Ark. Code Ann. § 20-47-406: Department of Human Services agreements for medical care of indigent individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or tuberculosis

(a) The Arkansas State Hospital and other state institutions are authorized to enter into agreements with the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a medical care program for indigent individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or tuberculosis at the Arkansas State Hospital and any other state institution and to transfer funds to the Department of Human Services Fund pursuant to the agreement.

(b) The agreement made between the Arkansas State Hospital or other institution and the department shall be in compliance with federal law and shall meet qualifications necessary for federal funds to be paid for the care of indigent individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or tuberculosis in the Arkansas State Hospital or other institution.

(c) In order to reimburse the fund for expenditures made by the department in accordance with agreements made with the Arkansas State Hospital and other institutions, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall make rules for transfers from the respective State Treasury funds or accounts from which the institutions making agreements derive their financial support to the fund in keeping with the provisions of the agreement made between the Arkansas State Hospital or other state institutions and the department.