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AR Code § 21-5-418 (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|§ 21-5-418. Health savings account

 (a) A health savings account shall be a component of a consumer-driven health insurance plan option adopted by the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Board.  (b) A school district may make an employer contribution into a participating public school employee's health savings account up to the maximum amount allowed by the Internal Revenue Service.  (c) A school district shall ensure that any vendor the school district contracts with to provide health savings account management for the school district provides annual education to the school district's public school employees concerning the:  (1) Advantages and disadvantages of a consumer-driven health plan option; and  (2) Effective strategies for using a health savings account.
AR Code § 21-5-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-501. Definition

 For the purpose of this subchapter, “employee” means any person, partnership, or professional association whether appointed, elected, or under contract, providing services for the state, county, city, town, or other political subdivision for which compensation is paid.
AR Code § 21-5-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-502. Applicability

 This subchapter shall apply to all deferred compensation plans adopted by agencies subsequent to March 28, 1970, which shall all be subject to the rules issued by the Department of Finance and Administration under the authority granted in this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-5-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-503. Effect on other benefits

 The deferred compensation program established by this subchapter shall exist and serve in addition to retirement, pension, or benefit systems established by the state, county, city, town, or other political subdivision, and no deferral of income under the deferred compensation program shall effect a reduction of any retirement, pension, or other benefit provided by law.
AR Code § 21-5-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-504. Authority of state or political subdivision

 (a)  (1) The state or a county, city, town, or other political subdivision may agree, by contract, with an employee to defer, in whole or in part, a portion of that employee's future compensation to a deferred compensation program.  (2)  (A) The participation of an employee in the automatic enrollment in a deferred compensation plan under § 21-5-511 is a term of an employee's employment contract.  (B) A separate contract is not required to be executed for an employee to be enrolled in a deferred compensation plan under § 21-5-511.      (b)  (1) The administrator of the deferred compensation program may:  (A) Contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure annuity contracts for the deferred compensation program; and  (B) Through a trust or custodian, contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure fixed or variable life insurance contracts, mutual funds, pooled investment funds, or such other investment vehicles that comply with state and federal laws and which permit the deferral of compensation for income tax and retirement savings purposes.    (2) If an annuity or life insurance contract is purchased, then it must be purchased from an insurance company licensed to contract business in this state, and any insurance agent selling such contracts must be licensed by this state.
AR Code § 21-5-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-505. Authority of Department of Finance and Administration

 (a) The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into contractual agreements with employees on behalf of the state to defer any portion of that employee's future compensation.  (b) The department may, upon request, designate an officer or officers within any state agency, department, board, commission, or institution to enter into such contractual agreements with employees of that particular state agency, department, board, commission, or institution.
AR Code § 21-5-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-506. Administration of programs

 (a)  (1) The administration of the state government employees' deferred compensation program shall be under the direction of the Director of the Employee Benefits Division.  (2) Administration of other deferred compensation programs authorized by this subchapter shall be under the direction of the appropriate officer designated by the county, city, town, or other political subdivision.    (b) The administrator of the deferred compensation program is authorized and empowered to promulgate any and all rules deemed necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this subchapter.  (c) Deferrals of compensation shall be made in each instance by the appropriate disbursing officer and shall be paid over to an annuity contract or to a trust or custodial account maintained for the deferred compensation program without unreasonable delay.  (d) The administrator of the deferred compensation program may contract with a private corporation or institution for providing trust, custodial, investment, record keeping, legal, accounting, and other administrative services, and the cost of such services may be paid from the assets of the deferred compensation program.
AR Code § 21-5-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-507. Payments by administrator

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Executive Director of the Employee Benefits Division of the Department of Finance and Administration or the appropriate officer of the county, city, town, or other political subdivision designated to administer the deferred compensation program is authorized:  (1) To make payments of premiums for the purchase of annuity contracts under the deferred compensation program; and  (2) To make deferrals to a trustee or custodian holding fixed or variable life insurance contracts, annuity contracts, mutual funds, pooled investment funds, or other investment vehicles under the deferred compensation program.    (b) The payments and deferrals shall not be construed to be a prohibited use of the general assets of the state, county, city, town, or other political subdivision.
AR Code § 21-5-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-508. Taxation of deferred income

 A sum deferred under the deferred compensation program is not subject to income taxation until a distribution is made to the employee or beneficiary unless an employee has by contract directed that his or her contribution is to be deposited into a Roth deferred compensation plan.
AR Code § 21-5-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-509. Exclusive benefit

 All amounts of compensation deferred pursuant to a deferred compensation program, all property and rights purchased with such amounts, and income attributed to such amounts, property, and rights shall be held in one (1) or more annuity contracts, custodial accounts, or in trust for the exclusive benefit of the employees and their beneficiaries participating in such a program.
AR Code § 21-5-510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-510. Liability of state or political subdivision

