DHS legislative agenda

Director John Selig and other DHS administrators came to Texarkana to discuss their legislative package for the upcoming session today. Main topics covered include the Division of Children and Family Services, Medicaid numbers, and the proposed DHS pay plan. DHS has more than 7,500 employees and serves more than one million people annually. In 2007, there were $37,747,342 in Medicaid expenditures for Miller County ($1,000,655 specifically for ARKids B).