§ 20-79-206 - Operation of rehabilitation facilities.

20-79-206. Operation of rehabilitation facilities.

(a) The Arkansas Rehabilitation Services is authorized to utilize funds made available:

(1) From appropriations by Congress;

(2) By appropriations by the General Assembly;

(3) From the disbursement of funds of other state agencies; and

(4) By gifts, grants, fees for services, sale of products or items of manufacture or handwork, and donations for the purpose of establishing and operating rehabilitation centers, workshops, business enterprises, programs, and home industries and other facilities.

(b) Gifts, grants, fees for services, income from the sale of products or items of manufacture or handwork, and donations may be deposited in one (1) or more banks and expended by the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services, in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, in the establishment and operation of rehabilitation facilities and such other program services as may be determined by the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services, which are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized and empowered to lease or purchase public or private property, real, personal, or mixed, for the purpose of establishing and operating rehabilitation facilities.