Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-48-1106. Notice of underserved area

(a) The Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services shall provide written notice by certified mail of its designation under § 20-48-1104 to all child health management services programs, developmental day treatment clinic services programs for children, and successor programs with existing operations in the county designated by the division as underserved.

(b) If all child health management services programs, developmental day treatment clinic services programs for children, and successor programs with existing operations in the county designated by the division as underserved determine not to expand early intervention day treatment services, including child health management services, developmental day treatment clinic services for children, or successor program services in the underserved county, the division shall provide written notice by certified mail of its designation under § 20-48-1104 to all providers of child health management services, developmental day treatment clinic services for children, and any successor program services in the remainder of the state.

(c) If all child health management services programs, developmental day treatment clinic services programs for children, and successor programs in the remainder of the state determine not to expand early intervention day treatment services, including child health management services, developmental day treatment clinic services for children, or successor program services in the underserved county, the division shall provide notice to the general public in a newspaper of statewide general circulation.