Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-1905 (2026)
Exemptions
✓ current as of May 2026
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The following hospitals shall be exempt from the assessment imposed under § 20-77-1902 unless the exemption is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise determined to be invalid:
- Hospitals that are not privately operated hospitals;
- Hospitals licensed by the Department of Health as rehabilitation hospitals; and
- Specialty hospitals.
- If an exemption under subsection (a) of this section is adjudged to be unconstitutional or otherwise determined to be invalid, the applicable hospitals shall pay the assessment imposed under § 20-77-1902.
History. Acts 2009, No. 562, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Physicians' Specialty Hosp., LLC v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., Div. of Med. Servs. & the Arkansas Hosp. Ass'n, 2023 Ark. App. 197 (Ark. Ct. App. 2023).
Physicians' Specialty Hosp., LLC v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., Div. of Med. Servs. & the Arkansas Hosp. Ass'n, 2023 Ark. App. 197 (Ark. Ct. App. 2023). “Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-1905 . A “specialty hospital” as defined in the Arkansas Code as any hospital that “limits services primarily to children and qualifies as exempt from the Medicare prospective payment system regulation; or is primarily or exclusively engaged in the care…”
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