Special language for northwest Arkansas counties?

There is a small but noticable rift in Arkansas between the booming counties (ie- northwest Arkansas) and the rest of the state. This is not so noticeable in the legislature but is apparent when reading message boards, blogs, or listening to coffee shop talk around the state.

A recently-filed budgetary proposal has irked some residents in south Arkansas, who see the special language proposed in HB1356 (specifically lines 14-26 on page 8) as a measure to increase DHHS payroll in the 8 counties in northwest Arkansas that are experiencing the largest amount of growth, while leaving the other 67 counties in the state to fend for themselves. It appears as though the proposal leaves much of the payroll decisions to the department itself.

Sen. Jack Crumbly summarized this issue last night at the Dem. Black Caucus event by saying that we can't punish the northwest part of the state for its booming economy, but at the same time, we can't forget about the parts of the state that aren't experiencing the same growth. Can we figure out a way to write that into the foundation formula?