Title 20, Public Health and Welfare

(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, established and existing pursuant to the provisions of § 20-48-401 et seq., is authorized to own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, maintain, operate, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in and…

(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to use any available revenues for the accomplishment of the purposes specified and referred to in § 20-48-502 and is authorized to issue revenue bonds and to use the proceeds thereof for the accomplishment of the …

(a) (1) Revenue bonds may be issued from time to time for any of the purposes set forth in § 20-48-502.(2) Each issue shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services.(3) (A) The bonds of each issue shall be coupon bonds payable to bearer but …

(a) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond issued that the bond has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter. Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be general obligations only of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, and in…

No member of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall be personally liable on any bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter, or for any damages sustained by anyone in connection with agreements and contracts authorizing or pertaining to the bonds of any issue pursuan…

(a) The principal of, interest on, and paying agent's fees in connection with the revenue bonds of each issue shall be secured by a pledge of and payable in the first instance from the gross charges imposed by the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services pursuant to the provi…

(a) Bonds may be issued pursuant to this subchapter for the purpose of refunding any issue of bonds theretofore issued under the provisions of this subchapter. (b) When refunding bonds are issued, the refunding bonds may either be sold or delivered in exchange for the bonds being…

Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes. This exemption includes income and estate taxes.

(a) Any municipality or any board, commission, or other authority established by ordinance of any municipality, or the boards of trustees, respectively, of the firemen's relief and pension fund and the policemen's pension and relief fund of any municipality, or any county, or the…

(a) (1) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to have cash fund accounts for capital improvements to physical plants and for the purchase of capital equipment for the five (5) human development centers operated by the division.(2) The cash funds shall …

The General Assembly finds that the State of Arkansas contracts with nonprofit community programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities as quasi-governmental instrumentalities of the state in order to provide a service that the state would otherwise provide for this…

(a) (1) To provide viable options for an array of community-based services for individuals with developmental disabilities, the Department of Human Services, subject to state and federal funding restrictions, shall establish a reimbursement rate structure for contracting with com…

(a) (1) Eligibility for services and appropriate placement in the least restrictive environment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities under any of the service models included in the state's Medicaid plan with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…

(a) The conversion to the federally mandated current procedural terminology code system of reimbursement shall take into account the intent of this law to provide sources of funding that cover the costs of services to individuals who choose community-based options, within the ado…

A nonprofit organization licensed or certified by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services to serve adults shall include an individual with intellectual or other developmental disabilities as an ex officio member of the nonprofit organization's board of directors or ot…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Employee” means:(A) An individual who currently works for or is being considered for hire by a service provider, including without limitation an independent contractor, subcontractor, intern, volunteer, trainee, or agent of the service provider; a…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Gross receipts” means all compensation paid to intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities for services provided to residents, including without limitation client participation.(B) “Gross re…

(a) (1) There is levied a provider fee on intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities to be calculated in accordance with this section.(2) (A) The provider fee shall be an amount calculated by the Division of Medical Services…

(a) The Director of the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall administer this subchapter and shall be subject to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq. (b) (1) In accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, §…

(a) (1) The provider fee assessed and collected under this subchapter shall be deposited into a designated account within the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.(2) The designated account shall be separate and distinct from the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportio…