Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Division 06 - Medical Services
Rule 016.06.07-062 - State Plan Amendment #2007-013 - PASRR
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
ATTACHMENT 4.39-A
STATE PLAN UNDER TITLE XIX OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
State/Territory: ARKANSAS
CATEGORICAL DETERMINATIONS
Arkansas applies categorical determinations that admission to or residence in a NF is normally needed to individuals who are:
1. terminally ill, comatose, ventilator dependent, or severely ill and whose impairment is so severe that the individual could not be expected to benefit from specialized services; or,
2. admitted from a hospital for convalescent care due to an acute physical illness, for a period not to exceed 90 days, and who are not a danger to self or others.
Arkansas applies categorical determinations that specialized services are not needed to individuals with mental retardation, or a related condition, and a concurrent diagnosis of dementia.
