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(a)
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(1) The provider fee imposed and collected under this subchapter shall be deposited into a designated account within the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
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(2) The designated account shall be separate and distinct from the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund and shall be supplementary to the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund.
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(3) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund and the matching federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., shall be used only as follows:
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(A) For the amount resulting from the first five and five-tenths percent (5.5%) of the provider fee:
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(i) A minimum of fifty percent (50%) shall be used for the support and enhancement of services under the Community and Employment Supports Services Waiver Program to persons with developmental disabilities; and
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(ii) An amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) may be used by the Division of Medical Services; and
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(B) The amount resulting from the next five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) of the provider fee shall be used by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services for the support of the state’s human development centers.
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(b)
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(1) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund from the provider fee imposed and collected under this subchapter that are unused at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried forward.
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(2) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund from the provider fee imposed and collected under this subchapter may not be used to supplant other local, state, or federal funds.
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(3) The designated account moneys in the Arkansas Medicaid Program Trust Fund from the provider fee imposed and collected under this subchapter shall be exempt from budgetary cuts, reductions, or eliminations caused by a deficiency of general revenues.
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