(a)
- (1) The Department of Health will enter into a subgrant agreement with the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.
(2) The subgrant agreement will:
- (A) Be reviewed periodically as necessary; and
- (B) Define detailed grant program:
(i) Responsibilities;
(ii) Requirements; and
- (iii) Rules.
- (3) The Department of Health will provide overall program funding authority.
(4) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism will provide:
- (A) Program management;
- (B) Staffing; and
- (C) Technical assistance.
- (5) Either agency may terminate the agreement by giving the other a thirty-day notice of intent to terminate.
(b) Selection panel.
(1) A grant award selection panel will:
- (A) Review applications; and
- (B) Make funding recommendations.
(2) The panel shall consist of seven (7) members:
- (A) One (1) representative from the Governor's Council on Fitness;
- (B) One (1) representative from the Department of Health;
- (C) One (1) representative from the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism;
- (D) One (1) representative from the Arkansas Minority Health Commission;
- (E) One (1) representative from the Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association;
- (F) One (1) representative from the Arkansas Department of Transportation; and
- (G) One (1) representative from the Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association, Inc.
- (3) The director within each organization will appoint a committee representative.
- (4) The length of service for each representative will be at the pleasure of each individual organization's director.
- (5) The selection panel shall elect or appoint a chair annually from the above representatives.
- (6) Selection panel representatives shall serve without compensation.
- (7) Annual award recommendations from the selection panel will be submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for review and to the Governor for approval.