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AR Code § 20-77-2805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers|§ 20-77-2805. Medical Transportation Assessment Account

 (a)  (1) There is created within the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund a designated account known as the “Medical Transportation Assessment Account”.  (2) The medical transportation provider assessments imposed under § 20-77-2803 shall be deposited into the Medical Transportation Assessment Account.    (b) Moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall consist of:  (1) All moneys collected or received by the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services from medical transportation provider assessments imposed under § 20-77-2803;  (2) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction with the administration of this subchapter; and  (3) Any appropriations, transfers, donations, gifts, or moneys from other sources, as applicable.    (c) The Medical Transportation Assessment 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.  (d) Moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall not be used to replace other general revenues appropriated and funded by the General Assembly or other revenues used to support Medicaid.  (e) The Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall be exempt from budgetary cuts, reductions, or eliminations caused by a deficiency of general revenues.  (f)  (1) Except as necessary to reimburse any funds borrowed to supplement funds in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account, the moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall be used only as follows:  (A) To make emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809;  (B) To reimburse moneys collected by the division from medical transportation providers through error or mistake or under this subchapter; or  (C) To pay an annual fee to the division in the amount of three and three-fourths percent (3.75%) of the assessments collected from medical transportation providers under § 20-77-2803 each state fiscal year.    (2)  (A) The Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall retain account balances remaining each fiscal year.  (B) At the end of each fiscal year, any positive balance remaining in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account shall be factored into the calculation of the new assessment rate by reducing the amount of medical transportation provider assessment funds that must be generated during the subsequent fiscal year.    (3) A medical transportation provider shall not be guaranteed that its emergency medical transportation access payments will equal or exceed the amount of its medical transportation provider assessment.
AR Code § 20-77-2806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers|§ 20-77-2806. Exemptions

 (a) The following medical transportation providers are exempt from the assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803 unless the exemption is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise determined to be invalid:  (1) Volunteer ambulance services;  (2) Ambulance services owned by the state, county, or political subdivision;  (3) Nonemergency ambulance services;  (4) Air ambulance services; and  (5) Specialty-hospital-based ambulance services.    (b) If an exemption under subsection (a) of this section is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise determined to be invalid, the applicable medical transportation provider shall pay the assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803.
AR Code § 20-77-2807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers|§ 20-77-2807. Quarterly notice and collection

 (a)  (1) The annual medical transportation provider assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803 shall be due and payable on a quarterly basis.  (2) However, an installment payment of an assessment imposed by § 20-77-2803 shall not be due and payable until:  (A) The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services issues the written notice required by § 20-77-2808(a) stating that the payment methodologies to medical transportation providers required under § 20-77-2809 have been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the waiver under 42 C.F.R. § 433.68 for the assessment imposed by § 20-77-2803, if necessary, has been granted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;  (B) The thirty-day verification period required by § 20-77-2808(b) has expired; and  (C) The division has made all quarterly installments of emergency medical transportation access payments that were otherwise due under § 20-77-2809 consistent with the effective date of the approved state plan amendment and waiver.    (3) After the initial installment has been paid under this section, each subsequent quarterly installment payment of an assessment imposed by § 20-77-2803 shall be due and payable within ten (10) business days after the medical transportation provider has received its emergency medical transportation access payments due under § 20-77-2809 for the applicable quarter.    (b)  (1) If a medical transportation provider fails to timely pay the full amount of a quarterly assessment, the division shall add to the assessment:  (A) A penalty assessment equal to five percent (5%) of the quarterly amount not paid on or before the due date; and  (B) On the last day of each quarter after the due date until the assessed amount and the penalty imposed under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section are paid in full, an additional five percent (5%) penalty assessment on any unpaid quarterly and unpaid penalty assessment amounts.    (2) Payments shall be credited first to unpaid quarterly amounts, rather than to penalty or interest amounts, beginning with the most delinquent installment.  (3) If the division is unable to recoup from Medicaid payments the full amount of any unpaid assessment or penalty assessment, or both, the division may file suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect up to double the amount due, the division's costs related to the suit, and reasonable attorney's fees.
AR Code § 20-77-2809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers|§ 20-77-2809. Emergency medical transportation access payments

