20-10-1702. Purpose and intent.

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20-10-1702. Purpose and intent.

20-10-1702. Purpose and intent. (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Promote the availability of appropriate services for elderly persons and adults with disabilities in the least restrictive and most homelike environment; (2) Encourage the development of facilities that promote the dignity, individuality, privacy, and decision-making ability of those persons; (3) Provide for the health, safety, and welfare of residents of facilities offering assisted living services in the state; (4) Promote continued improvement of those facilities; (5) Include residential care facilities in the assisted living program; and (6) Encourage the development of innovative and affordable facilities particularly for persons with low to moderate incomes. (b) The General Assembly recognizes that: (1) Facilities offering assisted living services are a necessary part of the continuum of long-term care in the State of Arkansas; (2) Facilities offering assisted living services should be operated and regulated as residential environments with supportive services and not as medical or nursing facilities; (3) The services available in these facilities, either directly or through contract or agreement, are intended to help residents remain as independent as possible; and (4) Residential care facilities have been providing many assisted living services for years and should be allowed to participate in the new assisted living program.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-1702

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.