Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-10-2301. Purpose and intent

(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.

(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.