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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-119) › Section 20-76-115 - Resource limits for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Resource limit waiver

(a)
Unless required by federal law, the Department of Human Services shall not:
(1)
Apply gross income standards for food assistance higher than the standards specified in
7 U.S.C. § 2014(c)
; or
(2)
Grant categorical eligibility that exempts households from the gross income standard under subdivision (a)(1) of this section for any noncash, in-kind, or other benefit unless a waiver is obtained under subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
(1)
(A)
The Department of Human Services shall request a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture to exempt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enrollees from the federal resource limit, subject to the asset limits under subdivision (b)(2) of this section.
(B)
The Department of Human Services may request a broad-based categorical eligibility waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture if a waiver is necessary to implement the asset limits under subdivision (b)(2) of this section.
(2)
Upon the Department of Human Services obtaining the waiver requested under subdivision (b)(1) of this section:
(A)
The asset limit under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program shall be equal to the federal resource limit;
(B)
(i)
If an enrolled household is determined by the Department of Human Services to have accumulated countable assets greater than the federal resource limit, the Department of Human Services shall grant a temporary increase of the asset limit for that household to an amount set by the Department of Human Services by rule for a period of up to one (1) year.
(ii)
The Department of Human Services shall set the temporary asset limit at five thousand five hundred dollars ($5,500) and may seek waiver approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to modify that amount to correspond with future changes in the federal resource limit; and
(C)
An enrolled household may receive a temporary increase of the asset limit no more than one (1) time every five (5) years.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 675,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Added by Act 2017, No. 1095,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-119) › Section 20-76-116 - Targeted incentive and instruction program for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(a)
To the extent possible, the Department of Human Services shall:
(1)
Support and participate in viable programs such as the Double Up Food Bucks Incentive Program along with Healthy Active Arkansas partners that offer incentives for healthy food purchases by recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; and
(2)
Authorize targeted nutrition education programming at locations operated by Healthy Active Arkansas partners that are authorized in the targeted nutrition education programming plan of operations.
(b)
To increase the success of the targeted nutrition education program, the department shall authorize nutrition education programs that are made available through private grants to be offered in targeted areas.
(c)
The department may authorize:
(1)
The Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance in cooperation with the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention as part of the Governor's Healthy Active Arkansas framework to offer targeted nutrition education programs; and
(2)
Other entities providing private funds in cooperation with the department and the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention as part of the Healthy Active Arkansas framework to offer targeted nutrition education programs.
Added by Act 2017, No. 1101,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-119) › Section 20-76-117 - Child support - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Department of Human Services shall require a custodial parent or noncustodial parent to cooperate with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration as a condition of eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as authorized under
7 C.F.R. § 273.11
, as it existed on January 1, 2019.
Added by Act 2019, No. 1043,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-119) › Section 20-76-118 - Veteran disability benefits - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(a)
As used in this section, "veteran disability benefits" means disability benefits provided to a veteran who:
(1)
Is a resident of this state;
(2)
Has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be a disabled service-connected veteran; and
(3)
Receives disability benefits as a result of a combat injury.
(b)
If allowed under federal law, the Department of Human Services shall seek a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to exclude veteran disability benefits as income for eligibility determinations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Added by Act 2023, No. 201,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-119) › Section 20-76-119 - Universal basic income program - Prohibitions - Definitions

(a)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Local government" means:
(A)
A county;
(B)
A city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; or
(C)
Any other district or political subdivision of the state or an agency, board, or commission of the district or political subdivision of the state;
(2)
"State agency" means an office, board, commission, department, council, bureau, or other agency of state government; and
(3)
"Universal basic income program" means a program that is not expressly required by federal law in which an individual receives a guaranteed cash payment regularly.
(b)
Unless expressly authorized by state law, a state agency or a local government shall not enact or enforce, directly or indirectly, a universal basic income program.
Added by Act 2023, No. 822,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.
Act 2023, No. 822 provides that this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Work Protection Act".
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-202 - Department of Human Services - Public assistance - Temporary funding

