(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 Apportionment Fund and shall be supplementary to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
(3) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund and the matching federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. ยง 1396 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2009, shall be used only for:
(A) Continued operation of and rate increases for:
(i) Intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities;
(ii) Developmental day treatment clinic services provided to persons with developmental disabilities by providers licensed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services under this chapter; and
(iii) Services provided to persons with developmental disabilities under the Alternative Community Services Waiver Program by providers certified to provide waiver services by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services;
(B) Expansion of the Alternative Community Services Waiver Program to serve more persons with developmental disabilities than is approved under the waiver program as of March 1, 2009;
(C) The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services; and
(D) Public guardianship of adults.
(b) (1) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund from the provider fee on intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities that are unused at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried forward.
(2) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund from the provider fee on intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities may not be used to supplant other local, state, or federal funds.
Section: Previous 20-48-902 20-48-903 20-48-904Last modified: November 15, 2016