This bill appropriates funds for the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, with a total operational budget of $15,379,408. It establishes a maximum of 190 regular employees and allows for 19 part-time or temporary positions. The bill specifies salary allocations for key roles, including the State Insurance Commissioner, and includes significant appropriations for various departmental divisions, such as fraud investigation and public employee claims. Notably, it allocates $500,000 for AHIM expenses, $11,000,000 for refunds of overpayments, and $40,000,000 for claims from the Arkansas Multi-Agency Insurance Trust Fund, while also addressing funding for firefighter cancer relief and the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Database.

Additionally, the bill includes a $1,234,188 appropriation for the State Insurance Department's Market Stabilization Grant and allocates $10,000,000 to the Arkansas Cyber Response Board for cyber response program expenses. Key changes involve the insertion of new appropriations and the modification of effective dates for certain provisions, shifting them from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. An emergency clause is also included, ensuring the act takes effect on July 1, 2024, to facilitate the administration of essential governmental programs.