Section 20-16-2405 - [See Note] Agencies(a) Upon the effective date of this section, the Department of Human Services shall:(1)(A) Contract with a number of agencies sufficient to ensure that each pregnant woman seeking an abortion in Arkansas receives a resource access assistance offer and has the opportunity to receive care plan coordination services and healthy pregnancy program services.(B) The procurement of a vendor to serve as an agency shall be done through the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq., by the Office of State Procurement;(2) Annually, designate the proportion of resource access assistance offers to be provided by each agency's share of participants in care plan coordination services or healthy pregnancy program services; and(3) Contract only with agencies that are capable of offering all of the services required under § 20-8-1001 or the resource access assistance offer.(b) An agency shall be able, at a minimum, to provide resource access assistance offers, care plan coordination services, and healthy pregnancy program services by telephonic means using a toll-free number established by the department.(c) Each agency and any subcontractor or care agent of the agency providing services related to § 20-8-1001 or resource access assistance offers shall not: (1) Be an abortion provider or entity that directly or indirectly assists women in obtaining an abortion;(2) Own, operate, or be affiliated with an abortion provider or an entity that directly or indirectly promotes abortions or assists women in obtaining an abortion;(3) Employ a person who has performed an abortion in the last two (2) years;(4) Have as a director, board member, officer, volunteer, or employee a person who serves in any of these roles for an entity described in subdivisions (c)(1)-(3) of this section; or(5) Refer women to an abortion provider, recommend abortion, or take any other action that directly or indirectly advises or assists a woman in obtaining an abortion.Amended by Act 2023, No. 703,§ 5, eff. on and after the certification of the Attorney General that: (1) The United States Supreme Court or the Arkansas Supreme Court issues a final decision that restricts, in whole or in part, the authority of the State of Arkansas to prohibit abortions other than those necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency; or (2) An amendment to the United States Constitution or Arkansas Constitution is adopted that restricts, in whole or in part, the authority of the State of Arkansas to prohibit abortions other than those necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency..Added by Act 2021, No. 90,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.