(a)
(1)
It is found and determined that the continued operations of the Department of Human Services, through its appropriate divisions, in accordance with the approved annual operations plan, are from time to time seriously impaired by either administrative oversights and delays by the Office of Grants Management of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or by the processes of federal fiscal year conversion.
(2)
It is further found and determined that the delays in the proper preparation and transmittal of federal grant award authorizations and letter of credit instruments have created unnecessary hardships on the providers of services and the needy citizens of this state.
(b)
(1)
Therefore, upon certification of the pending availability of federal funding by the disbursing officer of the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State may grant temporary advances.
(2)
The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall recover within a period of twenty (20) days the temporary advances upon receipt of the grant award authorizations or letter of credit instruments.
(c)
No person in the State of Arkansas shall be excluded from participation in or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity enumerated in this section on the ground of race, color, sex, disability, religion, or national origin.
Acts 1981, No. 934, §§ 31, 36; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 83-109.1, 83-124.2; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-204 - County offices - Powers and duties

(a)
The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services shall have authority to receive, disburse, and account for funds from the division, county, state, or any other source for purposes and plans approved by the division in accordance with the rules established by the division.
(b)
The appropriate division is empowered to receive and disburse funds received from the department for general relief purposes. The funds shall be spent and accounted for by the county offices in accordance with the rules and policies of the department pertaining to the granting of assistance and relief.
(c)
The appropriate division is authorized to establish a county welfare fund from which fund the county offices are authorized to make such disbursements and expenditures for general relief as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act and in accordance with the rules of the department.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2240, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-116.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-207 - Political activity

(a)
(1)
No officer or employee of the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services or of a county office shall use his or her official authority to influence or permit the use of the program administered by the division or the county offices for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof or for any political purpose.
(2)
No officer or employee shall devote his or her office hours, or efforts during office hours, towards any partisan political activity, nor shall any activity be conducted upon the premises of the employee or officer's agency, commission, or board.
(3)
Furthermore, no communication, vehicles, stationery, or other material property of the State of Arkansas shall be utilized for any partisan political activities by the officers or employees.
(4)
No officer or employee shall conduct himself or herself in such a manner during allowable political activity so as to reflect that his or her position is that of the State of Arkansas, or his or her agency, commission, or board.
(b)
(1)
Except as noted otherwise in this section or as necessary to meet the requirements of federal law as pertains to employees, no restrictions shall be imposed upon the political freedoms of an officer or employee.
(2)
No officer or employee shall be deprived either of his or her right to vote or expression of opinion as a citizen on political subjects.
(c)
(1)
No officer or employee shall solicit or receive directly or indirectly any political funds or contributions from other officers or employees of that agency; nor shall any officer or employee be obliged to contribute or render services, assistance, subscriptions, assessments, or contributions for any political purposes.
(2)
However, during nonduty hours and away from state premises, an officer or employee may communicate through the mails requests for political support from the public at large which may include officers and employees of the agency.
(d)
Any officer or employee of the division or of a county office violating this provision shall be subject to discharge or suspension or such other disciplinary measures as may be provided by the rules of the division.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2241, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 16; 1941, No. 274, § 5; 1979, No. 568, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-119.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-208 - Legislative finding - Regional offices

(a)
It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Seventh General Assembly that regional offices tend to create inefficiency in the operation of the programs and services provided by the Department of Human Services.
(b)
Therefore, no office of the Department of Human Services shall be called a regional office, nor shall any function of any office, other than the Department of Human Services Central Office, include supervision of any district department office.
Acts 1989 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-209 - Payment of certain contributions and withholdings by Department of Human Services generally

(a)
The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to pay the employer's portion of contributions and withholdings required by the federal and state income tax laws, the Federal Insurance Contributions Law, the Workers' Compensation Law, §
11-9-101
et seq., and the Division of Workforce Services Law, §
11-10-101
et seq., in all cases wherein the recipient has been determined to be the employer of the provider and, as such, required to withhold an amount from the employee's wage and contribute an amount based upon the wages under the provisions of the above enumerated acts.
(b)
The appropriate division shall report, pay, or contribute the amounts from the appropriation for paying grants under the program concerned.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 509, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1985, No. 649, § 24; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-102.2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-210 - Payment of certain contributions and withholdings - Certain nursing home care projects

