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| 3 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 269 3 |
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| 7 | 7 | | By: Senators C. Penzo, B. Davis, D. Wallace 5 |
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| 8 | 8 | | By: Representative Wooldridge 6 |
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| 10 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING LOCATIONS 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | | FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A HOSPICE AGENCY; AND FOR 10 |
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| 13 | 13 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 17 | 17 | | TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING 15 |
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| 18 | 18 | | LOCATIONS FOR AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF A 16 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOSPICE AGENCY. 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 20 -8-107(a), concerning the expansion of 21 |
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| 24 | 24 | | facilities and services under the Health Services Permit Agency, is amended 22 |
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| 25 | 25 | | to read as follows: 23 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a)(1) Unless otherwise provided in this subchapter, all health 24 |
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| 27 | 27 | | facilities seeking to add new beds or perform additional home health services 25 |
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| 28 | 28 | | or to expand existing bed capacity shall apply for a permit approving 26 |
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| 29 | 29 | | additional beds or services or expanded bed capacity or services pursuant to 27 |
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| 30 | 30 | | procedures and criteria promulgated by the Health Services Permit Commission, 28 |
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| 31 | 31 | | except an additional permit shall not be required for : 29 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) Home home health services agencies currently licensed 30 |
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| 33 | 33 | | by the Department of Health to expand geographic service areas if the home 31 |
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| 34 | 34 | | health services agency has a primary or branch office located within one 32 |
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| 35 | 35 | | hundred (100) miles of the location of the services ; or 33 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) Hospice agencies currently licensed by the Department 34 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of Health to expand geographic service areas if the hospice agency has a 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | primary or branch office located within one hundred (100) miles of the 36 SB269 |
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| 41 | 41 | | location of the services . 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2)(A) A home health services agency or a hospice agency shall 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | not expand its service area except on the first day of a calendar quarter. 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (B) If a home health services agency or hospice agency 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | seeks to expand its service area on the first day of a calendar quarter, the 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | home health services agency or hospice agency shall notify the Department of 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Health and the Health Services Permit Agency at least forty -five (45) days in 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | advance of providing any services in the expanded area. 8 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) The Department of Health and the Health Services Permit 9 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Agency shall record any expansion in service area in its publicly distributed 10 |
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| 51 | 51 | | records. 11 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) A home health service agency or a hospice agency that is 12 |
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| 53 | 53 | | providing services outside of a permitted service area shall be subject to 13 |
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| 54 | 54 | | appropriate penalties under § 20 -7-101 and § 20-10-803. 14 |
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