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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-1204

Administration — Regulation

Acts 1999, No. 1197, § 4; 2013, No. 1048, § 2.

(1) The Department of Human Services is authorized to apply to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for approval to create and administer the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility.

(2) The department shall promulgate rules for and administer the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility in conformity with this subchapter with a state Medicaid plan amendment or waiver approved by the administration and in a manner that: Limits the population that may enroll in the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility to eligible persons;

(3) Establishes premium and cost-sharing charges on a sliding scale based on income;

(4) Limits the services reimbursed to Medicaid-covered services furnished by providers enrolled as Medicaid providers;

(5) Limits reimbursements to the rates established by the department; and

(6) Provides for the automatic assignment of medical payments due as set out in §§ 20-77-302 and 20-77-307 as a condition of eligibility for benefits under the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility.

(7) A rule adopted under this section shall not include a test for income, assets, or resources.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.