Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-47-901. Legislative findings and intent

(1) There are more than three hundred (300) outpatient service sites in the state for the delivery of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness;

(2) There is no information that any eligible Medicaid beneficiary has experienced or is experiencing difficulty obtaining medically necessary rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness;

(3) The Arkansas Medicaid Program has projected that there will be insufficient state general revenues available to maintain the current level of services beginning in state fiscal year 2017; and

(4) Federal funding incentives are not available for the expansion of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness.