{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-61-1002","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-61-1002","heading":"Legislative intent","body":"Notwithstanding any general or specific laws to the contrary, it is the intent of the General Assembly for the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Program to be a fiscally sustainable, cost-effective, and opportunity-driven program that:\n\n(1) Achieves comprehensive and innovative healthcare reform that reduces the rate of growth in state and federal obligations for providing healthcare coverage to low-income adults in Arkansas;\n\n(2) Reduces the maternal and infant mortality rates in the state through initiatives that promote healthy outcomes for eligible women with high-risk pregnancies;\n\n(3) Promotes the health, welfare, and stability of mothers and their infants after birth through hospital-based community bridge organizations;\n\n(4) Encourages personal responsibility for individuals to demonstrate that they value healthcare coverage and understand their roles and obligations in maintaining private insurance coverage;\n\n(5) Increases opportunities for full-time work and attainment of economic independence, especially for certain young adults, to reduce long-term poverty that is associated with additional risk for disease and premature death;\n\n(6) Addresses health-related social needs of Arkansans in rural counties through hospital-based community bridge organizations and reduces the additional risk for disease and premature death associated with living in a rural county;\n\n(7) Strengthens the financial stability of the critical access hospitals and other small, rural hospitals; and\n\n(8) Fills gaps in the continuum of care for individuals in need of services for serious mental illness and substance use disorders.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 61","Subchapter 10"],"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":"ba82a556fc91e42c7fb28a1ba852214ce15e9c0cfb8e31b2c28ed47dfd0ca1c2","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-61-1001","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-61-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}