(a)
The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to pay the employer's portion of contributions and withholdings required by the federal and state income tax laws, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Workers' Compensation Law, §
11-9-101
et seq., and the Division of Workforce Services Law, §
11-10-101
et seq., in all cases wherein the homemaker and home health aid trainee is participating in the subsidized employment project to prevent premature nursing home care.
(b)
The appropriate division shall report, pay, or contribute the amounts from the appropriation for paying grants under this project.
(c)
Beneficiaries or trainees under this program shall not be eligible to participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System but shall be entitled to receive sick and vacation leave as provided for state employees.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 510, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1985, No. 649, § 37; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-102.3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-211 - Secretary's office of Department of Human Services - Client Specific Emergency Services Revolving Fund Paying Account

(a)
The Secretary's office of the Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain as a cash fund account the Client Specific Emergency Services Revolving Fund Paying Account consisting of federal grants, aids, cash donations, reimbursements, and state general revenue, not to exceed a daily balance of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), for delivery of immediate care, short-term services, or emergency services to eligible clients.
(b)
The account shall be established and maintained in accordance with procedures established by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State for cash funds and shall be administered under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5216, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 913,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1985, No. 772, § 9; 1995, No. 1198, § 64; 1997, No. 1360, § 66.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-212 - Reimbursement rate to providers - Arkansas Medicaid Program

Notwithstanding any other provision in federal law or departmental commitment which may exist to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall not increase any reimbursement rate to any provider or provider groups supported in whole or in part by funds administered by the department, nor shall it adopt any other rule or amendment to the Arkansas Medicaid Program that would result in an obligation of the general revenues of the state without first seeking and receiving the approval of the Governor and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2242, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1992 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 3, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-213 - Electronic benefit transfer system for food stamps

The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall establish a program utilizing an electronic benefit transfer system for the distribution and redemption of food stamps, whereby food stamp recipients will no longer use paper coupons to participate in the federal food stamp program.
Acts 1993, No. 134, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-201 — 20-76-215) › Section 20-76-214 - Payment of certain contributions and withholdings - Transitional employment assistance

(a)
The Department of Human Services is authorized to pay the employer's portion of contributions and withholdings required by the federal and state income tax laws, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, the Workers' Compensation Law, §
11-9-101
et seq., the Division of Workforce Services Law, §
11-10-101
et seq., and private medical insurance premiums for eligible individuals where that is necessary to achieve employment assistance.
(b)
(1)
Transitional employment assistance recipients shall not be deemed to be state employees solely as a consequence of receiving transitional employment assistance benefits and shall not be eligible to participate in the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System solely as a consequence of receiving transitional employment assistance benefits.
(2)
Transitional employment assistance recipients who are employed by the state shall be eligible for the same benefits as an employee who performs similar work and is not a transitional employment assistance recipient.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 511, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY DETERMINATION (§§ 20-76-301 — 20-76-307) › Section 20-76-301 - State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination - Creation

There is created and established at the seat of government of this state a department of state to be designated and known as the "State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination".
Acts 1961 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 1; 1965, No. 177, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-801.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY DETERMINATION (§§ 20-76-301 — 20-76-307) › Section 20-76-302 - State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination - Director - Bonds

(a)
The executive head of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination is designated as the director.
(b)
The Director of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination shall be a resident elector of this state at least thirty (30) years of age, of good moral character, and of demonstrated ability in the field of his or her employment.
(c)
The director shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(d)
Before entering upon his or her duties of employment, the director shall take, subscribe, and file in the office of the Secretary of State an oath or affirmation to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution and to faithfully discharge the duties of employment upon which he or she is about to enter.
(e)
The director shall furnish bond with a corporate surety thereon to the State of Arkansas in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the proper accounting of all funds received and disbursed by him or her. The original of the bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and an executed counterpart of the surety bond shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of State.
(f)
The director shall be disbursing agent for the department but shall not be required to furnish additional bond as the disbursing agent.
(g)
Other employees of the department required by the director to do so shall furnish and file bonds, conditioned as above, or fidelity bonds with the director. These bonds shall be in such penal sums as shall be determined by the director.
(h)
The premiums on all such bonds shall be paid from appropriations made available to the department.
Acts 1961 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 14, §§ 2, 3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 83-802, 83-803.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY DETERMINATION (§§ 20-76-301 — 20-76-307) › Section 20-76-303 - State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination and director - Powers and duties

