2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 123                 		SECTION#: 6     		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. In any fiscal year, if the funds received by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the Arkansas Biosciences Institute under Section 4 of this Act are less than the total amount appropriated, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall provide no less than thirty-three and one-third percent (33 and 1/3%) of the available funds for the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Program. Otherwise, the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Program line item appropriation under Section 4 of this Act shall be funded in total or Arkansas Children’s Hospital Chief Executive Officer may request that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences transfer such funds each fiscal year from the Arkansas Biosciences Institute Program Account to the Department of Human Services Grants Fund Account. The transferred funds shall be used to match federal funds used for Supplemental Medicaid payments to Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 123                 		SECTION#: 7     		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS.  The appropriations provided in this act shall not be transferred under the provisions of Arkansas Code 19-4-522, but only as provided by this act.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 123                 		SECTION#: 8     		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
TRANSFER PROVISIONS. The state-supported institution of higher education in this act may transfer appropriations between the various line items within each appropriation contained in this appropriation act. Such transfers shall be made only after the approval of the Department of Higher Education and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, and the approval of the Legislative Council. 
   The General Assembly has determined that the institution in this act could be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution and that flexibility is being accomplished by providing authority to transfer between items of appropriation made by this act. Since the General Assembly has granted the institution broad powers under the transfer of appropriations, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the transfers by requiring prior approval of the Legislative Council in the utilization of the transfer authority.  Therefore, the requirement of approval by the Legislative Council is not a severable part of this section.  If the requirement of approval by the Legislative Council is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 123                 		SECTION#: 9     		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
POSITIONS. (a)  Nothing in this act shall be construed as a commitment of the State of Arkansas or any of its agencies or institutions to continue funding any position paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement in the event that Tobacco Settlement funds are not sufficient to finance the position. 
   (b) State funds will not be used to replace Tobacco Settlement funds when such funds expire, unless appropriated by the General Assembly and authorized by the Governor.
   (c) A disclosure of the language contained in (a) and (b) of this Section shall be made available to all new hire and current positions paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement by the Tobacco Settlement Commission. 
   (d) Whenever applicable the information contained in (a) and (b) of this Section shall be included in the employee handbook and/or Professional Services Contract paid from the proceeds of the Tobacco Settlement.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 123                 		SECTION#: 10    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.  Disbursement of funds authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and the restrictions of the State Purchasing Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, the Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds.

			

		

		

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 123                 		SECTION#: 11    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for which this act was adopted, as evidenced by Initiated Act 1 of 2000, the Agency Requests, Executive Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.

			

		

		

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 3     		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
EXTRA HELP - UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PRN POOL.  There is hereby authorized, for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the following number of part-time or temporary positions, to be known as "PRN Extra Help", payable from funds appropriated herein, for the purpose of employing RN's and LPN's in a Nursing PRN Pool:  four hundred ten (410), when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed the rate of pay for comparable positions authorized by this Act.
If the agency requests continuation of a "PRN Extra Help" position(s) as established herein during the next fiscal year, the extra help position(s) must be requested as a new extra help position(s) in the agency's budget request.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 4     		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
EXTRA HELP - UAMS TEMPS.  There is hereby authorized for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the following number of part-time or temporary positions, to be known as "UAMS TEMPS/EXTRA HELP", payable from funds appropriated herein, for the purpose of employing qualified individuals in a UAMS Temporary Pool:  five hundred thirty (530), when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed the rate of pay for comparable positions authorized by this Act.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 23    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
UAMS - ADULT SICKLE CELL DISEASE PROGRAM. There is hereby established a new program for the comprehensive care of Adult Sickle Cell Disease to be known as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Adult Sickle Cell Disease Program. The program will facilitate the continued development of adult sickle cell disease treatment, preventive care, education, and training for health care professionals and related personnel utilizing the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the State and Center for Distance Health. Funding for the Program will be from general revenue and cash funds from fees for services, donations, grants, and federal funds. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will not assume responsibility for funding the Program until such time as the General Assembly appropriates and funds the Program.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 24    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER GRANTS. The grants authorized in Section 12 of this act shall be equally distributed to domestic violence shelters as determined by the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission. The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the intent of the General Assembly regarding the grant appropriations authorized in Section 12 of this act.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 25    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
UAMS - CENTER FOR DENTAL EDUCATION. There is hereby established a new center in Arkansas for Dental Education in cooperation with the University of Tennessee Dental School, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital. The Center Shall be known as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Center for Dental Education. The Center will facilitate the continued development of dental education, its specialties and services for the citizens of Arkansas.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 26    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
MEDICAL SCHOOL LIMITATION. Nothing in this Act shall create an additional medical school in the State of Arkansas, but it recognizes that appropriations, funding and allocations in this Act may be used by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to support satellite campuses or programs outside the City of Little Rock in order to conduct or continue training of its medical, nursing, pharmacy and allied health students, as well as its medical residents.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

