Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-104: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities program - Administration

(a) The operation of the community-based Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities program will be subject to the oversight of a five-member committee composed of three (3) members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two (2) members of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(b) The committee shall provide oversight for the operation of the program and make recommendations, within the appropriate federal regulations and guidelines, to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services and the Office of Long-Term Care to establish and clarify the mission, goals, levels of services, and scope of the program and to provide consistency in state rules, guidelines, standards, and policies.

(c) The committee shall also make recommendations for adequate funding to ensure the fiscal integrity of the program to allow it to be operated pursuant to the state rules and federal regulations, guidelines, standards, and policies.