It shall be the function, power, and duty of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination, or the Director of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination:
(1)
To enter into agreements with the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services whereby the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination, with respect to all individuals in this state, or with respect to such classes of individuals in this state as may be designated in the agreement, will, in the case of any individual, determine whether or not he or she is under a disability and of the day the disability began and of the day on which the disability ceased. For the purposes hereof, the term "disability" shall be as defined in any agreement or by applicable law;
(2)
To accept and deposit into the State Treasury any funds from whatever source received and to withdraw therefrom such funds as may be required to carry out its functions, powers, and duties and, with respect thereto, to comply fully with the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, §
19-4-101
et seq., and the Arkansas Procurement Law, §
19-11-201
et seq., and, where more restrictive, with the terms of any agreement entered into with the secretary in relation to the use of any funds made available to the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof. However, the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination shall not have the authority to commit this state, either directly or indirectly, to the expenditure of any state funds in the absence of specific authority granted by the General Assembly; and
(3)
To take such other action, not inconsistent with law, as shall be necessary or desirable to carry out effectively the purposes and intent of this subchapter.
Acts 1961 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-804.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY DETERMINATION (§§ 20-76-301 — 20-76-307) › Section 20-76-304 - Validation of contracts between State of Arkansas and United States

(a)
Any executory contract or agreement, or applicable part thereof, entered into by and between this state, or any officer or agency thereof, and the United States, or any officer or agency thereof, in relation to the subject matter of this subchapter is validated, ratified, and confirmed in all respects. However, on and after October 10, 1961, the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination shall be substituted for the state agency named in any contract or agreement in relation to the subject matter of this subchapter.
(b)
However, nothing contained in this section shall be construed as an abridgement of the right of the department, or of the Director of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination, to enter into a new agreement to succeed to any executory contract or agreement in relation to the subject matter of this subchapter.
Acts 1961 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-805.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY DETERMINATION (§§ 20-76-301 — 20-76-307) › Section 20-76-305 - Federal Disability Determination Fund - Creation

There is created and established in the State Treasury a fund to be designated and known as the "Federal Disability Determination Fund", and all moneys received for these purposes shall be deposited into the fund.
Acts 1961 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 14, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-807.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY DETERMINATION (§§ 20-76-301 — 20-76-307) › Section 20-76-307 - Extra help restriction

An extra help employee of the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination shall not be employed for a period of time exceeding one thousand eight hundred (1,800) hours in a fiscal year.
Added by Act 2023, No. 25,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-401 - Eligibility generally - Transitional Employment Assistance Program

(a)
(1)
The Transitional Employment Assistance Program is created.
(2)
The Transitional Employment Assistance Program shall be administered by the Department of Human Services.
(b)
Eligibility for transitional employment assistance is limited to applicants for or recipients of assistance who:
(1)
Are income and resource eligible; and
(2)
Sign and comply with a personal responsibility agreement.
(c)
The department shall promulgate rules to determine resource eligibility and benefit levels for participating families. The rules shall be subject to review and recommendation by the Arkansas Workforce Development Board and shall include, but not be limited to, the following categories of income and resource disregards:
(1)
To reward work, earned income from sources other than transitional employment assistance;
(2)
A certain percentage of a family's gross monthly income;
(3)
The family's homestead;
(4)
An operable motor vehicle per family;
(5)
Household and personal goods;
(6)
Income-producing property;
(7)
Moneys deposited into an approved individual development account or approved escrow account for business or career development;
(8)
Any other property or resource specified in the transitional employment assistance implementation plan which is determined to be cost efficient to exclude or which must be excluded due to federal or state law; and
(9)
Any investment earmarked for retirement or education, such as a retirement plan authorized by section 401(k) or section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it existed on January 1, 2007.
(d)
Any person who makes an application for assistance shall have the burden of proving eligibility for the assistance.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 832,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2243, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 512, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 18; 1951, No. 229, § 1; 1953, No. 177, § 1; 1959, No. 301, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 83-123 -- 83-123.2; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 8; 1999, No. 1567, § 11; 2003, No. 1473, § 43; 2005, No. 1705, § 11; 2007, No. 514, § 10.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-403 - Application - Fraud

