{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-149","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-149","heading":"Coverage for screening for behavioral health conditions and for behavioral health services","body":"(a) The Arkansas Medicaid Program shall reimburse for screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services provided in: (1) A hospital outpatient clinic; or (2) A physician clinic. (b) The Department of Human Services shall apply for any federal waiver, Medicaid state plan amendment, or other authority necessary to implement this section. (c) Screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services as described in subsection (a) of this section may be provided via telemedicine and reimbursed by the Arkansas Medicaid Program as required under § 20-77-141 . (d) Any prior authorization required for screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services in another setting shall apply to screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services provided as described in subsection (a) of this section. Added by Act 2023, No. 494,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.\n\n(a) The Arkansas Medicaid Program shall reimburse for screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services provided in: (1) A hospital outpatient clinic; or (2) A physician clinic.\n\n(1) A hospital outpatient clinic; or\n\n(2) A physician clinic.\n\n(b) The Department of Human Services shall apply for any federal waiver, Medicaid state plan amendment, or other authority necessary to implement this section.\n\n(c) Screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services as described in subsection (a) of this section may be provided via telemedicine and reimbursed by the Arkansas Medicaid Program as required under § 20-77-141 .\n\n(d) Any prior authorization required for screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services in another setting shall apply to screening for behavioral health conditions and behavioral health services provided as described in subsection (a) of this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 77","Subchapter 1"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"bfe142e0da30a543ac3139b618994ac5e95ed72b747f1d226171ac83e43b0859","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-148","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-150","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}