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| 5 | 4 | | State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H1/23/23 1 |
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| 6 | 5 | | 94th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 6 | | Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1009 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative Pilkington 5 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 7 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NONEMERGENCY TRA NSPORTATION 8 |
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| 13 | 12 | | RIDESHARE EXPANSION STUDY WORKGROUP TO S TUDY 9 |
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| 14 | 13 | | EXPANDING RIDESHARE SERVICES COVERED BY THE ARKANSAS 10 |
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| 15 | 14 | | MEDICAID PROGRAM; AN D FOR OTHER PURPOSES . 11 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO ESTABLISH THE NONEMERGENCY 15 |
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| 20 | 19 | | TRANSPORTATION RIDESHARE EXPANSION STUDY 16 |
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| 21 | 20 | | WORKGROUP TO STUDY EXPANDING RIDESHARE 17 |
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| 22 | 21 | | SERVICES COVERED BY THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID 18 |
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| 23 | 22 | | PROGRAM. 19 |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. TEMPORARY LANGUAGE. Nonemergency 24 |
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| 29 | 28 | | Transportation Rideshare Expansion Study Workgroup. 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | (a) The Department of Human Services shall convene a workgroup to be 26 |
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| 31 | 30 | | known as the "Nonemergency Transportation Rideshare Expansion Study 27 |
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| 32 | 31 | | Workgroup". 28 |
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| 33 | 32 | | (b) The purpose of the workgroup is to study and report on the 29 |
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| 34 | 33 | | following, the: 30 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (1) Need for expanded rideshare services to healthcare 31 |
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| 36 | 35 | | facilities for Medicaid beneficiaries; 32 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (2) Benefits of using rideshare services verses traditional 33 |
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| 38 | 37 | | nonemergency transportation providers; 34 |
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| 39 | 38 | | (3) Cost, including potential cost savings, of expanded 35 |
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| 40 | 39 | | rideshare services as part of the nonemergency transportation program; and 36 As Engrossed: H1/23/23 HB1009 |
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| 45 | 44 | | (4) Use of other operational and nonemergency transportation 1 |
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| 46 | 45 | | program flexibilities to expand services and improve cost effectiveness. 2 |
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| 47 | 46 | | (c) The department shall present a report to the Senate Committee on 3 |
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| 48 | 47 | | Public Health, Welfare and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, 4 |
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| 49 | 48 | | Welfare and Labor no later than December 31, 2023. 5 |
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| 51 | 50 | | /s/Pilkington 7 |
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