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20-10-1709. Permit of approval.
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20-10-1709. Permit of approval.
(a) Facilities offering assisted living services shall obtain a permit of approval. However, permits of approval held by residential care facilities as of April 2, 2001, or held by subsequent purchasers of those facilities, shall also be considered permits of approval for assisted living without further action. However, residential care facilities that choose to offer assisted living services are not exempted from assisted living licensure requirements except as provided in § 20-10-1704.
(b)(1)(A) Provided, further, that in order to take advantage of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, one (1) new facility chosen by the Department of Human Services may serve as a pilot project without the necessity of a permit of approval. This facility shall be exempt from the permit of approval process, provided that in 2001 it is awarded funding from the Coming Home Project and tax credits from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority.
(B) The Coming Home Project means the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/NCB Development Corporation grant.
(2) The facility shall have no more than sixty (60) beds and shall serve a population a majority of which is low-income as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(3) The pilot project facility shall still meet all other licensure requirements.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-1709
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20-10-1709. Permit of approval.
(a) Facilities offering assisted living services shall obtain a permit of approval. However, permits of approval held by residential care facilities as of April 2, 2001, or held by subsequent purchasers of those facilities, shall also be considered permits of approval for assisted living without further action. However, residential care facilities that choose to offer assisted living services are not exempted from assisted living licensure requirements except as provided in § 20-10-1704.
(b)(1)(A) Provided, further, that in order to take advantage of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, one (1) new facility chosen by the Department of Human Services may serve as a pilot project without the necessity of a permit of approval. This facility shall be exempt from the permit of approval process, provided that in 2001 it is awarded funding from the Coming Home Project and tax credits from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority.
(B) The Coming Home Project means the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/NCB Development Corporation grant.
(2) The facility shall have no more than sixty (60) beds and shall serve a population a majority of which is low-income as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(3) The pilot project facility shall still meet all other licensure requirements.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-10-1704. Assisted living program.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall establish an assisted living program for adults, including those who meet the medical necessity determination for nursing facility care. However, such individuals cannot have conditions that require twenty-four-hour nursing.
(b)(1) The department shall promulgate rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter as it shall deem necessary or desirable to properly and efficiently carry out the purposes and intent of this subchapter.
(2) The rules, including documentation, shall take into account the congregate nature of assisted living as opposed to individual settings, and the rules shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) Fire, health, and life safety codes;
(B) Physical plant requirements, including space requirements for housing, toilet facilities, and related items;
(C) Staffing requirements; and
(D) Services requirements.
(c)(1) No resident shall be permitted to remain in an assisted living facility if his or her condition requires twenty-four-hour nursing care or other services that an assisted living facility is not authorized by law to provide.
(2) This prohibition shall apply even if the resident is willing to enter into an agreement to relieve the facility of responsibility or otherwise manage the risk.
(d) Upon application, residential care facilities licensed or holding a permit of approval as of April 2, 2001, and subsequent purchasers shall be licensed as assisted living facilities, provided that:
(1) The facility shall provide a small refrigerator in each resident's room, except as otherwise provided by rule;
(2) The facility shall provide a microwave oven in each resident's room, except as otherwise provided by rule;
(3) The facility mee
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-1704
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. The source passage cites 20-10-1704. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.