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State regulators and development agencies brief Senate insurance committee on staffing, finances and rural development
Summary
Leaders from the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Employee Benefits Division, AEDC, Securities Department, State Bank Department, Insurance Department and ADFA introduced their offices and provided numerical updates on membership, assets and staffing. Senators pressed AEDC on rural job recruitment and raised long-term care premium concerns.
State agency leaders used the Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee’s opening session to introduce their offices, outline key responsibilities and give committee members numerical updates on finances, membership and staffing.
Ted Thomas, chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, described the commission’s principal duties: setting utility rates through rate cases, handling consumer complaints, overseeing intrastate natural gas pipeline safety and certifying utility assessments to counties. "That is our main responsibility," Thomas said, offering to take questions from members.
Chris Hallett, executive director of the Employee Benefits Division, summarized the division’s membership and finances and described recent administrative savings after bundling vendor services.…
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