AR SB558

Appropriates $60,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences from the General Improvement Fund for equipment and services to establish tele-video links connecting the Psychiatric Research Institute - Northwest with community mental health centers, hospital emergency rooms, and community health centers.

Authorizes the university to supplement state funds with grants, donations, federal funds, and unobligated cash income to cover full project costs.

Requires strict compliance with state purchasing law, accounting procedures, revenue stabilization law, and fiscal control regulations in disbursing funds.

Declares an emergency clause making the act effective July 1, 2011, citing the constitutional requirement for one-year appropriations and the need for immediate agency operations.

Specifies that appropriations must align with stated reasons documented in budget manuals, agency requests, executive recommendations, and legislative testimony.