Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-416 Designation as state entity for carrying out federal acts
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(a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is designated as the single state entity for carrying out any federal act or law pertaining to individuals with intellectual disabilities and other forms of developmental disabilities. (b) The board may take all action of every…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-417 Property and personal effects of residents
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(a) (1) Within thirty (30) days after the death of a resident, a human development center shall provide an accounting and distribute all funds held in trust and all other property to:(A) The resident's personal representative, if a personal representative has been appointed by a …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-418 Vocational trainees
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(1) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services may provide employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities who:(1) Reside at a human development center; and(2) Work at a less than competitive employment level. (1) Reside at a human development ce…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-419 Prohibition on closure of human development centers
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The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services and the Department of Human Services shall not close any of the existing five (5) human development centers.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-501 Liberal construction — Act supplemental
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(a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed. (b) The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things. (c) Furthermore, this subchapter shall be construe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-502 Authority to acquire properties
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-503 Authority to issue revenue bonds and use available funds and revenues
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-504 Procedure for issuing revenue bonds
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-505 Liability of Board of Developmental Disabilities Services for bonds
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-506 Nonliability of board members for bonds — Exception
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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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-507 Revenue bonds secured by pledge of gross charges and surplus charges — Definition
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-508 Issuance of refunding bonds
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-509 Taxation of bonds
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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.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-510 Municipalities, boards, commissions, etc., authorized to invest in bonds
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-511 Developmental disabilities — Timber sales proceeds — Capital improvements and equipment
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-701 Finding
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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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-702 Reimbursement rate structure
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-703 Eligibility
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-704 Code system of reimbursement
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-705 Membership of nonprofit organizations
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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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-812 Criminal history records checks required — Definitions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-901 Definitions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-902 Calculation of provider fee
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-903 Administration
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(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, §…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-904 Use of funds
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(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…