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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 269 3
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By: Senators C. Penzo, B. Davis, D. Wallace 5
By: Representative Wooldridge 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOCATIONS 9
FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A HOSPICE AGENCY; AND FOR 10
OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING 15
LOCATIONS FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A 16
HOSPICE AGENCY. 17
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 20 -8-107(a), concerning the expansion of 21
facilities and services under the Health Services Permit Agency, is amended 22
to read as follows: 23
(a)(1) Unless otherwise provided in this subchapter, all health 24
facilities seeking to add new beds or perform additional home health services 25
or to expand existing bed capacity shall apply for a permit approving 26
additional beds or services or expanded bed capacity or services pursuant to 27
procedures and criteria promulgated by the Health Services Permit Commission, 28
except an additional permit shall not be required for : 29
(A) Home home health services agencies currently licensed 30
by the Department of Health to expand geographic service areas if the home 31
health services agency has a primary or branch office located within one 32
hundred (100) miles of the location of the services ; or 33
(B) Hospice agencies currently licensed by the Department 34
of Health to expand geographic service areas if the hospice agency has a 35
primary or branch office located within one hundred (100) miles of the 36 SB269
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location of the services . 1
(2)(A) A home health services agency or a hospice agency shall 2
not expand its service area except on the first day of a calendar quarter. 3
(B) If a home health services agency or hospice agency 4
seeks to expand its service area on the first day of a calendar quarter, the 5
home health services agency or hospice agency shall notify the Department of 6
Health and the Health Services Permit Agency at least forty -five (45) days in 7
advance of providing any services in the expanded area. 8
(3) The Department of Health and the Health Services Permit 9
Agency shall record any expansion in service area in its publicly distributed 10
records. 11
(4) A home health service agency or a hospice agency that is 12
providing services outside of a permitted service area shall be subject to 13
appropriate penalties under § 20 -7-101 and § 20-10-803. 14
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