Public Health Fund

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  1. (a) The Public Health Fund shall be used for the maintenance, operation, and improvement required by the regional health centers and the various divisions of the Department of Health in carrying out the powers, functions, and duties as set out in § 20-7-102 et seq. or other duties imposed by law upon:

    1. (1) The Department of Health;

    2. (2) The Secretary of the Department of Health;

    3. (3) The State Board of Health;

    4. (4) The Secretary of the State Board of Health, or the State Health Officer, whose office was transferred under § 25-9-101 [repealed] to the Department of Health; and

    5. (5) The State Cancer Commission, which was transferred to the Department of Health by § 25-9-101 [repealed].

  2. (b) The Public Health Fund shall consist of:

    1. (1) Those special revenues as set out in § 19-6-301(41), (65), (68), (69), (80), (97), (131), (132), (133), (136), (137), (140), (141), (142), (143), (144), (147), (155), (166), (177), (194), (204), (205), (250), and that portion of § 19-6-301(58) of the Revenue Classification Law, § 19-6-101 et seq.;

    2. (2) General revenues as may be provided by law;

    3. (3) Nonrevenue income derived from services provided by the various divisions of the Department of Health;

    4. (4) Federal reimbursement received on account of eligible expenditures by the various divisions of the Department of Health;

    5. (5) Other funds as may be provided by law;

    6. (6) Moneys transferred or deposited from the State Administration of Justice Fund to support alcoholism treatment programs and for use in the drug abuse prevention and treatment program of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services;

    7. (7) Amusement machine revenues over thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), as set out in § 26-57-407; and

    8. (8) Criminal, civil, and administrative penalties collected under the Arkansas Lead-Based Paint-Hazard Act of 2011, § 20-27-2501 et seq.


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