Bill > SB42

This bill appropriates a total of $2,670,253,947 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. * **University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund:** $149,403,947 for personal services and operating expenses, including regular salaries, personal services matching, funded depreciation, UAMS regional campuses, the Poison and Drug Information Center, UAMS Northwest Arkansas Medical School, and grants for indigent care at the Children's Hospital. * **Cash Funds:** $2,520,850,000 for personal services and operating expenses, including regular salaries, extra help, overtime, personal services matching, maintenance and general operations (operating expenses, conferences/travel, professional fees, capital outlay, data processing), capital improvements, debt service, fund transfers/refunds/investments, the Children's Justice Act, War Memorial parking fees, indigent care and breast cancer research grants/aid, and pharmacy student loans. * **Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account:** $750,000 for loans and scholarships for rural nursing and advanced nursing, rural medical practice, and community match programs. * **Breast Cancer Research Fund:** $1,694,216 for breast cancer research program expenses, including education, outreach, research, and grants. * **Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account:** $299,959 for additional support for the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center. * **Domestic Peace Fund:** $3,050,000 for domestic violence shelter programs and statewide grants to domestic violence shelters. * **University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund:** $1,000,000 for child abuse and neglect programs, including grants to state agencies and child advocacy centers. * **University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund:** $2,124,057 for the Psychiatric Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics for training, treatment, community providers, medical examinations, consultation, and advocate education related to trauma programs for children and adolescents. * **University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund:** $802,879 for the Arkansas Health Data Initiative. * **Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative Fund:** $796,000 for the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Program. * **University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund:** $5,000,000 for colorectal cancer screening and research. * **University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund:** $379,993 for establishing and operating Sickle Cell Clinics and Outreach Efforts. * **Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account:** $500,000 for the certified nurse midwifery program. * **University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences National Cancer Institute Designation Trust Fund:** $41,350,000 for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, including regular salaries, overtime, personal services matching, maintenance and general operations, capital improvements, and the WPRCI Connect Nurse Navigation Program. * **Cash Funds:** $175,000 for the PANS/PANDAS Clinic and Programs. * **Breast Milk Bank Special Fund:** $1,700,000 for the Arkansas Breast Milk Bank. * **University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Maternal Health Workforce Trust Fund:** $2,000,000 for financial aid and programs in education and training for the Maternal Health Workforce. * **Cash Fund (State Treasury):** $950,780 for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program. The bill also establishes a maximum of 12,761 regular employees and 1,565 extra help positions for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It includes provisions for fund transfers, domestic violence shelter grant distribution, limitations on creating new medical schools, specific uses for indigent care funds for Arkansas Children's Hospital, and a carry-forward provision for unexpended general revenue funds up to 10%. Additionally, it creates a "Growth Pool" of 600 non-classified positions and a "Clinical Expansion and Research Pool" of 700 positions to address emerging personnel needs, both requiring review by the Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. The bill also outlines specific funding allocations for abused children and adolescents services and mandates compliance with various state fiscal control laws.