Ark. Code Ann. § 19-6-485 (2026)

1. There is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a special revenue fund to be known as the “Health Department Technology Fund”.
2. The fund shall consist of:
   1. Three dollars ($3.00) of the five-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(F);
   2. The four-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(G)(i);
   3. The one-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(G)(ii); and
   4. Three dollars ($3.00) of the five-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(H)(i)(a) .
3. The fund shall be used exclusively by the Department of Health for the purchase of computer hardware and software, the conversion cost of scanning data into its computer system, and related activities.

History. Acts 2001, No. 957, § 5; 2003, No. 1723, § 13; 2017, No. 1051, § 6.

Amendments. The 2003 amendment substituted “After June 30, 2003” for “When one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) has been deposited into the fund” in the introductory language of (d).

The 2017 amendment substituted “five-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(F)” for “eight dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(H)(i)” in (b)(1); substituted “The four-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(G)(i)” for “Four dollars ($4.00) of the eight dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(I)(i)” in (b)(2); substituted “The one-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(G)(ii)” for “Two dollars ($2.00) of the three dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(I)(ii)” in (b)(3); substituted “five-dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(H)(i)( a )” for “eight dollar fee levied by § 20-7-123(b)(1)(J)(i)” in (b)(4); and deleted (d).

Cross References. Allowable fees prescribed in the Vital Statistics Act, § 20-7-123.