2014 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 5 - Social Services
Chapter 77 - Medical Assistance
Subchapter 24 - Health Care Independence Act of 2013
§ 20-77-2402 - Legislative intent.

(a) Notwithstanding any general or specific laws to the contrary, the Department of Human Services is to explore design options that reform the Medicaid program utilizing this subchapter so that it is a fiscally sustainable, cost-effective, personally responsible, and opportunity-driven program utilizing competitive and value-based purchasing to:

(1) Maximize the available service options;

(2) Promote accountability, personal responsibility, and transparency;

(3) Encourage and reward healthy outcomes and responsible choices; and

(4) Promote efficiencies that will deliver value to the taxpayers.

(b) (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the State of Arkansas through the Department of Human Services utilize a private insurance option for "low-risk" adults.

(2) This subchapter shall ensure that:

(A) Private healthcare options increase and government-operated programs such as Medicaid decrease; and

(B) Decisions about the design, operation, and implementation of this option, including cost, remain within the purview of the State of Arkansas and not with Washington, D.C.