	
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INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 27    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.  Thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%), in each fiscal year, of the amounts made available to fund the appropriation in Item (07) of Section 5 of this Act shall be distributed to the Arkansas Children's Hospital or Arkansas Children's Hospital may request that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences transfer such funds each fiscal year from the University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund to the Department of Human Services Grants Fund Account. The transferred funds shall be used to match federal funds used for supplemental Medicaid payments to Arkansas Children's Hospital.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 28    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
SPECIAL ALLOWANCES - PATIENT CARE & RESEARCH FACULTY.  The Board of Trustees may make special allowances available, in such amounts as the Board may determine or justify equitable in view of the exacting duties which are involved, as a part of the salaries of the physicians, dentists, and other professional faculty employed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences from receipts of professional income in the care of patients and/or funds received from federal agencies, foundations, and other private sponsors in support of research. Provided that any such allowance shall not exceed, for any employee, an amount equal to two and one half (2 & 1/2) times that portion of the salary authorized by the General Assembly to be paid from the University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 29    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
SPECIAL ALLOWANCES - RECRUITMENT. The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas is hereby authorized to make available to the President of the University of Arkansas special allowances in such amounts as the Board may determine to be justified at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, for the use of the Chancellor and his deans, representatives, department heads, and directors at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in recruitment of faculty and staff members.  Upon approval by the President and the Board of Trustees, such funds shall be administered by the Chancellor, who shall assure that the total amount expended for such purposes does not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) each fiscal year or so much thereof as may be authorized by the Board of Trustees.  The funds authorized by this Section shall come from a source other than state tax dollars appropriated by the General Assembly or charges made to students for tuition, fees, room and board, or other purposes.  Each year the Chancellor shall furnish to the President of the University of Arkansas, the Board of Trustees, and the Arkansas Legislative Joint Auditing Committee a report showing for each expenditure the date, the amount, the names of persons to whom the expenditure was made, and the purpose for which the expenditure was made.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 30    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS - REPORTS.  The Chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall make annual progress reports of AHEC programs to the Governor, the Legislative Council, and other interested interim committees of the General Assembly regarding the achievements, the expansion of the aforementioned programs, and amounts expended for the Area Health Education Centers. The reports shall also include the practice locations of the students participating in the programs. 
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 31    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS - TEACHER CONTRACT RESTRICTIONS.  Funds appropriated by this Act may be utilized for the purpose of contracting with physician-teachers and teachers in other health related professions residing only at sites located away from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.  Such funds are to be paid only for the purpose of teaching residents and students assigned to Area Health Education Centers. Contracts entered into with physician-teachers, teachers in other health related fields and their associates shall require the prior approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State only and be reported quarterly to the Legislative Council.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 32    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR UNCLASSIFIED PATIENT CARE PERSONNEL.  All unclassified positions employed to provide patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are eligible for overtime at the rate of one and one-half times their regular hourly rate.  In addition to overtime, those unclassified patient care employees scheduled to work shifts outside of normal operating schedules may be eligible to receive up to twenty-four (24) percent of the hourly rate paid as a shift differential.  In addition, all unclassified positions employed to provide patient care at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be eligible to receive incentive pay not to exceed 1.2 times their base hourly rate. Employees required to work in specialty areas will be eligible to receive up to ten (10) percent of the hourly rate paid as a specialty differential while working in such areas.  When overtime, shift differentials, standby pay, incentive pay and/or specialty differential are provided to employees as herein described, the total may exceed the line item maximum salaries for those positions as included in this Act.  The positions of Patient Care Administrator, Associate Administrator, and Assistant Administrator of Patient Care as authorized in regular salaries-operations section of this Act shall be excluded from coverage of this Section.  In addition, the Board of Trustees may also make special compensation allowances available, in such amounts as the Board may determine or justify equitable in view of the current requirements for Registered Nurses in the Clinical Programs of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the availability of Registered Nurses for employment in the Little Rock metropolitan area.  However, under no condition shall the special allowances approved by the Board of Trustees for a single individual 				

	
		
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 32    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
exceed the state line item maximum by more than 20% for those positions included in this Act.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

		

		

		

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 33    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
DAY CARE.  Of the funds appropriated in the appropriations-operations section of this Act, $250,000 each year may be allocated as the State's portion of the operating cost of a Child Care Facility of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.  Individuals using this facility will be charged a daily rate as determined by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 34    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		

