AR SB350

Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Improvement Fund for transfer to the Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund for behavioral health services.

Appropriates $2,000,000 from the Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund for behavioral health services to Arkansas citizens for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.

Permits the Department of Human Services to adopt new rules and regulations to carry out the appropriation's intent without restriction from requirements applicable to other programs.

Requires strict compliance with State Purchasing Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, and Revenue Stabilization Law in disbursement of funds, with authority to supplement with grants, donations, and Federal funds.

Declares emergency effective date of July 1, 2013, finding that the appropriation is essential to agency operations and that delay could harm governmental program administration.