management.
AR Code § 21-5-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-211. Implementation procedure for grade changes — Salary adjustments

 (a) The Office of Personnel Management has administrative responsibility for enforcing compliance by state agencies affected by this subchapter in implementing classification and grade changes.  (b)  (1) The Governor may authorize a salary increase up to two percent (2%) each fiscal year if:  (A) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services determine that sufficient general revenues become available; and  (B) The salary increase does not result in an employee's compensation exceeding the maximum pay level amount set out for the position.    (2)  (A) An employee compensated at the highest pay level rate authorized for his or her classification is eligible to receive the salary increase authorized in this section as a lump-sum payment.  (B) However, the increase shall be paid as a lump sum on the last pay period of the fiscal year of the year in which the increase is to occur, and the payment shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum salary.      (c)  (1) If the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the secretary determine that general revenue funds are insufficient to implement the salary increases authorized in this subchapter or by any other law that affects salary increases for state employees, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the secretary upon approval by the Governor may reduce the percentage of all authorized salary increases for all state employees covered by this subchapter without regard to whether or not the employees are compensated from general or special revenues, federal funds, or trust funds.  (2) However, if sufficient general revenues should then become available at any time during the year to provide the maximum additional salary increases for all state employees without regard to the source of revenues, salary increases for state employees provided for in this subchapter or by any other law may be fully implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the secretary.  (3) Any salary adjustments made by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State and the secretary in accordance with this subsection shall be reported to the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.    (d) All percentage calculations stipulated in this subchapter or any other law affecting salaries of state employees may be rounded to the nearest even-dollar amount by the Office of Personnel Management when making the percentage changes to state employee salaries.
AR Code § 21-5-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-218. Reimbursement for interpreter services for deaf

 Whereas Arkansas Rehabilitation Services currently purchases and sells staff interpreter services for the deaf with four (4) other agencies, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Arkansas School for the Deaf, and the Administrative Office of the Courts and whereas the need for interpreters is immediate and often for crisis purposes and cannot be planned ahead, the Division of Workforce Services is authorized to arrange for reimbursement with those agencies, assuring that the amount paid from both agencies will not exceed the maximum for the grades they occupy consistent with the intent of § 19-4-1604, with notification and justification to the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.
AR Code § 21-5-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Classification and Compensation Act|§ 21-5-224. Extra help positions

 (a)  (1) A position authorized as extra help in a state agency shall be assigned an authorized classification by the agency, and any person hired in an extra help position shall meet the minimum qualifications and any other requirements set by the official class specification of the classification assigned to the position.  (2) The rates of pay for extra help employees shall be set in accordance with and shall not exceed those provided in this subchapter, or its successor, for the appropriate classification.  (3) Extra help employees of state agencies shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per fiscal year as set out in § 19-4-521.    (b) The salary eligibility for an employee transferring or returning from an extra help position to a regular position shall be determined in the same manner as established for newly hired employees.  (c) A former employee from a state agency, board, or commission who is rehired in an extra-help position is ineligible for benefits except holiday pay and as authorized by the Office of Personnel Management.
AR Code § 21-5-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-401. State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program established — Legislative intent

 (a) The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program is established to manage life and health insurance plan options for the benefit of state employees, state employee retirees, public school employees, and public school employee retirees.  (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to:  (1) Create a single board to administer the program and to select and offer life and health insurance plan options under the program to participants;  (2) Develop self-funded health plan options that enhance the ability to control premiums and utilize managed care capabilities if feasible and in the best interest of participants; and  (3) Enable a single board to:  (A) Set and manage policies for the program;  (B) Work in a concerted effort toward a common goal of parity between public school and state employee insurance programs;  (C) Improve the quality of healthcare services under the program;  (D) Increase participants' understanding of program features by educating state employees, state employee retirees, public school employees, and public school employee retirees on the program and plan options available under the program, including the advantages and disadvantages of each available plan option; and  (E) Slow the rate of growth of healthcare expenses under the program.
AR Code § 21-5-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-402. Creation of board — Members

 (a)  (1) The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board is created, composed of the following fifteen (15) voting members:  (A) A state employee who is eligible to participate in the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program, appointed by the Governor;  (B) Two (2) public school employees, at least one (1) of whom is employed by a rural school district, appointed by the Governor;  (C) The Insurance Commissioner or his or her designee;  (D) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education or his or her designee;  (E) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or her designee;  (F) Three (3) members who are engaged in employee benefits management or risk management, at least one (1) of whom is a licensed healthcare provider, appointed by the Governor;  (G) Two (2) members, one (1) of whom is a retired public school employee and one (1) of whom is a retired state employee, appointed by the Governor;  (H) One (1) public school employee who is employed by a school district as an administrator, appointed by the Governor;  (I) The Director of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy or his or her state employee pharmacist designee;  (J) The Director of Health Facility Services of the Department of Health or his or her designee; and  (K) One (1) member who is a member of the Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association, appointed by the Governor.    (2) All appointments made by the Governor are subject to confirmation by the Senate.  (3) An appointee who has a conflict of interest is disqualified to serve on the board.    (b)  (1) Members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years but may be reappointed for additional terms.  (2)  (A) A vacancy in a position appointed by the Governor shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term.  (B) Members appointed by the Governor shall serve at the will of the Governor.      (c) A chair and vice chair of the board shall be selected annually by and from the membership of the board and shall serve no more than two (2) years.
AR Code § 21-5-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-403. Policy-making body only — Reports