 The financial liability of the state, county, city, town, or other political subdivision under a deferred compensation program authorized by this subchapter shall be limited in each instance to:   (1) An amount determined by reference to the value of the annuity contracts which may have been purchased with respect to any employee;  (2) An amount determined by reference to the value of the employee's interest in a trust or custodial account holding mutual funds, in pooled investment funds, or in other investment vehicles purchased on behalf of the employee; and  (3) Any amounts deferred but not paid over to the annuity contracts, trusts, or custodial accounts.
AR Code § 21-5-511 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 5 - Deferred Compensation|§ 21-5-511. Automatic enrollment in deferred compensation plan — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Deferred compensation plan” means the Arkansas Diamond Deferred Compensation Plan or subsequent deferred compensation plan administered by the Director of the Employee Benefits Division under this subchapter; and  (2)  (A) “Employee” means a person employed full time by the state and the state employer participates in the Arkansas Diamond Deferred Compensation Plan on or after January 1, 2014.  (B) “Employee” does not mean a person employed by a city, county, town, or other political subdivision that has adopted the Arkansas Diamond Deferred Compensation Plan.      (b)  (1) An employee beginning employment or reemployment on or after January 1, 2014, shall be enrolled in the deferred compensation plan.  (2) However, an employee may elect not to participate in the deferred compensation plan.    (c)  (1) The amount of the contribution for an employee participating in the deferred compensation plan under subdivision (b)(1) of this section is three percent (3%) of the employee's annual compensation.  (2) An employee may elect to contribute an amount greater than or less than the amount required under subdivision (c)(1) of this section.    (d) If an employee elects not to participate in the deferred compensation plan within ninety (90) days of the employee's first contribution, the director may refund to the employee the balance of the employee's deferred compensation plan account.  (e) The director shall provide notice to each employee subject to this section:  (1) Within thirty (30) days of an employee's first contribution; and  (2) At the beginning of each plan year.    (f) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate rules to:  (1) Implement this section; and  (2) Comply with federal law to:  (A) Maintain the deferred compensation plan's tax qualification status by the federal government to remain tax exempt and tax qualified; and  (B) Protect an employee's deferred compensation plan account.
AR Code § 21-5-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-601. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act”.
AR Code § 21-5-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-602. Legislative intent

 It is the purpose of this subchapter to:   (1) Provide workers' compensation coverage through state funds for all public employees, as defined in this subchapter, who are not otherwise covered under a workers' compensation liability insurance policy written and issued by a private workers' compensation liability carrier;  (2) Consolidate the administration of benefits for the public employees covered by state funds;  (3) Consolidate the legal representation and defense of the state workers' compensation funds; and  (4) Establish and define the Public Employee Claims Division of the State Insurance Department as the unit of state government charged with payments of benefits provided by this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-5-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-604. Workfare participants excluded

 (a) A workfare participant by participating in workfare does not enter into any employment contract, expressed or implied, with the State of Arkansas or its several political subdivisions. Participation in the project is for the purpose of retaining food stamp benefits and not for employment with the State of Arkansas or its political subdivisions.  (b) The relationship of a workfare participant to the State of Arkansas or to any of its political subdivisions shall not be deemed to be an employer-employee relationship.  (c) Workfare participants shall not be considered public employees covered by the state workers' compensation funds and therefore are excluded from workers' compensation coverage under this subchapter.
AR Code § 21-5-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-605. Public Employee Claims Division

 (a) There is created a Public Employee Claims Division within the State Insurance Department.  (b) The Director of the Public Employee Claims Division shall be appointed by the Insurance Commissioner.  (c) The division is designated as the unit of state government primarily responsible for the administration of public employee workers' compensation claims in the State of Arkansas.  (d) Upon payment of compensation to or on behalf of any public employee, the division shall notify the appropriate public employer involved.  (e)  (1) The division shall determine in every claim where compensation is awarded the reserve value of such claim.  (2) Annually, on June 30 of each fiscal period, the director shall prepare a report which states the total of all reserve values established for the claims filed in that fiscal period and the total amount of moneys disbursed for payment of claims during that same period.  (3) The report shall be submitted to the Insurance Commissioner between June 30 and September 30.    (f)  (1) In each case where a claim for workers' compensation benefits is made under this subchapter, the division shall investigate the claim to ensure that the compensation benefits paid are justified by the facts of the claim and the reserve values for the claim established accordingly.  (2) The division shall in all appropriate cases pursue the recovery of benefits paid to public employees from third parties pursuant to § 11-9-410.  (3)  (A) The making of a claim for compensation against any public employer or the division for the injury or death of a public employee shall not affect the right of the public employee, or his or her dependents, to make claim or maintain an action in tort against any third party for the injury.  (B) In such event, the rights of the public employee, or his or her dependents, the public employer, and the division shall be governed by the provisions of § 11-9-410, provided, the rights of the public employer and the division in and to amounts received from the third party by the injured public employee, or his or her dependents, as a result of either settlement with or judgment against the third party shall be absolute.
AR Code § 21-5-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-606. Division attorneys