 (a) To preserve and improve access to medical transportation services, for medical transportation services rendered on or after July 1, 2017, the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall make emergency medical transportation access payments as set forth in this section.  (b) The division shall calculate the emergency medical transportation access payment amount as the balance of the Medical Transportation Assessment Account plus any federal matching funds earned on the balance, up to but not to exceed the upper payment limit gap for all medical transportation providers.  (c)  (1) Except as provided in § 20-77-2806, all medical transportation providers shall be eligible for emergency medical transportation access payments each state fiscal year as set forth in this subsection.  (2)  (A) In addition to any other funds paid to medical transportation providers for emergency medical services to Medicaid patients, each eligible medical transportation provider shall receive emergency medical transportation access payments each state fiscal year equal to the medical transportation provider's proportionate share of the total upper payment limit gap for all providers of emergency medical services.  (B) Emergency medical transportation access payments shall be made on a quarterly basis.  (C) In addition to other rules as the division determines are necessary to implement emergency medical transportation access payments, the division may create separate levels of assessments and emergency medical transportation access payments for ambulance services and air ambulance services.      (d) An emergency medical transportation access payment shall not be used to offset any other payment by Medicaid for emergency or nonemergency services to Medicaid beneficiaries.
AR Code § 20-77-2810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers|§ 20-77-2810. Effectiveness — Cessation

 (a) The medical transportation provider assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803 shall cease to be imposed, the emergency medical transportation access payments made under § 20-77-2809 shall cease to be paid, and any moneys remaining in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund shall be refunded to medical transportation providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them if:  (1) The Medical Transportation Assessment Account access payments required under § 20-77-2809 are changed or the assessments imposed under § 20-77-2803 are not eligible for federal matching funds under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., or Title XXI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1397aa et seq.; or  (2) It is determined in the course of an administrative adjudication or in an action under § 25-15-207 that the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services:  (A) Established Medicaid medical transportation provider payment rates that include an offset, in whole or in part, for any emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809; or  (B) Included the net effect of any emergency medical transportation access payment under § 20-77-2809 when considering whether Medicaid medical transportation provider payment rates are:  (i) Consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care; and  (ii) Sufficient to enlist enough providers so that Medicaid care and services are available at least to the extent that the care and services are available to the general population in the geographic area.        (b)  (1) The medical transportation provider assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803 shall cease to be imposed and the emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809 shall cease to be paid if the assessment is determined to be an impermissible tax under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.  (2) Moneys in the Medical Transportation Assessment Account in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund derived from assessments imposed before the determination described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be disbursed under § 20-77-2809 to the extent federal matching is not reduced due to the impermissibility of the assessments, and any remaining moneys shall be refunded to medical transportation providers in proportion to the amounts paid by them.
AR Code § 20-77-2811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance|Subchapter 28 - Assessment Fee and Program on Medical Transportation Providers|§ 20-77-2811. State plan amendment

 (a) The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a state plan amendment to implement the requirements of this subchapter, including the payment of emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809, no later than forty-five (45) days after June 15, 2017.  (b) If the state plan amendment is not approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the division shall:  (1) Not implement the assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803; and  (2) Return any assessment fees to the medical transportation providers that paid the fees if assessment fees have been collected.
AR Code § 20-78-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-101. Family planning information for parents of children in state custody

 (a) The Department of Human Services shall provide informational materials, including, but not limited to, parenting, child abuse, substance abuse, sexual abuse, and family planning, to parents whose children have been placed in state custody.  (b) This information shall be provided to both natural and adoptive parents and shall be provided within thirty (30) days of placing the child in state custody.
AR Code § 20-78-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-102. Arkansas Children's Hospital — Annual report

 In order to provide accountability to the citizens of Arkansas for funds appropriated to a private institution, Arkansas Children's Hospital shall file, annually, a certified annual financial and operations report with the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
AR Code § 20-78-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-103. State or federal funds — Licensing requirements

 (a) The Department of Human Services shall not expend any state or federal funds for childcare services to any childcare facility unless that facility is licensed or approved by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services, or registered with the department except where care is provided by a relative in a setting otherwise exempt from licensure.  (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply until January 1, 1992, to any facility which is currently exempt and which is providing childcare services to participants in the Project Success Program.  (c) Before that time, such facilities may apply for licensure or become registered with the department.  (d) After January 1, 1992, the facility must either be licensed or registered to qualify for state or federal funds.
AR Code § 20-78-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-104. Child Health and Family Life Institute

 (a)  (1) The Child Health and Family Life Institute shall be administered under the direction of Arkansas Children's Hospital.  (2) Arkansas Children's Hospital shall enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for services required in delivering the programs of the institute.  (3) The KIDS FIRST Program, a component of the institute, shall receive priority consideration above all other programs of the institute when funding decisions are made by Arkansas Children's Hospital.  (4) Arkansas Children's Hospital shall make quarterly reports to the Legislative Council on matters of funding, existing programs, and any new programs and services offered through the institute.    (b)  (1) The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall designate an individual from the department who shall provide administrative oversight of the cooperative agreements or contract with Arkansas Children's Hospital in delivering the programs of the institute.  (2) The department shall make every effort to advance the KIDS FIRST Program statewide.  (3) The designated administrator from the department shall make quarterly reports to the chancellor and the Legislative Council on all matters of funding, existing programs, and services offered through the institute.
AR Code § 20-78-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-105. Children's advocacy centers — Legislative intent

