Arkansas Code Title 25. State Government § 25-1-120. Comprehensive cross-sector collaboration

(A) Arkansas;

(B) Chicot;

(C) Crittenden;

(D) Cross;

(E) Dallas;

(F) Desha;

(G) Fulton;

(H) Jackson;

(I) Jefferson;

(J) Mississippi;

(K) Monroe;

(L) Ouachita;

(M) Perry;

(N) Phillips;

(O) Poinsett;

(P) St. Francis;

(Q) Sevier;

(R) Union; and

(S) Woodruff.

(A) The circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age;

(B) Systems for dealing with illness and access to those systems; and

(C) Other factors, such as poverty, substance abuse, working conditions, unemployment, social support, nutritious foods, transportation, and housing;

(A) The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement;

(B) The Arkansas Minority Health Commission;

(C) The Division of Environmental Quality;

(D) The Department of Health;

(E) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;

(F) Workforce Development Commission;

(G) Division of Higher Education;

(H) Arkansas Department of Transportation;

(I) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences -- Partners for Inclusive Communities;

(J) Arkansas Children's Hospital;

(K) University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences -- Regional Campuses;

(L) Public safety organizations;

(M) The Arkansas Optometric Association, Inc.; and

(N) Area Agencies on Aging.

(A) Organize, notify, and coordinate planning meetings of the entities encouraged under this section to work together to plan, operate, and coordinate a comprehensive initiative to address the health and healthcare needs of the Arkansas red counties;

(B) Coordinate agreed-upon initiatives in selected counties annually;

(C) Assist in development of a standardized annual report format that will be used to report on the cross-sector comprehensive collaborative initiatives and the outcomes of those initiatives; and

(D) Compile an annual report of comprehensive collaborative initiatives using the standardized format created under this subsection and submit the report to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor no later than October 1 of each year.