Ark. Code Ann. § 25-10-402: Purpose - Guidelines

(a) The Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board is established to manage the Department of Human Services State Institutional System, as provided and intended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 33.

(b) The board shall perform its functions and duties in accordance with the general guidelines, policies, and rules of the Department of Human Services governing divisions, offices, sections, or units within the department with respect to budgets, personnel and personnel policies, records, purchasing, bookkeeping, and other administrative procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services.