§ 20-10-233 - Oversight subcommittees. - Arkansas Statutes

20-10-233. Oversight subcommittees.

(a) The operation of the community-based intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded program shall be subject to the oversight of a five-member subcommittee composed of three (3) members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two (2) members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(b) The subcommittee shall provide oversight for the operation of the small intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded program and make recommendations, within the appropriate federal regulations and guidelines, to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Long-Term Care to establish and clarify the mission, goals, levels of services, and scope of the program and to provide consistency in state regulations, guidelines, standards, and policies.

(c) The subcommittee shall also make recommendations for adequate funding to ensure the fiscal integrity of the program in order to allow it to be operated pursuant to the state and federal regulations, guidelines, standards, and policies.