20-77-2301. Findings — Intent.

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20-77-2301. Findings — Intent.

20-77-2301. Findings — Intent. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Although a direct-care worker in the State of Arkansas who serves a Medicaid-reimbursable client must undergo a forty-hour training program, a direct-care worker who serves a client in his or her home and who is not Medicaid-reimbursable has no training requirement; and (2) Beginning January 1, 2012, and continuing until January 1, 2027, approximately ten thousand (10,000) persons a day turn sixty-five (65) years of age in the United States. (b) This subchapter is intended to: (1) Assure disabled citizens and the constantly expanding population of senior citizens in Arkansas that a direct-care worker is properly trained in core competencies; and (2) Acknowledge the necessity of proper training for all direct-care workers that, in turn, will contribute to a reduction in per capita healthcare costs for Arkansans.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2301

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.