Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the funding and structure of the Department Of Human Service in Arkansas.

Highlights:

• Establishes the maximum number of employees and their salaries for the Department of Human Services (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes 43 part-time or temporary employees at a rate of pay that does not exceed the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act for the Department of Human Services (Sec. 2).

• Appropriates $190 million for personal services and operating expenses (Sec. 3).

• Appropriates $7.56 million for the Homeless Assistance Grant and Refugee Resettlement Program (Sec. 4).

• Appropriates $4,000 for the Aid to Aged, Blind, and Disabled account (Sec. 5).

• Appropriates $76.52 million for the Tanf Block Grant, Community Service Block Grant, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Sec. 6).

• Appropriates $995,113 for the Hunger Coalitions Grants and Aid account (Sec. 7).

• Appropriates $2.62 million for the Medicaid Tobacco Settlement Program (Sec. 8).

• Appropriates $2.13 million for the Emergency Rental Assistance Grants (Sec. 9).

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