Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
 1   State of Arkansas
 2   93rd General Assembly                        A Bill
 3   Regular Session, 2021                                                             SENATE BILL 514
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 5   By: Senators B. Davis, Hester
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 7                                     For An Act To Be Entitled
 8                   AN ACT TO CREATE A LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE A COMPANY TO
 9                   PROVIDE SKILLED NURSING TASKS; AND FOR OTHER
10                   PURPOSES.
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13                                                 Subtitle
14                           TO CREATE A LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE A
15                           COMPANY TO PROVIDE SKILLED NURSING TASKS.
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18   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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20          SECTION 1.       Arkansas Code  20-10-801, concerning definitions relating
21   to home healthcare services, is amended to add an additional subdivision to
22   read as follows:
23                   (10)    "Class C license" means that the applicant is at the time
24   of filing a company that intends to provide skilled nursing tasks in addition
25   to personal care services to private duty and third-party payor sources only.
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27          SECTION 2.       Arkansas Code  20-10-808, concerning the application for a
28   license to provide home healthcare services, is amended to add an additional
29   subsection to read as follows:
30          (d)(1)       An applicant for a Class C license shall provide proof that:
31                           (A)     The home healthcare agency can adequately provide
32   skilled nursing tasks in addition to home healthcare services by acquiring
33   and maintaining accreditation as a home healthcare agency from the Joint
34   Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; and
35                           (B)     The skilled nursing tasks shall be provided to clients
36   who pay for the skilled nursing tasks privately or through a third-party
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 1   payor source that is not Medicare or Medicaid.
 2              (2)   A Class C license shall not:
 3                    (A)   Require a permit of approval from the Health Services
 4   Permit Agency or the Health Services Permit Commission; or
 5                    (B)   Have a territory restriction within this state.
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Statutes affected: 
SB 514: 20-10-801, 20-10-808