(a)
The application for assistance shall contain a statement of the amount of both real and personal property in which the applicant has an interest and of all earned and unearned income which he or she may have at the time of the filing of the application and such other information as may be required by the Department of Human Services.
(b)
Any assistance improperly paid shall be recoverable by the state as a debt due the state and, if applicable, the recipient shall be prosecuted under theft of public benefits, §
5-36-202
.
(c)
(1)
All assistance provided under this chapter shall be reconsidered by the department as frequently as the department deems necessary. The amount of assistance may be entirely withdrawn by the department if the department is advised that the recipient's circumstances have altered sufficiently to warrant such action.
(2)
Whoever shall withhold information in a periodic reconsideration that may result in a recipient's assistance being changed or withdrawn shall be guilty of fraud. Any money paid after information has been withheld shall be recoverable as a debt due the state.
(d)
The department shall forthwith close any recipient's open case upon a judicial or administrative determination that the individual recipient has committed fraud in order to receive transitional employment assistance benefits. The case shall remain closed and the recipient shall remain ineligible until all indebtedness to the department is repaid with interest.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 23; 1953, No. 177, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-129; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 10.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-405 - Diversion from assistance

(a)
When an applicant applies for employment assistance, the Department of Human Services shall determine whether the applicant is eligible to be diverted from receiving employment assistance. That determination shall be based on an assessment conducted in conformity with rules promulgated by the department.
(b)
The department shall determine eligibility for diversion from assistance by considering whether but for the diversion from assistance the applicant would receive employment assistance. If the department determines that the applicant is eligible for diversion from assistance and the recipient agrees to the diversion, the department may provide a single loan payment of up to the amount of financial assistance that the applicant could receive during three (3) months if not diverted.
(c)
An applicant may receive diversion loan assistance only one (1) time. Receipt of diversion loan assistance shall be accompanied by a written declaration by the recipient electing to forego transitional employment assistance financial assistance for one hundred (100) days as a condition of receiving the diversion loan assistance.
(d)
A diversion from assistance is in lieu of other services described in this chapter.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2249, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 24; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-130; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 12.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-407 - Micro-lending program and individual development accounts

(a)
(1)
In accordance with their personal responsibility agreement, low-income entrepreneurs may escrow profits from their business enterprises which are not reinvested into their businesses into an account which will be placed in a micro-lending program and not be counted against their public assistance benefits until they accumulate an amount to be determined by the Department of Human Services for the period that they are eligible for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program. Under this section, participating low-income entrepreneurs who are otherwise eligible for transitional employment assistance shall not have their benefits reduced and shall not lose any transitional or extended support services available to them as program recipients for the life of the escrow account.
(2)
The department will make available a micro-lending program to low-income entrepreneurs. For the purpose of this section, a "low-income entrepreneur" is one who is starting or expanding a business and who meets the eligibility criteria established by the department for the micro-lending program. A "micro-lending program" is one which provides training, technical assistance, and loan funds to low-income entrepreneurs to start or expand a business venture.
(3)
Under this section, self-employment shall be considered an allowable work activity. To receive the self-employment exemption outlined in this section, low-income entrepreneurs shall be enrolled in the program and shall be enrolled in a micro-lending program providing entrepeneurship training, technical assistance, and peer support.
(b)
The department shall establish an individual development account demonstration project.
(c)
Federal funds received by the state pursuant to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program shall be available for programs under this section.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 19; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-124; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 14; 1999, No. 1567, § 14.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-408 - Appeal to Department of Human Services

If an application for assistance is denied in whole or in part, the applicant or recipient may appeal to the Department of Human Services in the manner and form prescribed by the department. The department shall, upon receipt of the appeal, give the applicant or recipient a reasonable notice of opportunity for a fair hearing pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, §
25-15-201
et seq.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 29; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-135; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 15.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-409 - Opt out

The State of Arkansas opts out of Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 566,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 25; 1951, No. 309, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-131; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 16.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-412 - Abandonment - Duties of Department of Human Services

Whenever any person makes an application for Transitional Employment Assistance Program benefits from the Department of Human Services and the application reveals that the applicant or child or children was or were put in such needy circumstances as to require public assistance by reason of the fact that the spouse or child or the illegitimate child was deserted or abandoned or left in destitute or necessitant circumstances by willful neglect or refusal to provide for the support or maintenance of the spouse or child by the child's parents, then it shall be the duty of the department to refer that applicant or child or children to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, to attempt to establish the paternity of the child or children, if necessary, and secure support therefor from any person who might owe the child or children a duty of support.
Acts 1953, No. 231, § 1; 1983, No. 591, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-150; Acts 1995, No. 1184, § 34; 1997, No. 1058, § 19.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-418 - Foster care - Reduction in long-term care