 (a) The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board is a policy-making body only.  (b) The Director of the Employee Benefits Division and the board shall report upon request to the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce regarding the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program.
AR Code § 21-5-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-405. Additional duties of board

 (a)  (1) The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board and the Director of the Employee Benefits Division shall take a risk management approach in designing the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program.  (2) The board shall ensure that the program, including all plan options offered under the program, is maintained on an actuarially sound basis as determined by actuarial standards established by the board.    (b) In addition to the objectives stated in § 21-5-404, the board shall:  (1) Develop uniform standards of vendor plan option funding;  (2) Promote increased access to plan options offered under the program;  (3) Promote access to vendors who will enhance plan option availability in rural Arkansas and in bordering states;  (4)  (A) Use the purchasing power of the program to foster competition among vendors and providers for the plan options offered under the program.  (B) A state agency or school district that accepts state funds intended to partially defray the cost of health and life insurance for state employees or public school employees shall:  (i) Use those funds only for the program; and  (ii) Agree to rules of program participation as stated in the policies adopted by the board and as defined in the rules and procedures issued by the director, including without limitation timely eligibility reporting, prepayment of insurance premiums, actuarial adjustment for new enrollees, and any other requirements deemed necessary by the board;      (5) Assure guaranteed issue;  (6) Ensure an annual enrollment period;  (7) Verify that a dependent is eligible for coverage under the program as determined by the board; and  (8) Beginning in the 2015 plan year, implement a policy applicable to a participating entity to identify funds that are not required to be paid for federal taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3101 et seq., generated from health insurance pretaxed premiums only, and use the identified funds for premium assistance.    (c) Vendors of plan options offered under the program shall provide detailed information in order to justify rate increases or inadequate performance reporting as defined by the board.
AR Code § 21-5-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-408. Compensation

 State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board members may receive from the Department of Finance and Administration expense reimbursement and stipends as allowable under § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 21-5-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-410. Eligibility generally — Definition

 (a) Individuals eligible to participate in the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program include:  (1) All active state employees, active public school employees, or other eligible employees of a participating entity or participating institution;  (2) Members of the General Assembly;  (3) Elected constitutional officers;  (4) Appointed or elected board and commission members who are on a full-time salaried basis; and  (5)  (A) Those state contract employees hired by the Arkansas National Guard on a full-time basis in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2304.  (B) Program participation for contract employees of the Arkansas National Guard is conditioned upon the United States Government’s contributing the employer's share to the Employee Benefits Division.      (b) Program participation for a state employee is conditioned upon the state employee's being in a budgeted state employee position or a position authorized by the General Assembly.  (c) A state employee is one whose actual performance of duty requires one thousand (1,000) or more working hours per year.  (d) If a participating institution discontinues its participation in the program, then the participating institution shall not re-participate in the program for two (2) years after the institution's final date of participation in the program unless the Director of the Employee Benefits Division gives his or her consent to an earlier date.  (e) Participants are not allowed simultaneous participation in benefits provided by the state employee insurance plan or the public school employee insurance plan.  (f) The Arkansas State Police Health Benefit Plan is exempt from any mandatory participation required by this section.  (g)  (1) The following persons are eligible to participate in the program:  (A) A public school employee who is in a position that requires on average at least thirty (30) hours per week of actual performance of duty during the annual school year; and  (B) A full-time school bus driver who is employed by a public school district to drive regular routes during the annual school year.    (2) A public school employee who is not a full-time school bus driver and who is in a variable hour position is ineligible to participate in the program.    (h) As used in this section, “full-time school bus driver” means a person:  (1) Who contracts with a public school district to operate a school bus for at least seven hundred twenty (720) hours during the school year;  (2) Whose primary source of income during the school year is obtained by operating a school bus for a public school district; or  (3) Who contracts with a public school district to operate a school bus and is designated by the superintendent as a full-time school bus driver, regardless of the number of hours for which the person contracted.
AR Code § 21-5-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-414. State contributions generally — Partial state contribution of employees' premiums

 (a) The Department of Transformation and Shared Services shall seek the advice of the Legislative Council and the House Committee on Insurance and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce before additional state contributions can be made to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program on behalf of state employees.  (b) Participating entities shall make a monthly contribution equal to the number of budgeted state employee positions multiplied by the monthly contribution authorized by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, not to exceed four hundred fifty dollars ($450) monthly for each state employee budgeted position into a fund designated for state employee health benefits to partially defray the cost of life and health benefits for state employees and retirees participating in the program.
AR Code § 21-5-416 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-416. Annual performance audits

 The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee shall annually conduct a performance audit of the:   (1) Entity administering claims; and  (2) Employee Benefits Division.
AR Code § 21-5-417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 4 - State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board|§ 21-5-417. State contribution for employee receiving workers' compensation

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, a state agency shall remit the employer's contribution for a state employee participating in the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program to the Employee Benefits Division when the state employee is:   (1) In a leave-without-pay status because of a work-related injury; and  (2) Receiving benefits from workers' compensation.