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AR SB341
Bill
Status
3/15/2011
Primary Sponsor
Randy Laverty
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AI Summary
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Establishes a provider fee on services provided under the Alternative Community Services Waiver, a home and community-based waiver program for developmental disabilities administered by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services.
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Requires the Division of Medical Services to ensure the fee rate does not exceed the maximum rate allowed under federal law without reducing federal financial participation, with authority to lower the rate if necessary.
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Creates the Alternative Community Services Waiver Provider Fee Fund as a special revenue fund to receive all collected provider fees, which must be used to support services for persons with developmental disabilities.
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Prohibits the fund from being supplanted by other local, state, or federal funds and exempts it from budgetary cuts or reductions due to general revenue deficiencies.
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Grants the Division of Medical Services authority to adopt rules and prescribe forms for imposing, collecting, and enforcing the provider fee with no exceptions allowed.
Legislative Description
To Establish A Medicaid Provider Fee For Services Provided Under The Alternative Community Services Waiver Administered By Dds And To Declare An Emergency.
Last Action
Senate Notification that SB341 is now Act 275
3/15/2011