2015 Arkansas Code
Title 26 - Taxation
Subtitle 5 - State Taxes
Chapter 57 - State Privilege Taxes
Subchapter 11 - Tax on Tobacco Products to Fund Breast Cancer Control and Research
§ 26-57-1106 - Distribution of funds for breast cancer research and control -- Allocation of moneys.

(a) All remaining moneys collected from the additional tax levied in §§ 26-57-1101 and 26-57-1102 shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues to be distributed as follows:

(1) Twenty percent (20%) shall be credited to the Breast Cancer Research Fund, which is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in § 20-15-1303; and

(2) (A) Eighty percent (80%) shall be credited to the Breast Cancer Control Fund, which is created on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State to be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in § 20-15-1304 and at the option of the Department of Health in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated by the General Assembly for the purpose of cervical cancer control.

(B) The Director of the Department of Health shall be the disbursing officer for the Breast Cancer Control Fund, and the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall be the disbursing officer for the Breast Cancer Research Fund.

(b) The moneys in the Breast Cancer Research Fund are to be allocated to the Breast Cancer Research Program for the awarding of grants, chairs, and contracts to researchers for research with respect to the cause, cure, treatment, prevention, and earlier detection of breast cancer and for developing leadership in research in Arkansas.

(c) (1) The moneys in the Breast Cancer Control Fund for the control of breast cancer are to be allocated according to the recommendations of the Breast Cancer Control Advisory Board, which shall establish the scope of services of the program and programmatic priorities based on the analysis of available information.

(2) The board shall also be responsible for developing eligibility criteria to be applied in evaluating requests for breast cancer control financial assistance from screened women who are found to be in need of diagnostic and treatment services.

(3) The board shall also review contractual agreements for breast cancer control with providers who will be rendering services through the program.