Children & Youth Committee- Senate & Aging, Children & Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs- House

Think the staff burst on the agenda is a consideration to prove the march twenty fifth twenty seventh in april fourteenth meaning meeting minutes do you have a motion to approve a motion provide a second half a second all those in favor of they are in your post say now she should kid okay it's just members ma'am that that they get to say so but that's okay next is. Item see the department of human services children family services do we have somebody here to come talk about that okay. The. Good morning my name is kriston harper and assistant director with the dhs division of children and family services okay. Metro stupid staff dhs. An upgenerator of chief council with the department human services i'm actually here for the following rule okay you recognize the presidential rule thank you. The first role we have up for review this morning will bring language and state rule into compliance with federal public law one seventeen three forty eight the linguist revisions are minimal for instance providing specific examples of physical features and endangerment information to provide to law enforcement and the national center for missing and exploited children when a child goes missing and adding specific language regarding the requirement for ongoing communication for law enforcement and the national center for missing and exploited children in an upper to provide a safe recovery of a missing child in practice this is already something that you see fs doing well overall we have a great relationship with a local law enforcement falls national law enforcement and nickmake the national center for missing an exploited children the public comment period for this rule ran from april fourteenth to sixteenth no public comments for received and i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. I'm sorry I got cart talking did you ask a question no I was just I was just giving an overview of the rule and i'm i'm happy to entertain any questions that that there may be okay forgive me handling something else and did not realize it was coming to my attention and just moving over to the chair seat so thank you do we have any anyone who wants to ask the question let's see. Number senator love. Thank you mamchair so christian did you say that we were already practicing this is already in practice at dcfs we already have a policy and this is just bringing the language into direct alignment with the federal okay alright thank you thank you madame chair. Any other questions from anybody. Okay what is the wish of the committee. Is there a second second call in favor say i'll opposed okay motion passes thank you. The. And it looks like we have another. Rule that will be approving. Hello. And if you could state your name for the record. Good morning jean man and deputy secretary for programs in the state medicaid director arkansas dhs okay you can explain though. Rule. I might be recognized thank you this rule amends the minimum licensing standards which all welfare agencies residential I was required by act eight o six of last session. It required dhs to promulgate rule setting minimum standards and metrics covering quality of care provided in a psychiatric residential treatment facility. The closed effective date is july twenty first there is no fiscal impact and there were no public comments during that process. To incorporate the mandates of that legislation this rule increases the oversight of dhs. By the hs of these types of facilities and sets minimum standards and metrics covering the quality care. And just a summer as the high points that we've had to add take the statutory language and add to the rule. It alliance quality assurance reviews to be conducted on the prtfs by dhs. Updates minimum treatment planning clinical discharge planning requirements. Requires these facilities to maintain written policies regarding health exams conducted upon admission to include medical and deal needs. Specifies which children may be admitted to these facilities. And it details licensing approval and monitoring including inspections in adverse actions. Other updates to the rule it's a rather lengthy role or just stylistic. They're just going for consistent terminology throughout so many of the red lines you see are not related to the legislation that requires to do this amendment. I'd be happy to answer any questions. The. It looks like senator love again. Thank you minds here so I have I think I remember us discussing this rule of public health. First i'll give me an example of the facilities that you you're gonna you're going to be looking at. So it could be any of the prtfs in the state of arkansas that are admitting children that are not medicaid related so the this unit the pru as we have called it at dhs existed prior to child care moving from DHS two eighty when it was eight when that happened we kept the pou unit and then it was strengthened and changed a little bit with this act so that it could continue to operate within dhs but I mean I think examples would be a cadia or milk creek just to name a few and and think they're severe of several others okay in prior to this rule what exactly what was the oversight of dhs. It was the oversight is child welfare with placement of children and then medicaid as as a placement of services and payer said the oversight existed this strengthens some of the oversight to see what is happening with those beds and those providers in the state of arkansas in these is this private pet is bringing private pay under under. It could be and also it could it could bring state pay that is non medicaid. There's a it's a mixture it could be paid for about it by anyone depending on the admission and the payer but it brings it but it brings it out under their oversight of dhs alright I think I think I remember this thank you thank you madame share representative. Think about him chair thank you direct me to clarify and kind of build on center love's point I want to make sure I understand that the thought process behind this of the intent of this is to make sure that we're providing a same level of care across the board regardless of payer correct something ultimately it's an end user quality of care regardless of payer we want the same level of treatment across the board when you agree yeah agree thank you very much thank you medicare any other questions. Is there a motion. Thank you representatives love second void thank you i'll in favor say I anyone opposed okay the rule is reviewed and the other rule that we had before that and was also reviewed I was supposed to say that so forgive me. The. I'm going to backup just a little bit an explain something and hoping that I can get a member to make a motion to expunge the vote in which are minutes were. Approved. Ok or just go ahead and expand that vote is there a second. Okay and then all in favor. Anyone opposed okay thank you will get those minutes re written and. Noted i'd like to make a note that I july twelfth will be our next meeting and we will be discussing compliance with americans would disabilities hope that all of you can attend is there any other business. This. All right motion to adjourn. Okay and. Committee is adjourned thank you.