ALC-Occupational Licensing Review Subcommittee
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Senator Dave Wallace
Unverified
2:00
Folks, welcome to the Occupational License Review Committee today. Appreciate you all being here. We have called to order. The chairs have no comments. Moving on. Without objection, the Fire Protection and Lasting Board the licensing
protection board will be moved to the March meeting do I have any objections? seeing none that has been approved moving on to next is a review of reports from occupational authorization entities and I know we have DHS in the room if you all will come forward Thank you all for being here Lori, it's good to see you here today
Speaker 15
3:04
Ma'am, if you'll state your name Good afternoon, Martina Smith, Director for the Division of Provider
Speaker 16
3:17
Services and Quality Assurance Thank you,
Speaker 15
3:20
ma'am, and you are welcome to start provider services and quality assurance has three occupational licenses we have the certified nurse aide license we have the nursing home administrator license and we have the psychiatric residential treatment facility license all of these
licenses are necessary to protect the health and safety of our individuals that live in residential facilities and I'll be happy to take any questions members do
Representative Stephen Meeks
Unverified
3:52
we have any questions in my co-chair thank you ma'am so I looked through this the only question that I have is on the NHA one it shows that you currently have about an eight
hundred thousand dollar fund balance and looking
at your expenses looks like there's a $2,000 to the national board and then you did $26,000 for the training classes, and so your, you know, your fund balance is way, way, way, way, way over what your expenses are, and so I'm just kind of curious about any plans either to reduce licensing fees or how can we use that money so it's just not sitting there unnecessarily or growing unnecessarily.
Speaker 15
4:38
Sure, we can definitely take a look at some alternative methods to use those fees. The statute that is in place says we can only use those fees for training, so that's why we have that contract with
Speaker 18
4:51
the Arkansas Health Care Association to provide training
Representative Stephen Meeks
Unverified
4:54
classes. Okay. Like I said, everything else looks good, or if we can reduce fees for our people, or just so we don't have this big old pot of money just sitting there not doing anybody any good.
I understand. Because if it stays there too long, the people at this table will find it and find something. Members, are
Senator Dave Wallace
Unverified
5:18
there any other questions? Say none, ma'am. Thank you.
You're dismissed. Thank you. Members moving on to other business. There's a committee members. Do you have any other business to talk about?
Okay, and I see none Members with that I apologize for the length of the meeting, but we are adjourned Thank you.
Agenda
A. Call to Order
B. Comments by the Co-Chairs
C. Review of Reports from Occupational Authorization Entities:
D. Other Business
E. Adjournment
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| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — ALC - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE, Feb 19, 2026 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
| Exhibit C1 -- Department of Human Services Report | Exhibit | 9 | Official source ↗ |
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Speaker 5
Speaker 7
Senator Dave Wallace
Unverified
Speaker 15
Speaker 16
Representative Stephen Meeks
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Speaker 18