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AR Code § 20-48-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Act|§ 20-48-210. Deputy Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities Services

 (a)  (1) There is created the office of the Deputy Director of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services.  (2) The deputy director shall:  (A) Be appointed by the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Human Services;  (B) Be a person of proven administrative ability and professional qualifications, preferably holding a Ph.D. or equivalent, but including at least a master's degree in psychology, education, social service, or other field of study approved by the board and shall have at least five (5) years' experience in intellectual and developmental disabilities services;  (C) Be the Chair of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services and shall maintain an official set of minutes of all board action; and  (D) Be the executive officer of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services and shall operate and manage the division, subject to the control of the board and in consultation with the secretary.      (b) The board may delegate to the deputy director any powers of the board upon such terms and for such duration as the board shall specify.
AR Code § 20-48-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Act|§ 20-48-211. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Community centers

 (a)  (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may take the necessary action to establish and maintain, or to cause to be established and maintained, community centers, alone or together with public agencies or private organizations, at localities determined to be appropriate for the better providing of or for assistance in the providing of intellectual and developmental disabilities services in any region or locality of the state.  (2) Community centers may be organized on a formal or informal basis as shall be determined to best suit the circumstances at any particular region or locality, including without limitation organization under the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, §§ 4-28-201 — 4-28-206 and 4-28-209 — 4-28-224.    (b)  (1) Within the limits of available funds, a program for furnishing intellectual and developmental disabilities services shall be developed for each community center which may include a state grants-in-aid program.  (2) The board may promulgate rules covering the establishment and operation of community centers, the formulation and implementation of intellectual and developmental disabilities programs and activities for community centers, and the funding of the programs and activities.    (c) The board is prohibited from promulgating any rule that would set the salary of any employee of a community-based program unless specifically required to do so by the United States Government.
AR Code § 20-48-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Act|§ 20-48-212. Amount requested for Special Olympics Arkansas

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, when preparing its biennial budget request for submission to the Governor and the Legislative Council, shall consult with Special Olympics Arkansas concerning the amount which is to be submitted as the request for each year of the forthcoming biennium for a grant to Special Olympics Arkansas.  (b) The amount determined by Special Olympics Arkansas shall be submitted as the board's request to the Governor and to the Legislative Council.
AR Code § 20-48-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 3 - Cooperative Agreements|§ 20-48-301. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to permit the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services to cooperate with public agencies or private nonprofit organizations of adjoining states to provide services for residents of Arkansas with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
AR Code § 20-48-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 3 - Cooperative Agreements|§ 20-48-302. Authority to participate

 (a) Subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this subchapter, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may enter into agreements with public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, or combinations thereof from adjoining states for the purpose of performing its responsibility to the residents of Arkansas with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.  (b) The agreements may include financial participation, using any funds that are at its disposal, to the extent that similar services would be performed within the state.
AR Code § 20-48-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 3 - Cooperative Agreements|§ 20-48-303. Terms

 Every agreement or contract entered into in accordance with this subchapter shall specify the following:   (1) Full names and addresses of all parties to the agreement;  (2) The precise organization, composition, and nature of the legal or administrative entity that will be providing services, together with its powers and limitations and manner of acquiring, holding, and disposing of real and personal property used in the joint or cooperative undertaking;  (3) A description of the joint or cooperative undertaking that specifies the duties and responsibilities of all parties to the agreement;  (4) The manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget thereof, or in the case whereby one (1) of the participants agrees to furnish specified services, the financial arrangements therefor;  (5) The permissible methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the agreement and for disposing of property upon a partial or complete termination; and  (6) Any other necessary and proper matters.
AR Code § 20-48-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 3 - Cooperative Agreements|§ 20-48-304. Approval by Attorney General required

 (a) At the discretion of the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, every agreement made pursuant to this subchapter shall be submitted to the Attorney General who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state before and as a condition precedent to its entry into force.  (b) The Attorney General shall approve any agreement submitted to him or her hereunder unless he or she shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth in this subchapter and shall detail in writing addressed to the board and the governing bodies concerned with the agreement the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law.  (c) Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted pursuant to this subchapter within twenty (20) days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.
AR Code § 20-48-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 3 - Cooperative Agreements|§ 20-48-305. Status of interstate compacts

 Every agreement or contract entered into pursuant to this subchapter shall have the status of an interstate compact.
AR Code § 20-48-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-401. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) [Repealed.]  (2) “Center” means a human development center; and  (3) “Superintendent” means the superintendent of a human development center.
AR Code § 20-48-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-402. Penalties

 Any person who violates the following provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for not less than six (6) months, or both:   (1) Under the provisions of this subchapter, knowingly, unlawfully, or improperly causes an individual to be adjudged developmentally disabled;  (2) Procures the escape of an individual or knowingly conceals an escaped individual of a human development center; or  (3) Unlawfully brings any firearm, deadly weapon, or explosive into a center or its grounds or passes any thereof to an individual, employee, or officer of a center.
AR Code § 20-48-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-403. Human development centers — Creation

 (a) There are created and there shall be maintained institutions for the care, custody, treatment, and training of individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to be known as “human development centers”.  (b) For the purposes of the institutions, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is charged with the care and training of individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
AR Code § 20-48-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-404. Eligibility for admission

 An individual may be deemed eligible for admission to a human development center if, due to intellectual or other developmental disability, the individual is incapable of managing his or her affairs and the individual's welfare requires the special care, training, and treatment provided at a human development center.
AR Code § 20-48-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-405. Petition for admission

