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20-10-216. Powers and duties of Department of Human Services.
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20-10-216. Powers and duties of Department of Human Services.
(a) In carrying out §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228, the Department of Human Services is empowered and directed to:
(1) Require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe and enforce such reasonable rules as it finds necessary to effectuate §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228;
(2) Provide methods of administration and appoint a director and other personnel of the Department of Human Services;
(3) Procure and pay for the temporary services of experts or consultants on a fee-for-service basis;
(4) Enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public and private;
(5) Accept on behalf of the state and deposit with the Treasurer of State any grant, gift, or contribution of funds made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228 and expend such funds accordingly;
(6) Make an annual report to the Governor on activities and expenditures made pursuant to §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228;
(7) Procure the services of an attorney to assist the Department of Human Services in any legal work involved in carrying out the duties of the Department of Human Services and pay for the services on a fee-for-service or retainer basis; and
(8) Accept a certificate made by an individual's physician that the individual is in need of nursing home care or that he or she can provide for himself or herself.
(b) The Department of Human Services shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce such rules and standards as may be necessary for the accomplishment of §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228. The rules and standards shall be modified, amended, or rescinded by the Department of Human Services as may be in the public interest.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-216
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20-10-216. Powers and duties of Department of Human Services.
(a) In carrying out §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228, the Department of Human Services is empowered and directed to:
(1) Require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe and enforce such reasonable rules as it finds necessary to effectuate §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228;
(2) Provide methods of administration and appoint a director and other personnel of the Department of Human Services;
(3) Procure and pay for the temporary services of experts or consultants on a fee-for-service basis;
(4) Enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public and private;
(5) Accept on behalf of the state and deposit with the Treasurer of State any grant, gift, or contribution of funds made to assist in meeting the cost of carrying out §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228 and expend such funds accordingly;
(6) Make an annual report to the Governor on activities and expenditures made pursuant to §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228;
(7) Procure the services of an attorney to assist the Department of Human Services in any legal work involved in carrying out the duties of the Department of Human Services and pay for the services on a fee-for-service or retainer basis; and
(8) Accept a certificate made by an individual's physician that the individual is in need of nursing home care or that he or she can provide for himself or herself.
(b) The Department of Human Services shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce such rules and standards as may be necessary for the accomplishment of §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228. The rules and standards shall be modified, amended, or rescinded by the Department of Human Services as may be in the public interest.
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20-10-213. Definitions for §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228.
As used in this section and §§ 20-10-214 — 20-10-228:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Human Services;
(2) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Long-Term Care;
(3) “Federal act” means the Hospital Survey and Construction Act, Pub. L. No. 79-725, as amended;
(4)(A)(i) “Institution” means a place for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of two (2) or more persons not related to the proprietor’s suffering from illness, injury, or deformity or where obstetrical care or care of the aged, blind, or disabled is rendered over a period exceeding twenty-four (24) hours.
(ii) “Institution” also includes an outpatient surgery center and an alcohol and drug abuse treatment center.
(B) No establishment operated by the United States Government or an agency thereof is within this definition;
(5)(A) “Long-term care 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 age, illness, blindness, disease, or physical or mental infirmity are unable to sufficiently or properly care for themselves and where a charge is made for that reception, accommodation, board, care, or treatment.
(B) “Long-term care facility” does not include:
(i) The offices of private physicians and surgeons;
(ii) Hospitals;
(iii) Recuperation centers;
(iv) Supervised or supported living apartments, group homes, family homes, or developmental day treatment clinics for individuals with developmental disabilities operated by providers licensed by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services;
(v) Institutions operated by the United States Governme
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-213
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 20-10-213. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-10-228. Information received by Department of Human Services confidential.
(a) Except in a proceeding involving the question of licensing or revocation of a license or as permitted in § 20-10-210(b), information received by the Department of Human Services, through inspection or otherwise, authorized under §§ 20-10-213 — 20-10-228, shall not be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to identify long-term care facility residents, their families, or persons filing complaints.
(b)(1) However, in the case of a specific written request by the deputy director of the appropriate division as determined by the Director of the Department of Human Services for information concerning a certain long-term care facility, information obtained during recent inspections of the facility may be supplied in writing to the deputy director.
(2) This exception applies only to facilities providing care for recipients of public welfare and is not to be construed as permitting the exchange of such information on all homes in the state but is specifically limited to those for which the appropriate division as determined by the Director of the Department of Human Services has specific complaints.
(3) These complaints shall be forwarded to the department along with the request for information from the deputy director.
(4) Information received by the deputy director in the manner prescribed in this subsection shall not be disclosed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-10-228
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 20-10-228. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.