AR SB122

Appropriates $116.2 million from the University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund for UAMS personal services and operating expenses for fiscal year 2019-2020, including regular salaries, personal services matching, funded depreciation, AHEC support, poison and drug information center, and grants to Children's Hospital for indigent care

Appropriates $1.996 billion from cash funds for UAMS operations including $853.5 million for regular salaries, $25 million for extra help, $213.3 million for personal services matching, $673.6 million for maintenance and general operations, $110 million for capital improvements, and $50 million for debt service

Establishes maximum of 11,445 regular employees across administrative, classified, academic, and patient care positions with specified salary ranges, plus authorizes 625 temporary/part-time employees and creates special pools (410 nursing PRN positions and 530 temporary positions)

Appropriates additional funds for specialized programs including $7.1 million for domestic violence shelters, $5.3 million for child abuse programs, $1.985 million for psychiatric research and pediatrics trauma services, and $20 million for Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Appropriates funds for scholarships/loans ($300,000 nursing, $450,000 medical), breast cancer research ($1.194 million), poison and drug information center ($400,000), pharmacy student loans ($550,000), and various healthcare initiatives totaling $7.1 million for Area Health Education Centers and UAMS Northwest Arkansas Medical School