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20-76-101. Definitions.
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20-76-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Assessment services” means an evaluation to determine the abilities, talents, proficiencies, and deficiencies of applicants and recipients with regard to the ability of the individual to move into employment;
(2) “Date of enrollment” means the date that an applicant is approved as eligible for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program;
(3) “Diversion from assistance” means a one-time loan of money or the furnishing of nonmonetary assistance to an applicant who is eligible for but does not require enrollment in the Transitional Employment Assistance Program;
(4) “Education or training” means basic remedial education, adult education, high school education, education to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma, education to learn English as a second language, applied technology training, and postsecondary education and training;
(5) “Employment assistance” means financial assistance, child care, assistance to secure full-time employment, assistance in obtaining education and training that leads to full-time employment, case management services, and other services designed to assist recipients in achieving self-sufficiency through employment;
(6) “Extended support services” means assistance to a recipient who has obtained employment under the Transitional Employment Assistance Program, which may include, but is not limited to, child care and medical assistance;
(7) “Full-time education or training” means education or training on a full-time basis as defined by the Department of Human Services;
(8) “Medical assistance” means assistance furnished pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 — 1396w-5, commonly referred to as Medicaid, or a state-funded medical assistance
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20-76-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Assessment services” means an evaluation to determine the abilities, talents, proficiencies, and deficiencies of applicants and recipients with regard to the ability of the individual to move into employment;
(2) “Date of enrollment” means the date that an applicant is approved as eligible for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program;
(3) “Diversion from assistance” means a one-time loan of money or the furnishing of nonmonetary assistance to an applicant who is eligible for but does not require enrollment in the Transitional Employment Assistance Program;
(4) “Education or training” means basic remedial education, adult education, high school education, education to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma, education to learn English as a second language, applied technology training, and postsecondary education and training;
(5) “Employment assistance” means financial assistance, child care, assistance to secure full-time employment, assistance in obtaining education and training that leads to full-time employment, case management services, and other services designed to assist recipients in achieving self-sufficiency through employment;
(6) “Extended support services” means assistance to a recipient who has obtained employment under the Transitional Employment Assistance Program, which may include, but is not limited to, child care and medical assistance;
(7) “Full-time education or training” means education or training on a full-time basis as defined by the Department of Human Services;
(8) “Medical assistance” means assistance furnished pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 — 1396w-5, commonly referred to as Medicaid, or a state-funded medical assistance program;
(9) “Personal responsibility agreement” means an agreement between the department and the recipient specifying the recipient's responsibilities that are a condition of receiving employment assistance, which may include an employment plan that describes what the recipient and the department will do to assist the recipient in achieving self-sufficiency through employment;
(10) “Positive reinforcement outcome bonus” means a one-time cash assistance bonus for achieving an employment plan goal;
(11) “Relocation assistance” means assistance to an eligible recipient who lives in an area of limited job opportunities to enable the recipient to relocate for purposes of full-time employment that the recipient has secured;
(12) “Support services” means child care, transportation, financial assistance, medical assistance, substance abuse treatment, life skills training, parenting skills training, and other similar assistance;
(13) “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program” means all Arkansas programs funded by federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block grant funds or state funds claimed as maintenance of effort under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, including:
(A) The Transitional Employment Assistance Program;
(B) The Arkansas Work Pays Program;
(C) The Career Pathways Initiative; and
(D) The Community Investment Initiative; and
(14) “Unearned income” means all income that a recipient receives from sources other than employment, including child support payments, supplemental security income, supplemental security disability income, workers' compensation, and unemployment insurance.
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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
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