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20-10-2101. Definitions.
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20-10-2101. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Long-term care facility” means a nursing facility or a licensed level II assisted living facility;
(2) “Medicaid” means the medical assistance program established under § 20-77-101 et seq.;
(3) “Nursing facility” has the same meaning as in § 20-10-1401;
(4) “Options counseling for long-term care” means the process of providing service under the Arkansas Options Counseling for Long-Term Care Program; and
(5) “Representative” means a family member, attorney, hospital social worker, or any other person chosen by an individual to act on behalf of the individual:
(A) Seeking a long-term care consultation; or
(B) Admitted to a long-term care facility January 1, 2008, or later.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-2101
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20-10-2101. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Long-term care facility” means a nursing facility or a licensed level II assisted living facility;
(2) “Medicaid” means the medical assistance program established under § 20-77-101 et seq.;
(3) “Nursing facility” has the same meaning as in § 20-10-1401;
(4) “Options counseling for long-term care” means the process of providing service under the Arkansas Options Counseling for Long-Term Care Program; and
(5) “Representative” means a family member, attorney, hospital social worker, or any other person chosen by an individual to act on behalf of the individual:
(A) Seeking a long-term care consultation; or
(B) Admitted to a long-term care facility January 1, 2008, or later.
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20-10-1401. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Day shift” means the period of 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.;
(2)(A) “Direct-care staff” means any nurse aide or licensed nurse who provides direct, hands-on care to nursing facility residents.
(B) “Direct-care staff” shall not include:
(i) Therapy personnel or personnel listed in § 20-10-1404; or
(ii) Medication assistive persons as defined in § 17-87-701;
(3) “Evening shift” means the period of 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.;
(4) “Midnight census” means the number of patients occupying nursing home beds in a nursing facility at midnight of each day;
(5) “Night shift” means the period of 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.;
(6) “Nurse aide” means any person who meets the requirements according to regulations adopted pursuant to 42 C.F.R. § 483.75(e), as it existed on January 1, 2005; and
(7)(A) “Nursing facility” means any building, structure, agency, institution, or other place for the reception, accommodation, board, care, or treatment of more than three (3) unrelated individuals who, because of physical or mental infirmity, are unable to sufficiently or properly care for themselves, and for which reception, accommodation, board, care, and treatment a charge is made.
(B) However, “nursing facility” shall not include:
(i) The offices of private physicians and surgeons;
(ii) Residential care facilities;
(iii) Assisted living facilities;
(iv) Intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities;
(v) Hospitals;
(vi) Institutions operated by the United States Government or licensed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services; or
(vii) Any facility that is conducted by and for those who rely exclusively upon treatment by prayer alone f
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-1401
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20-77-101. Cost-sharing charges for medically indigent — Legislative intent.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Medicaid medical assistance program administered by the Department of Human Services is intended to be supplemental to other potential sources of payment which are or may be available to pay for the costs of medical care delivered to residents of this state. To ensure that the appropriated funds are available to meet the needs of those residents, it is hereby declared the public policy of the State of Arkansas that the program is the payor of last resort to supplement and not supplant other sources which are or may be available to any individual, except when federal requirements under Title V specify otherwise.
(b) The appropriate division of the department, in order to comply with Pub. L. No. 92-603, § 208, may, with respect to the medically indigent:
(1) Provide that an enrollment fee, premium, or similar charge may be imposed;
(2) Specify the amount of and the period of liability for the charges; and
(3) Define the state's policy regarding the effect on the recipient of nonpayment of required charges.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-101
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 20-77-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.