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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-48-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Accredited nonprofit entity”...
§ 20-48-103. Purpose — Use of certain funds - It is the specific recommendation of the General Assembly that...
§ 20-48-104. Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities program — Administration - (a) The operation of the community-based Intermediate Care Facilities for...
§ 20-48-105. Nonprofit community programs — Expansion of services - (a) (1) The intent of this section is to avoid...
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Act
§ 20-48-201. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 20-48-202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 20-48-203. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Creation — Members - (a) (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall consist...
§ 20-48-204. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Officers — Proceedings - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall annually elect...
§ 20-48-205. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Powers and duties - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services: (1) Shall: (A)...
§ 20-48-206. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Human development centers — Powers and duties — Admission - (a) With regard to the establishing and operating of the...
§ 20-48-207. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Contracts for provision of services - (a) If and to the extent necessary to accomplish the...
§ 20-48-208. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — License for facilities and institutions required - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall: (1) Regulate...
§ 20-48-209. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Planning and implementation - (a) (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is designated...
§ 20-48-210. Deputy Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities Services - (a) (1) There is created the office of the Deputy...
§ 20-48-211. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Community centers - (a) (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may take...
§ 20-48-212. Amount requested for Special Olympics Arkansas - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, when preparing its...
Subchapter 3 - Cooperative Agreements
§ 20-48-301. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to permit the Board...
§ 20-48-302. Authority to participate - (a) Subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this...
§ 20-48-303. Terms - Every agreement or contract entered into in accordance with this...
§ 20-48-304. Approval by Attorney General required - (a) At the discretion of the Board of Developmental Disabilities...
§ 20-48-305. Status of interstate compacts - Every agreement or contract entered into pursuant to this subchapter...
Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally
§ 20-48-401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 20-48-402. Penalties - Any person who violates the following provisions shall be guilty...
§ 20-48-403. Human development centers — Creation - (a) There are created and there shall be maintained institutions...
§ 20-48-404. Eligibility for admission - An individual may be deemed eligible for admission to a...
§ 20-48-405. Petition for admission - (a) A parent or guardian of an individual with intellectual...
§ 20-48-406. Admission procedures - (a) (1) Upon receipt of the petition under § 20-48-405,...
§ 20-48-407. Order of commitment - (a) The order of commitment shall include the name, residence,...
§ 20-48-408. Transfer of individuals from other institutions - (a) The superintendent of a state institution other than a...
§ 20-48-409. Permit to visit - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may, under such...
§ 20-48-410. Return of individual - Any officer authorized to serve criminal process shall, upon the...
§ 20-48-411. Charges - (a) (1) In the case of each petition for admission,...
§ 20-48-412. Discharge - (a) Any individual who has entered a human development center...
§ 20-48-413. Emotionally disturbed individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health disabling conditions - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may establish and...
§ 20-48-414. Off-premises training for staff members - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to...
§ 20-48-415. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Powers and duties — Proceedings — Appointment of superintendents - (a) The government and control of the human development centers...
§ 20-48-416. Designation as state entity for carrying out federal acts - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is designated as...
§ 20-48-417. Property and personal effects of residents - (a) (1) Within thirty (30) days after the death of...
Subchapter 5 - Human Development Centers — Property and Finances
§ 20-48-501. Liberal construction — Act supplemental - (a) This subchapter shall be liberally construed. (b) The enumeration...
§ 20-48-502. Authority to acquire properties - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, established and existing...
§ 20-48-503. Authority to issue revenue bonds and use available funds and revenues - (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to...
§ 20-48-504. Procedure for issuing revenue bonds - (a) (1) Revenue bonds may be issued from time to...
§ 20-48-505. Liability of Board of Developmental Disabilities Services for bonds - (a) It shall be plainly stated on the face of...
§ 20-48-506. Nonliability of board members for bonds — Exception - No member of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall...
§ 20-48-507. Revenue bonds secured by pledge of gross charges and surplus charges — Definition - (a) The principal of, interest on, and paying agent's fees...