 (a) Currently, sexually abused children often have to describe their sexual abuse several times to different professionals at different locations. Many investigations are conducted with little collaboration between the agencies involved in the cases. Each agency's child abuse professionals are officed in a different facility, and interface during the investigation and management of cases is limited. Sexual abuse medical examinations are commonly performed in hospital emergency rooms and other sites that are frightening to children, lack the proper equipment, and often are staffed by physicians uncomfortable with these exams. It is the intent of the General Assembly to institute pilot programs to provide the services just described under one (1) roof and to provide a more child-friendly atmosphere, less trauma to the children and families, improved investigations and management, more effective utilization of multiagency information, greater protection of children, increased prosecution of perpetrators, and less unnecessary family intervention.  (b) In order to accomplish these goals, the Department of Arkansas State Police is hereby authorized to utilize moneys appropriated for its maintenance and general operation to make grants to and to contract with children's advocacy centers for facilities and services.  (c)  (1) The Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission shall advise the Department of Arkansas State Police as to children's advocacy centers which qualify for grants or contracts from the Department of Arkansas State Police.  (2) Qualified children's advocacy centers should:  (A) Provide a child-friendly, comfortable place for interviewing children and families, examining the children, and initiating services;  (B) Provide crisis intervention for the child and family as well as appropriate referrals for psychological treatment if not available on site; and  (C) Provide offices for law enforcement, employees of the Department of Human Services, and healthcare professionals in order to deliver collaborative evaluations and services.
AR Code § 20-78-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-107. Criminal background checks for employees of private businesses that provide short-term child care for patrons — Definition

 (a) A private business that provides short-term child care for its patrons shall perform a criminal history check with the Department of Arkansas State Police and a Child Maltreatment Central Registry check with the Department of Human Services for every employee that is employed in a capacity that directly or indirectly relates to providing care or supervision of any child.  (b) Employees who have pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or have been found guilty of an offense for which registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., is required shall be prohibited from having any direct or indirect contact with or performing duties that directly or indirectly relate to providing care or supervision of a child who is in short-term child care provided by the private business for its patrons.  (c) As used in this section, “short-term child care” means that:  (1) The child does not receive care for more than:  (A) Five (5) hours per day; or  (B) Ten (10) hours per week;    (2) A parent or guardian is on the premises or is otherwise easily accessible; and  (3) The facility cares for five (5) children or less at one time.
AR Code § 20-78-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-78-108. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Building Effective Services for Trauma — Report

 The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall report quarterly each fiscal year to the Legislative Council on program activities and the expenditure of funds from the Psychiatric Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics appropriation for Building Effective Services for Trauma programs provided to children and adolescents.
AR Code § 20-78-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 2 - Childcare Facility Licensing Act|§ 20-78-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Childcare Facility Licensing Act”.
AR Code § 20-78-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 2 - Childcare Facility Licensing Act|§ 20-78-204. Injunction

 When any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association shall operate or assist in the operation of a childcare facility which has not been licensed by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services or has had the license denied, suspended, or revoked and has been ordered to cease and desist operation, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, the division shall have the right to go into the circuit court in the jurisdiction in which the childcare facility is being operated and, upon affidavit, secure a writ of injunction, without bond, restraining and prohibiting the person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association from operating the childcare facility.
AR Code § 20-78-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 2 - Childcare Facility Licensing Act|§ 20-78-207. Declaratory judgments on licensing rules

 Any rule promulgated by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education under authority of § 20-78-206 or under any other childcare facility licensing law shall, at the suit of any interested person instituted in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, be subject to remedies provided by law for obtaining declaratory judgments. However, the division must be named a party defendant and summoned as in an action by ordinary proceedings.
AR Code § 20-78-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 78 - Child Care|Subchapter 2 - Childcare Facility Licensing Act|§ 20-78-208. Unlicensed childcare facility unlawful

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association to operate or assist in the operation of a childcare facility which has not been licensed by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to falsify an application for licensure, to knowingly circumvent the authority of this subchapter to knowingly violate the orders issued by the division, or to advertise the provision of child care which is not licensed or approved or exempt by the division.  (c) A violation of this section shall be a Class C misdemeanor.