{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-10-2301","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-2301","heading":"Purpose and intent","body":"(a) The General Assembly recognizes that in order to provide for appropriate health care for all Arkansans: (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week. (c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements. (d) The department is not required to reimburse a private care agency for twenty-four-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week personal care services. Acts 2009, No. 5, § 1.\n\n(a) The General Assembly recognizes that in order to provide for appropriate health care for all Arkansans: (1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury; (2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and (3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week.\n\n(1) Personal care service providers are a vital component in the recovery from an illness or an injury;\n\n(2) Sufficient personal care service providers should be available to meet the needs of all eligible recipients; and\n\n(3) Personal care service providers should be allowed to provide in-home personal care service to eligible recipients twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week.\n\n(b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients; (2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and (3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week.\n\n(1) Allow a private care agency to provide in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to eligible recipients;\n\n(2) Provide for the reimbursement of the personal care services through Medicaid; and\n\n(3) Authorize the Department of Human Services in its administration of the Arkansas Medicaid Program to set forth Medicaid provider participation requirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week.\n\n(c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements.\nuirements for a private care agency that will ensure sufficient available personal care service providers in order to meet the needs of all eligible recipients, including available in-home personal care services twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week.\n\n(c) This subchapter does not supersede department rules that establish monthly benefit limits and prior authorization requirements.\n\n(d) The department is not required to reimburse a private care agency for twenty-four-hour-a-day and seven-day-a-week personal care services.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 10","Subchapter 23"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"c2a97b8d4879b9efcd5eb0480d632f8c1669b60c5867bfbd64046caf3796d64e","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-10-2205","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-10-2302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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