 (a) The Director of the Public Employee Claims Division shall appoint lawyers of recognized ability admitted to practice in all state courts.  (b) The lawyers shall be the attorneys for the Public Employees Claims Division and shall represent the public employer before the Workers' Compensation Commission in any claim filed pursuant to this subchapter and shall perform such other duties as the director may designate.  (c) The attorneys of any state agency, department, or institution against which a workers' compensation claim is filed by an employee may represent their respective agencies before the commission and in the courts of this state with respect to claims filed under this subchapter against their agencies, departments, or institutions, provided that the representation and defense of the state workers' compensation funds, administered by the division, shall be coordinated with the attorneys for the division and shall be under the supervision of the director.
AR Code § 21-5-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-607. Claim, review, and appeal procedures

 To the extent not in conflict with this subchapter, the method and procedure of filing claims on behalf of the public employee and the review and appeal of compensation orders or awards of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall be the same as those provided by law and the rules of the commission, with respect to claims filed by private employers and employees.
AR Code § 21-5-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-608. Report of injury, death, or exposure

 (a) The appropriate public employer shall file with the Public Employee Claims Division, within ten (10) days after receiving notice of any personal injury, death, or occupational disease of any public employee, a report:  (1) Showing the date, time, and place of the injury, death, or exposure;  (2) Stating briefly the circumstances and extent of the injury, death, or exposure;  (3) Stating the name of the injured or deceased person; and  (4) Stating the names of all the witnesses.    (b) The report shall be made on forms approved by the division.
AR Code § 21-5-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-609. Benefits for emergency service volunteer workers

 (a) Benefits payable for the injury or death of a person appointed and regularly enrolled in an emergency services organization and covered by this subchapter shall be limited to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq. Such benefits are payable if the injury or death occurred while the person was:  (1) Actually engaged in emergency service duties, either during training or during a period of emergency; and  (2) Under the supervision and instruction and subject to the order or control of, or serving pursuant to a request of, the Governor, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, or the chief executive officer of a county or local government unit making use of emergency volunteer workers.    (b) The remedy provided in this section shall be the exclusive remedy as against the state and political subdivisions of the state.  (c)  (1) For the purpose of workers' compensation coverage in cases of injury to or death of an individual, all duly registered and qualified emergency services volunteer workers shall be deemed local government or state employees and shall receive compensation and their survivors shall receive death benefits in the same manner as regular local government or state employees for injury or death arising out of and in the course of their activities as emergency services volunteer workers.  (2)  (A) If an emergency services volunteer worker is injured or killed while subject to the order or control of a local government, compensation and benefits shall be charged against the applicable local government's experience rate and paid from the appropriate state workers' compensation fund.  (B) If the emergency services volunteer worker was under the order or control of a state agency when injured or killed, compensation and benefits shall be charged against the experience rate of the state agency which exercised order or control at the time of injury or death and paid from the appropriate state workers' compensation fund.      (d)  (1) For the purpose of subsection (c) of this section, the weekly compensation benefits for an emergency services volunteer worker who receives no monetary compensation for services rendered as such a worker shall be calculated based upon the wages received from his or her regular or usual employment, the same as a regular local or state employee, with respect to injury, disability, or death.  (2) The reimbursement of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or less for out-of-pocket expenses for gasoline, oil, uniforms, required equipment, or similar expenses incurred in response to an emergency situation shall not be construed to be monetary compensation for the emergency services volunteer worker.
AR Code § 21-5-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 6 - Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act|§ 21-5-610. Workers' compensation benefits in conjunction with certain other benefits

 In the event that any public employee is entitled to receive workers' compensation benefits under the provisions of this subchapter, as a result of injury, disability, or death, and the injury, disability, or death also gives rise to an entitlement of benefits under a state or federal program or an act of the United States Congress which provides benefits for public safety officers who serve a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer or as a firefighter or in any other capacity, the state workers' compensation funds shall be entitled to a credit against its liability for payment of workers' compensation benefits to the extent of the benefits received under any state or federal program or act of the United States Congress.
AR Code § 21-5-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 7 - Death Benefits|§ 21-5-702. Jurisdiction of Arkansas State Claims Commission regarding claims filed under subchapter

 (a) The Arkansas State Claims Commission is vested with exclusive jurisdiction of, or authority with respect to, all claims filed against the state under this subchapter.  (b) The commission shall make a determination as to whether a death or total and permanent disability was or was not in the official line of duty.
AR Code § 21-5-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 21 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - Compensation and Benefits|Subchapter 7 - Death Benefits|§ 21-5-703. Procedures for filing claims

 (a) All claimants shall be subject to the same rules as are provided by the law governing procedure before the Arkansas State Claims Commission.  (b) All claims asserted under this subchapter shall be filed within five (5) years of the following:  (1) The date of the covered public employee's death;  (2) The date of the incident causing the covered public employee's total and permanent disability; or  (3) The date the covered public employee permanently leaves the employment position covered by this subchapter.    (c) Unless § 6-82-504(e) is applicable, the commission shall award any scholarship benefit provided by the provisions of § 6-82-501 et seq. at the same time any death benefit or total and permanent disability benefit is awarded under this subchapter.