CARRY FORWARD. Any unexpended balance of the general revenue funds provided by this Act which remains at the close of a fiscal year, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of funded appropriations, shall be carried forward and made available for the same purposes for the next fiscal year. 
   Any carry forward of unexpended balance of funding as authorized herein, may be carried forward under the following conditions:
(1)  Prior to June 30, 2017 2018 the Agency shall by written statement set forth its reason(s) for the need to carry forward said funding to the Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget;
(2)  The Department of Finance and Administration Office of Budget shall report to the Arkansas Legislative Council all amounts carried forward by the September Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee meeting which report shall include the name of the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution and the amount of the funding carried forward, the program name or line item, the funding source and a copy of the written request set forth in (1) above;
(3)  Each Agency, Board, Commission or Institution shall provide a written report to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee containing all information set forth in item (2) above, along with a written statement as to the current status of the project, contract, purpose, etc. for which the carry forward was originally requested no later than thirty (30) days prior to the time the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution presents its budget request to the Arkansas Legislative Council/Joint Budget Committee; and
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 34    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
all information obtained in item (3) above in the budget manuals and/or a statement of non-compliance by the Agency, Board, Commission or Institution.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

		

		

		

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 35    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
STIPENDS.  The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is hereby authorized to pay stipends to students engaged in post-graduate clinical training in accredited programs of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, from "Regular Salaries" or "Maintenance and General Operation", as follows:
                       Maximum Number        Annual
                       Of Positions          Stipend
                       2016-2017             2016-2017 
                       2017-2018             2017-2018
Housestaff              645
AHEC Housestaff     190 
1.  Residents                                $65,373
2.  Interns                                   $50,923
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		
	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 36    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
CHAPLAIN HOUSING ALLOWANCE. The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences may designate up to forty-five percent (45%) of the regular gross salary (or stipend) of a minister or other clergy employed as a Chaplain or appointed as a Chaplain Resident, as a housing allowance, to the extent used by the person to rent or provide a home, according to the guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service Code, Section 107 and the Arkansas Code 26-51-404(b)(9).
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INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 37    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
INDIGENT CARE REIMBURSEMENT.  The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is hereby authorized to utilize funds appropriated by this Act to extend provisions of Act 688 of 1989 to authorize procedures for the disbursement of Indigent Care maintenance and general operations appropriations to be paid from cash funds of the institution, subject to reimbursement and correction of reporting, as provided by Arkansas Code 19-4-1609.
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 38    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		

ESTABLISHMENT OF A "GROWTH POOL".  (a) The Arkansas Department of Higher Education shall establish and maintain for the 2016-2017 2017-2018 fiscal year a pool of three hundred (300) nonclassified positions at a salary level not to exceed $293,550. These positions are to be used by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the event that the personal services needs of the University during the 2016-2017 2017-2018 fiscal year exceed the number of positions allocated to the University by the Legislature.  The University shall provide justification to the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for the need to allocate titles from this "growth pool".  No classifications will be assigned to the pool until such time as specific positions are requested by the University, approved by the University Board or their designee, and approved by the Legislative Council.  Furthermore, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of the Division of Management Services of the Department of Finance and Administration shall establish and maintain for the 2016-2017 2017-2018 fiscal year a pool of three hundred (300) career service positions up to a C130.  These positions are to be used by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the event that the personal services needs of the University during the 2016-2017 2017-2018 fiscal year exceed the number of positions in a classification allocated to the University by the Legislature. The University shall provide justification to OPM for the need to allocate titles from this "growth pool".  No classifications will be assigned to the pool until such time as specific positions are requested by the University, recommended by OPM, and approved by the Legislative Council.
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 38    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
agency is the prerogative of the General Assembly and is usually accomplished by delineating the maximum number of personnel by identifying the job titles and the maximum grade or salary attached to those salaries.  The General Assembly has determined that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences could be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution.  That flexibility is being accomplished by providing growth pools in subsection (a) of this section and since the General Assembly has granted the institution broad powers under the growth pool concept, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the growth pool by requiring prior approval of the Legislative Council in the utilization of the growth pool.  Therefore, the requirement of approval by the Legislative Council is not a severable part of this section.  If the requirement of approval by the Legislative Council is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void.
   If the agency requests continuation of a "Growth Pool" position(s) as established herein during the next fiscal year, the position(s) must be requested as a new position(s) in the agency's budget request.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

		