§ 20-48-508. Issuance of refunding bonds - (a) Bonds may be issued pursuant to this subchapter for...
§ 20-48-509. Taxation of bonds - Bonds issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall be...
§ 20-48-510. Municipalities, boards, commissions, etc., authorized to invest in bonds - (a) Any municipality or any board, commission, or other authority...
§ 20-48-511. Developmental disabilities — Timber sales proceeds — Capital improvements and equipment - (a) (1) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized...
Subchapter 6 - Location Act for Community Homes for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
§ 20-48-601. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Location Act for...
§ 20-48-602. Purpose - (a) The General Assembly declares that it is the goal...
§ 20-48-603. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 20-48-604. Zoning — Permitted use - (a) A Family Home I is a residential use of...
§ 20-48-605. Issuance and renewal of licenses - (a) For the purposes of safeguarding the health and safety...
§ 20-48-606. Rules — Density control - (a) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services shall promulgate rules...
§ 20-48-607. Application for license - (a) All applicants for a license to operate a Family...
§ 20-48-608. List of family homes - In order to facilitate the implementation of § 20-48-606(a)(1)(A) and...
§ 20-48-609. Comprehensive plans - (a) Any political subdivision which currently has zoning restrictions or...
§ 20-48-610. Compliance with appearance or structural requirements in certain districts - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as relieving the...
§ 20-48-611. Restriction by private property agreement void - (a) Any restriction, reservation, condition, exception, or covenant in any...
Subchapter 7 - Relationship Between State and Communities to Provide for Community-Based Services
§ 20-48-701. Finding - The General Assembly finds that the State of Arkansas contracts...
§ 20-48-702. Reimbursement rate structure - (a) (1) To provide viable options for an array of...
§ 20-48-703. Eligibility - (a) (1) Eligibility for services and appropriate placement in the...
§ 20-48-704. Code system of reimbursement - (a) The conversion to the federally mandated current procedural terminology...
§ 20-48-705. Membership of nonprofit organizations - A nonprofit organization licensed or certified by the Division of...
Subchapter 8 - Criminal Records Checks for Employees of Providers of Care to Adults With Disabilities
§ 20-48-812. Criminal history records checks required — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Registry records check”...
Subchapter 9 - Intermediate Care Facilities
§ 20-48-901. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Gross receipts” means...
§ 20-48-902. Calculation of provider fee - (a) (1) There is levied a provider fee on intermediate...
§ 20-48-903. Administration - (a) The Director of the Division of Medical Services of...
§ 20-48-904. Use of funds - (a) (1) The provider fee assessed and collected under this...
Subchapter 10 - Community and Employment Supports Services Waiver Program Provider Fee
§ 20-48-1001. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Community and Employment Supports...
§ 20-48-1002. Provider fee - (a) (1) There is imposed a provider fee on services...
§ 20-48-1003. Administration - (a) The administration of this subchapter shall be exercised by...
§ 20-48-1004. Use of funds - (a) (1) The provider fee imposed and collected under this...
§ 20-48-1005. Effectiveness and cessation - The imposition imposed under § 20-48-1002 shall not take effect...
Subchapter 11 - Managed Expansion for Child Health Management Services
§ 20-48-1101. Legislative intent - The intent of this subchapter is to avoid unnecessary expansion...
§ 20-48-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Accredited entity” means a...
§ 20-48-1103. Prerequisites for certification and licensure - (a) (1) Certification and licensure are required for operation as...
§ 20-48-1104. Determination of underserved status for expansion of services - (a) An expansion of early intervention day treatment services in...
§ 20-48-1105. Order of priority for granting approval - (a) When considering an application for approval under this subchapter...
§ 20-48-1106. Notice of underserved area - (a) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department...
§ 20-48-1107. Rules - (a) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department...
§ 20-48-1108. Successor program - (a) On or before July 1, 2013, the Department of...