Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-47-301. Legislative findings and intent

(A) Individuals with developmental disabilities living in group homes, community residential housing, and apartments operated by nonprofit community programs as defined in § 20-48-101 face many of the same challenges in receiving proper care and assistance with activities of daily living as individuals with mental illness living in residential care facilities;

(B) An individual with mental illness who is Medicaid-eligible and lives in a residential care facility can receive Medicaid congregate-setting personal care services to assist with activities of daily living while an individual with developmental disabilities who is Medicaid-eligible and lives in a group home, community residential housing, or apartment operated by a nonprofit community program as defined in § 20-48-101 is not able to receive similar services through the Medicaid Personal Care Program; and

(C) This inequity must be corrected in order to provide equal access to Medicaid congregate-setting personal care services for individuals with developmental disabilities.