	
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 39    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
CHILD AND FAMILY LIFE INSTITUTE.  The Child Health and Family Life Institute shall be administered under the direction of Arkansas Children’s Hospital.  Arkansas Children’s Hospital shall enter into a cooperative agreement and/or contract with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences-Department of Pediatrics for services required to deliver the programs of the Child Health and Family Life Institute (CHFLI).  Utilizing a multidisciplinary collaboration of professionals, CHFLI shall provide a statewide effort to explore, develop and evaluate new and better ways to address medically, socially and economically interrelated health and developmental needs of children with special health care needs and their families. CHFLI priorities shall include, but are not limited to, wellness and prevention, screening and diagnosis, treatment and intervention, training and education and research and evaluation.  Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences-Department of Pediatrics shall make annual reports to the Arkansas Legislative Council on all matters of funding, existing programs and services offered through CHFLI.  
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 40    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
PARKING FEES. On July 1 of each year the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall pay from the appropriation provided herein from non-general revenue, the total amount appropriated for War Memorial Stadium Commission Parking Services from Fees to the War Memorial Stadium Commission.
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 41    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
TRANSFER PROVISIONS. Because the Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program Loans and/or Scholarships and the Community Match Student Loan and Scholarship Program Loans and/or Scholarships have the goal of providing primary care physicians in rural Arkansas, transfers may be made in such amounts as are required between the line items made in the appropriation for "Medical Loans and Scholarships". 
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 42    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
CLINICAL EXPANSION AND RESEARCH POOL. (a) In order to address personnel needs emerging from expanding medical research and patient care issues and the necessity of recruiting and retaining qualified medical, research, and related support personnel, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences or its successor is authorized for the 2016-2017 2017-2018 fiscal year a pool of seven hundred (700) "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" positions. These positions are to be used by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the event that the personal services needs resulting from unanticipated clinical or research programs that are initiated during the 2016-2017 2017-2018 fiscal year require additional positions, either in title, in classification, or in number, that are not authorized or contemplated by the General Assembly in Section 1 of this Act.
   (b) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is authorized to access the "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" positions authorized in this Section at any time during the fiscal year when it is determined by the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, subject to the review and approval by the Board of Trustees, that the need for additional positions exists. Only Medical or research positions shall be established under this provision. The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall provide a quarterly report detailing the justification of allocation of positions from this "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to the Department of Higher Education, and to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee for review.  The report shall also include an accounting of the names, titles and salaries of personnel who have been employed in 				

	
		
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 42    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
positions established from this pool and the source and duration of funds associated with the positions. 
   (c) If the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences requests continuation of any "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" position(s) as established herein during the next fiscal year, the position(s) must be requested as a new position(s) in the agency's budget request.
   (d) Determining the number of personnel to be employed by a state agency is the prerogative of the General Assembly and is usually accomplished by delineating the maximum number of personnel by identifying job titles and the maximum grade or salary attached to those titles. The General Assembly has determined that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences could be operated more efficiently if some flexibility is given to that institution. That flexibility is being accomplished by providing a position pool in Subsection (a) of this Section and since the General Assembly has granted the agency broad powers under the growth pool concept, it is both necessary and appropriate that the General Assembly maintain oversight of the utilization of the position pool by requiring review of the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee in the utilization of the position pool. Therefore, the requirement of review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is not a severable part of this section. If the requirement of review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee is ruled unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this entire section is void.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.			
			
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INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 43    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
ON-CALL COMPENSATION.  On-call duty or standby duty differential may be authorized for a Classified or Non-Classified patient care employee whose job requires him or her to provide services when there is no regularly scheduled staff coverage.  An employee shall not exceed 128 hours during any seven-day period, at rates of pay not to exceed those provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its successor, or this act for the appropriate compensation.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

	
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INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 44    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE & DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS REPORTS. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall report quarterly each fiscal year to the Legislative Council on program activities and the expenditure of funds from the Psychiatric Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics appropriation for Building Effective Services for Trauma programs for children and adolescents.
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

			

		

		

		

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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 45    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
ABUSED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS SERVICES PROGRAM FUNDING PROVISION.  In the event the amount of general revenue distributed to the University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund for the Department of Pediatrics and the Psychiatric Research Institute each fiscal year is at least equal to the amount distributed during the 2012-13 fiscal year, an amount not less than seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) shall be allocated and made available as follows: four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) each fiscal year shall be made available exclusively to support the purposes and goals to improve screening, monitoring and care for abused children and adolescents through the Child Safety Centers or the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as referred by the Child Safety Centers. Maintenance of statewide screening and assessment protocols as well as evidence-based training of mental health professionals are to be considered critical components of the overall goals. For the provision of assessment and therapeutic services, these funds are to be provided to the Child Safety Centers through contracts from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.  The contracts will stipulate the terms of the agreement and reporting requirements;  an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) may be utilized for administrative costs as may be necessary to administer the program or if determined not to be needed for administrative costs may be placed in reserve for future needs of the program.  The remaining two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) shall be allocated and made available to the Department of Pediatrics for expenses for medical examinations, consultation, education and training as stipulated in the terms of agreement between the Chancellor of the University of 				

	
		
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	2017 - 2019 REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LANGUAGE IN APPROPRIATION ACT		
	
INST: 0150 U OF A  MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS 		ACT#: 231                 		SECTION#: 45    		

CURRENT SPECIAL LANGUAGE (WITH INST. REQUEST)		AR HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD RECOMMENDATION		
		
Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics. 
   The provisions of this section shall be in effect only from July 1, 2016 2017 through June 30, 2017 2018.

		

		

		

		

	
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