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Arkansas Enacts Assisted Living Legislation

Wed, 05/23/2001 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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Arkansas HB1635 has been enrolled as Act 1230, The Arkansas Assisted Living Act. This bill creates a new type of facility in the state, to be called assisted living facilities, for people who need nursing home care, but who do not require 24-hour nursing. The Department of Human Services is instructed to create a rules and regulations to license such facilities. The Department is also instructed to apply for a waiver of the Medicaid rules to allow residents who qualify for Medicaid to be covered in assisted living facilities, in addition to nursing homes. The bill also allows residential care facilities to convert to assisted living facilities.

Arkansas HB1635 has been enrolled as Act 1230, The Arkansas Assisted Living Act. This bill creates a new type of facility in the state, to be called assisted living facilities, for people who need nursing home care, but who do not require 24-hour nursing. The Department of Human Services is instructed to create a rules and regulations to license such facilities. The Department is also instructed to apply for a waiver of the Medicaid rules to allow residents who qualify for Medicaid to be covered in assisted living facilities, in addition to nursing homes. The bill also allows residential care facilities to convert to assisted living facilities.