AR SB65

Establishes maximum number of regular employees and salary rates for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for fiscal year 2016-2017, including 11,628 positions across administrative, classified, academic, and patient care categories

Appropriates $122,484,258 from University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund for personal services and operating expenses, including $88,031,598 for regular salaries and funding for AHEC, poison control center, children's hospital grants, and medical education programs

Appropriates $1,905,405,000 from cash funds for salaries ($805.2 million), extra help ($25 million), overtime ($20 million), maintenance and operations ($513.6 million), capital improvements ($110 million), debt service ($30 million), and other operational expenses

Authorizes additional appropriations for nursing and medical student loans ($300,000 and $450,000 respectively), breast cancer research ($1.194 million), domestic violence shelters ($7.15 million), and child abuse/neglect programs ($5.04 million)

Establishes special provisions for growth pools (300 nonclassified and 300 career service positions), clinical expansion and research pool (700 positions), stipends for medical residents and interns, shift differentials for patient care staff, and various reporting requirements to legislative oversight committees