§ 20-46-105 - Report concerning emotionally disturbed youth.

20-46-105. Report concerning emotionally disturbed youth.

(a) The Department of Human Services shall report monthly to the House Interim Committee on Aging, Children, and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth or appropriate subcommittees thereof the number of children placed in residential and inpatient treatment programs, including sexual offender treatment, when Medicaid is the payment source. The monthly report shall include the following information:

(1) The total number of males and the total number of females placed in in-state residential programs and the total number of males and the total number of females placed in inpatient acute psychiatric programs, excluding sexual offender treatment programs, that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month;

(2) The total number of males and the total number of females placed in out-of-state residential programs and the total number of males and the total number of females placed in inpatient acute psychiatric programs, excluding sexual offender treatment programs, that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month;

(3) The total number of males and the total number of females placed in in-state residential and inpatient sexual offender treatment programs that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month;

(4) The total number of males and the total number of females placed in out-of-state residential and inpatient sexual offender treatment programs that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month;

(5) The total amount of money paid by Medicaid for the previous month for in-state residential and inpatient psychiatric programs with sexual offender treatment programs, residential and acute separately identified;

(6) The total amount of money paid by Medicaid for the previous month for out-of-state residential and inpatient psychiatric programs with sexual offender treatment programs, residential and acute separately identified;

(7) The total number of juveniles in residential and inpatient programs, including sexual offender treatment programs, that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month;

(8) The total number of juveniles in residential and inpatient programs, including sexual offender treatment programs, that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month, who are within fifty (50) miles of an Arkansas border; and

(9) The total number of juveniles in residential and inpatient programs, including sexual offender treatment programs, that were paid for by Medicaid during the previous month, who are more than fifty (50) miles from an Arkansas border.

(b) The report under this section shall include the number of placements for the previous month and the cumulative total number of placements for each fiscal year as of the date of the latest monthly report.

(c) The Legislative Council may request at any time that such additional information as it deems necessary be provided by the department.

(d) The deputy director of the appropriate division of the department as determined by the Director of the Department of Human Services shall certify by his or her signature that the information contained in these reports is correct to the best of his or her knowledge.