HB1736 Summary

• Appropriates $100,000 to the Economic Development Commission for grants reimbursing Children's Hospitals for inpatient and outpatient medical services to Arkansas patients.

• Appropriates $1,000,000 to the Economic Development Commission for grants reimbursing Medical Centers for inpatient and outpatient medical services to Arkansas patients.

• Funds are payable from the General Improvement Fund or its successor fund accounts and may be supplemented with grants, donations, federal funds, or unobligated cash income from recipient institutions.

• Exempts appropriations from standard program requirements and allows new rules and regulations to be adopted to carry out the act's intent.

• Effective July 1, 2011 with emergency clause to ensure operation of the agency and provision of essential governmental programs.