§ 20-77-1204 - Administration -- Regulation. - Arkansas Statutes

20-77-1204. Administration -- Regulation.

(a) The Department of Human Services is authorized to apply to the Health Care Financing Administration for approval to create and administer the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules for and administer the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility in conformity with this subchapter with a state Medicaid plan amendment or waiver approved by the administration and in a manner that:

(1) Limits the population that may enroll in the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility to eligible persons;

(2) Establishes premium and cost-sharing charges on a sliding scale based on income;

(3) Limits the services reimbursed to Medicaid-covered services furnished by providers enrolled as Medicaid providers;

(4) Limits reimbursements to the rates established by the department; and

(5) Provides for the automatic assignment of medical payments due as set out in 20-77-302 and 20-77-307 as a condition of eligibility for benefits under the low-income disabled working person category of Medicaid eligibility.