 (a) A parent or guardian of an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities may file with the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services a verified petition requesting that the individual be admitted to the human development center.  (b) The petition shall include:  (1) The relation of the individual to the petitioner;  (2) The name, age, sex, and residence of the individual;  (3) A statement of the mental and physical condition of the individual;  (4) Whether the individual has any property or means of support;  (5) The name of the person having custody of the individual;  (6) The place where and length of time the individual has resided in the state; and  (7) A statement as to whether the petitioner desires that the individual be admitted voluntarily or by commitment.    (c) In the event the estate of the individual or his or her parents, relative, or guardian is unable to pay for the maintenance, training, and education, the petition shall state this fact.
AR Code § 20-48-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-407. Order of commitment

 (a) The order of commitment shall include the name, residence, and date of birth of the individual, the nationality and address, insofar as may be ascertained, of his or her parents, and the amount of his or her estate.  (b) The order of commitment shall be made in duplicate and signed by the judge of the court. One (1) copy shall become a record of the court files, and the other copy shall be mailed by the clerk of the court to the superintendent of the human development center.
AR Code § 20-48-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-408. Transfer of individuals from other institutions

 (a) The superintendent of a state institution other than a human development center may report to the examining physicians and request the examination of any individual therein deemed intellectually disabled.  (b) Upon receipt of the report and request, the examining physicians shall conduct the examination in the county in which the institution having custody of the individual is located and, in the event that it is determined by the examining physicians that the individual is intellectually disabled and will benefit by the services offered by the center, shall file a petition showing those facts with the court originally committing the individual to the institution.  (c) Upon receipt of the petition, the court may order the individual transferred to a center.
AR Code § 20-48-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-409. Permit to visit

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may, under such conditions and for such length of time as it may deem advisable, permit an individual to leave a human development center for the purpose of visiting in a private home and may revoke or extend the period of the visit or change the conditions upon which it is granted.  (b) The board shall, before the granting of a permit to visit, cause an investigation to be made of the home in which the individual is to visit and such other conditions and circumstances as may affect his or her welfare and behavior.  (c) The board may provide such supervision of an individual leaving the center for the purpose of a visit as it may deem advisable.  (d) An individual receiving a permit to visit shall not be deemed discharged from the center.
AR Code § 20-48-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-410. Return of individual

 Any officer authorized to serve criminal process shall, upon the written request of the superintendent, return to the human development center or hold in custody an individual who has escaped or who has been temporarily released from the center under a permit to visit.
AR Code § 20-48-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-411. Charges

 (a)  (1) In the case of each petition for admission, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall investigate and determine whether the individual or his or her parents or guardian can pay for the maintenance, training, education, or care of the individual.  (2) The board is authorized to establish a system of charges to be based upon the ability of the individual or his or her parents or guardian to pay for maintenance, training, education, or care and to impose the charges.  (3) However, if the board determines that the individual or his or her parents or guardian is unable to pay for all or part of the maintenance, training, education, or care of the individual, the board may provide all or part without charge.  (4) The board may vary the schedule of charges from time to time as circumstances warrant.    (b)  (1) If any individual or his or her parents or guardian shall fail or refuse to pay the charges so assessed by the board, the board shall have and is granted the authority to institute appropriate legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of the charges.  (2) The board is authorized to retain the services of legal counsel and pay a reasonable fee for any services furnished the board.    (c) All fees provided for by subsections (a) and (b) of this section for the benefit of the human development centers shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues and shall be credited to the Developmental Disabilities Services Fund Account.  (d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be liberally construed. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
AR Code § 20-48-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-412. Discharge

 (a) Any individual who has entered a human development center by voluntary admission in accordance with the provisions of § 20-48-406(b) may be withdrawn from the center at any time upon the application of the parent or guardian who has legal custody of the individual, provided the parent or guardian shall have first given to the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services thirty (30) days' notice in writing of his or her intention to withdraw the individual from the center.  (b) An individual committed by order of the circuit court to a center or transferred from another institution shall not be discharged therefrom until, in the judgment of the board and the superintendent of the center, his or her condition justifies the discharge. Whenever the board in its sole judgment determines that the individual should be discharged, the discharge shall be by order of the board, and the board shall certify the discharge to the circuit court of the county making the order of commitment.
AR Code § 20-48-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-413. Emotionally disturbed individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health disabling conditions

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may establish and operate an appropriate facility at such location in the state as it shall determine for the care and treatment of individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health disabling conditions, and individuals with disorganized behavior, including hyperkinetic, hyperactive, or aggressive behaviors who function as individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health disabling conditions.  (b) The board may make rules regarding eligibility for admission to the facility, care and treatment of the individuals, discharge from and return to the facility, charges for the maintenance, care, and training of individuals admitted to the facility, and such other matters as the board shall deem necessary to carry out the most effective program for the care and treatment of individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and behavioral health disabling conditions of this state.
AR Code § 20-48-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 4 - Human Development Centers Generally|§ 20-48-414. Off-premises training for staff members

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to extend to selected staff members of the human development centers off-premises assignments for educational or training purposes. In determining whether to make the off-premises assignments, the board shall be guided by the recommendations of the center superintendent based on such considerations as the requirements of the center for qualified personnel, the availability of qualified persons in specialized fields, the availability of funds, and other factors contributing to staff development.  (b)  (1) Before granting any off-premises assignment for educational or training purposes, the board shall enter into an agreement with the staff member which shall require the staff member, upon completion of the educational or training program, to return to the human development center in the same or comparable position for such period of time as may be agreed upon by the board and the staff member.  (2) Any staff member who fails to return to the center pursuant to the agreement shall be liable for any compensation paid to the staff member by the center during the period for which he or she was granted the off-premises assignment for educational or training purposes.  (3) The agreement entered into by the board and the staff member shall provide that the venue of any action brought to recover any funds paid the staff member under the agreement shall be in Pulaski County.