(a)
It shall be the goal of the State of Arkansas to reduce the number of children who will remain in the Foster Care Program of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act under the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services.
(b)
The maximum number of children that can remain in care over twenty-four (24) months cannot exceed fifty-five percent (55%) of all children in the Title IV-E foster care system.
(c)
Each fiscal year, it shall be the goal of the State of Arkansas to reduce the maximum number of children in the state who will remain in the Title IV-E foster care system after having been in the care over twenty-four (24) months by three percent (3%) each year.
(d)
The appropriate division of the department is directed to develop appropriate plans which describe how the above goals will be achieved.
Acts 1981, No. 246, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 83-175 -- 83-175.2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-420 - Blind persons - Choice of eye care

(a)
No state official, employee of the Department of Human Services, or official or employee of any county office engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of this act shall preclude, or assist in precluding, any individual from obtaining services for which payment may be made under this act from any ophthalmologist or optometrist licensed to render such services in this state and actively engaged in the practice of their respective professions and shall not, under any circumstances, in informing a person requiring vision care, or for a correction of any vision or muscular anomaly, either directly or indirectly, refer that person to any particular ophthalmologist or optometrist but shall merely advise the person of the need for professional services.
(b)
Nothing in this act shall be construed as precluding any individual from obtaining services for which payment may be made under this act from any ophthalmologist or optometrist duly licensed to render the services in this state and actively engaged in the practice of their respective professions.
Acts 1965 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 14, §§ 8, 9; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 83-128.4, 83-128.5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-421 - Aged and blind persons generally

(a)
The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to provide assistance grants to needy aged persons, as authorized in §
20-76-424
[repealed], and assistance grants to needy blind persons, as authorized in §
20-76-419
, of up to one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per month in keeping with the federal Social Security Act, and as state funds therefor are available.
(b)
It is the intent of this section to be cumulative to the public welfare laws of this state.
Acts 1967, No. 19, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 83-128.3, 83-128.3n.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-422 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5217, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1985, No. 649, § 30; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-128.6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-423 - Aged, blind, and disabled - Supplemental Security Income - Legislative intent

It was the intent of the Sixty-Ninth General Assembly that on January 1, 1974, and thereafter, the State of Arkansas should provide supplemental payments to its citizens participating in the new supplemental security income program in the amount of mandatory minimum supplements as outlined in Pub. L. No. 92-603 and further explained in the written agreement between the Department of Human Services and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Acts 1985, No. 649, § 29; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-128.7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-429 - Receipt of additional property or income by assistance recipient

(a)
If at any time during the continuance of assistance the recipient thereof becomes possessed of any property or income in excess of the amount stated in the application for assistance, it shall be the duty of the recipient immediately to notify the county office of the receipt or possession of the property or income. The Department of Human Services may either cancel the assistance or alter the amount thereof in accordance with the circumstances.
(b)
Any assistance paid after the recipient has come into the possession of the property or income and in excess of his or her need shall be recoverable by the state as a debt due the state.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 30; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-136; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 20.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-431 - Transfer of property prohibited

(a)
No person shall, at any time during the continuance of assistance, grant, sell, transfer title, or in any way dispose of any real property without the consent of the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services. If a recipient of assistance executes and delivers a deed to real property without the consent of the division, the transaction shall be deemed prima facie fraudulent as to the division.
(b)
To overcome the presumption of fraud, an immediate investigation will be made to determine whether the property was transferred within the rules of the division. The fair market value of the transferred property shall be considered as available toward meeting the needs of the recipient.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2252, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 28; 1953, No. 177, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-134.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 5 - SOCIAL SERVICES (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-86-113) › Chapter 76 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GENERALLY (§§ 20-76-101 — 20-76-805) › Subchapter 4 - GRANTS OF ASSISTANCE (§§ 20-76-401 — 20-76-446) › Section 20-76-432 - Removal to another county

(a)
Any recipient of assistance who is moved, moves, or is taken to another county in this state shall be required to notify the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services of the removal and may, if otherwise eligible, receive assistance in the county to which he or she has moved.
(b)
The office of the county from which he or she has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the office of the county to which he or she has moved.
Acts 1939, No. 280, § 34; A.S.A. 1947, § 83-140; Acts 1997, No. 1058, § 21.