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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S1/30/23
2 94th General Assembly A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2023 SENATE BILL 67
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5 By: Senator Irvin
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7 For An Act To Be Entitled
8 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF
9 COSTS RELATED TO HOSPITAL RECLASSIFICATION FOR THE
10 PURPOSE OF INCREASING RESIDENCY PROGRAM FUNDING FROM
11 CMS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL
12 SCIENCES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2023;
13 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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17 AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR
18 MEDICAL SCIENCES APPROPRIATION FOR THE
19 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION - HOSPITAL RECLASSIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT.
25 There is hereby appropriated, to the University of Arkansas for Medical
26 Sciences, to be payable from the cash fund deposited in the State Treasury as
27 determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, for reimbursement of
28 costs related to hospital reclassification for the purpose of increasing
29 residency program funding from CMS for the University of Arkansas for Medical
30 Sciences for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the following:
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32 ITEM FISCAL YEAR
33 NO. 2022-2023
34 (01) REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS RELATED TO
35 HOSPITAL RECLASSIFICATION $4,000,000
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1 SECTION 2. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS
2 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. FUNDING
3 TRANSFER. Immediately upon the effective date of this act, the Chief Fiscal
4 Officer of the State shall transfer on his or her books and those of the
5 State Treasurer and the Auditor of the State the sum of four million dollars
6 ($4,000,000) from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the cash fund
7 deposited in the State Treasury as determined by the Chief Fiscal Officer of
8 the State, for reimbursement of costs related to hospital reclassification
9 for the purpose of increasing residency program funding from CMS.
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11 SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds
12 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency
13 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and
14 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and
15 Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary
16 Procedures and Restrictions Act, the Higher Education Expenditure Restriction
17 Act, or their successors, and other fiscal control laws of this State, where
18 applicable, and regulations promulgated by the Department of Finance and
19 Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in
20 disbursement of said funds.
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22 SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General
23 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations
24 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for
25 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive
26 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget
27 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or
28 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative
29 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption.
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31 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the General
32 Assembly, that funds provided by the General Assembly for the operations of
33 the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are, due to unforeseen
34 circumstances, insufficient for the University of Arkansas for Medical
35 Sciences to continue to provide essential governmental services; that the
36 provisions of this act will provide the necessary monies for the University
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1 of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to continue such services; and that a delay
2 in the effective date of this Act could work irreparable harm upon the proper
3 administration and provision of essential governmental programs. Therefore,
4 an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the
5 immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in
6 full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
7 If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, it shall
8 become effective on the expiration of the period of time during which the
9 Governor may veto the bill. If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the
10 veto is overridden, it shall become effective on the date the last house
11 overrides the veto.
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