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12-12-1706. Civil penalties.
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12-12-1706. Civil penalties.
(a)(1) The State of Arkansas and the Attorney General may institute a civil action against any long-term care facility caregiver necessary to enforce any provision of this subchapter.
(2) Notwithstanding any criminal penalties assessed, any caregiver against whom any civil judgment is entered as the result of a civil action brought by the State of Arkansas through the Attorney General on a complaint alleging that caregiver to have abused, neglected, or exploited an endangered person or an impaired person in a long-term care facility certified under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2005, shall be subject to pay a civil penalty:
(A) Not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation judicially found to have occurred; or
(B) Not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the death of a long-term care facility resident that results from a single violation.
(3)(A) The Attorney General shall not be precluded from recovering civil penalties under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section for the death of a person that results from multiple violations.
(B) However, the Attorney General may not recover civil penalties under both subdivisions (a)(2)(A) and (B) of this section.
(b) In any action brought under this section, the Attorney General shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.
(c) Any civil penalty under subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
(d) Any caregiver against whom any civil judgment is entered as the result of a civil action under this section by the Attorney General shal
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12-12-1706. Civil penalties.
(a)(1) The State of Arkansas and the Attorney General may institute a civil action against any long-term care facility caregiver necessary to enforce any provision of this subchapter.
(2) Notwithstanding any criminal penalties assessed, any caregiver against whom any civil judgment is entered as the result of a civil action brought by the State of Arkansas through the Attorney General on a complaint alleging that caregiver to have abused, neglected, or exploited an endangered person or an impaired person in a long-term care facility certified under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2005, shall be subject to pay a civil penalty:
(A) Not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation judicially found to have occurred; or
(B) Not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the death of a long-term care facility resident that results from a single violation.
(3)(A) The Attorney General shall not be precluded from recovering civil penalties under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section for the death of a person that results from multiple violations.
(B) However, the Attorney General may not recover civil penalties under both subdivisions (a)(2)(A) and (B) of this section.
(b) In any action brought under this section, the Attorney General shall be required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.
(c) Any civil penalty under subdivision (a)(2) of this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
(d) Any caregiver against whom any civil judgment is entered as the result of a civil action under this section by the Attorney General shall be required to pay to the Attorney General all reasonable expenses that the court determines have been necessarily incurred in the enforcement of this subchapter.
(e) A civil action under this section may not be brought more than three (3) years after the date on which the violation of this subchapter is committed.
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**(a) Establishment** There is hereby established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (in this section referred to as “MACPAC”).
**(b) Duties**
(1) **Review of access policies for all States and annual reports** — MACPAC shall—
(A) review policies of the Medicaid program established under this subchapter (in this section referred to as “Medicaid”) and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program established under subchapter XXI (in this section referred to as “CHIP”) affecting access to covered items and services, including topics described in paragraph (2);
(B) make recommendations to Congress, the Secretary, and States concerning such access policies;
(C) by not later than March 15 of each year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress containing the results of such reviews and MACPAC’s recommendations concerning such policies; and
(D) by not later than June 15 of each year (beginning with 2010), submit a report to Congress containing an examination of issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP, including the implications of changes in health care delivery in the United States and in the market for health care services on such programs.
(2) **Specific topics to be reviewed** — Specifically, MACPAC shall review and assess the following:
(A) *Medicaid and CHIP payment policies* — Payment policies under Medicaid and CHIP, including—
(i) the factors affecting expenditures for the efficient provision of items and services in different sectors, including the process for updating payments to medical, dental, and health professionals, hospitals, residential and long-term care providers, providers of home and community based services, Federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics, managed care entities, and providers of ot
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1396
of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 6, 2014], the Sec-
retary shall develop and report to Congress on a stra-
tegic plan for collecting or otherwise accessing data on
race and ethnicity for purposes of specifying quality
measures and resource use and other measures under
subsections (c) and (d) of section 1899B of the Social Se-
curity Act, as added by subsection (a), and, as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, other similar provisions
of, including payment adjustments under, title XVIII of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).’’
SUBCHAPTER XIX—GRANTS TO STATES
FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
§ 1396. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access
Commission
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established the Medicaid and
CHIP Payment and Access Commission (in this
section referred to as ‘‘MACPAC’’).
(b) Duties
(1) Review of access policies for all States and
annual reports
MACPAC shall—
(A) review policies of the Medicaid pro-
gram established under this subchapter (in
this section referred to as ‘‘Medicaid’’) and
the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram established under subchapter XXI (in
this section referred to as ‘‘CHIP’’) affecting
access to covered items and services, includ-
ing topics described in paragraph (2);
(B) make recommendations to Congress,
the Secretary, and States concerning such
access policies;
(C) by not later than March 15 of each year
(beginning with 2010), submit a report to
Congress containing the results of such re-
views and MACPAC’s recommendations con-
cerning such policies; and
(D) by not later than June 15 of each year
(beginning with 2010), submit a report to
Congress
containing
an
examination
of
issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP, includ-
ing the impli
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 42 U.S.C. § 1396
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