AR SB18

Establishes maximum of 11,446 regular employees for UAMS for fiscal year 2022-2023 with specified salary rates for administrative, academic, and patient care positions.

Appropriates $116.2 million from University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund for personal services and operating expenses, including funding for Texarkana AHEC, Poison & Drug Information Center, and Children's Hospital indigent care.

Appropriates $2.46 billion from cash funds for salaries, extra help, overtime, maintenance, capital improvements, debt service, and fund transfers.

Authorizes 625 temporary/part-time extra help employees, 410 nursing PRN pool positions, and 530 UAMS temps for operational needs during the fiscal year.

Appropriates additional funds for specialized programs including breast cancer research ($1.19 million), domestic violence shelters ($7.15 million), Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute ($41.35 million), rural broadband grants ($5 million), and various healthcare initiatives including colorectal cancer screening and adult sickle cell disease programs.