Over the next three years about 3,200 Arkansans with disabilities will be able to get Medicaid services at home or in their community, rather than in an institution. The Legislative Council approved the expansion of eligibility, submitted by the state Division of Developmental Disabilities Services.
Senate News
Influence of PEER Subcommittee Grows With Influx of Federal Relief Funding
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic Arkansas has received billions of dollars in federal relief funding. The PEER subcommittee of the Legislative Council has grown significantly in importance because it reviews how state agencies, institutions of higher education and public schools proposed to spend those federal relief dollars.
Education Committee Finalizing Report on Adequacy
The Senate and House Committees on Education are scheduled to vote on next year’s adequacy report at their meeting in early October.
Legislators Recognize and Promote Intersection of Arts and Technology
At first glance, arts and technology would appear to be opposites in how they are taught and how they affect economic development. However, a bipartisan group of legislators has been working since 2018 to build the case that there is a crucial intersection where the arts and technology meet.