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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-1405

Waiver application

Acts 2001, No. 1658, § 1.

Any waiver application submitted by the Department of Human Services shall include provisions for the department to:

(1) Establish an income eligibility standard not to exceed: Eighty percent (80%) of the federal poverty guideline for the period July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002;

(2) Ninety percent (90%) of the federal poverty guideline for the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003; and

(3) One hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty guideline after June 30, 2003.

(4) Postpone or abolish any increases to the income eligibility standards if program costs exceed projections or if adequate funding is unavailable;

(5) Require qualified residents to pay an annual enrollment fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) during the biennium beginning July 1, 2001;

(6) Have the authority to amend the qualified resident enrollment fee by rule beginning July 1, 2003, provided that qualified resident enrollment fee increases may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) during any state fiscal year;

(7) Establish copayments of ten dollars ($10.00) for generic drugs and twenty dollars ($20.00) for name-brand drugs;

(8) Determine eligibility for limited prescription drug benefits under the waiver;

(9) Limit prescription drug benefits under the waiver to two (2) prescriptions per person per month; and

(10) Provide limited prescription drug benefits only in accordance with an approved waiver from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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.