§ 20-48-104 - Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded program -- Administration. - Arkansas Statutes

20-48-104. Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded program -- Administration.

(a) The operation of the community-based Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded program will be subject to the oversight of a five-member committee comprised of three (3) members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two (2) members of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

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