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AR Code § 20-47-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-215. Additional periods of involuntary admission — Petitions — Hearing

 (a) Generally.  (1) Additional one-hundred-eighty-day involuntary admission orders may be requested if, in the opinion of the treatment staff, a person involuntarily admitted continues to meet the criteria for involuntary admission.  (2) Additional one-hundred-eighty-day involuntary admission periods may be requested by the treatment staff if it is the opinion of the treatment staff that the person needs continued treatment and supervision without which the person poses a likelihood of danger to himself or herself or to others as defined in § 20-47-207 if discharged.  (3) The treatment staff may request additional involuntary admission orders as they are deemed necessary.    (b) Procedure.  (1)  (A) A request for periods of additional involuntary admission under this section shall be made by a petition verified by a member of the treatment staff.  (B) The petition shall set forth the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the request.    (2) Upon the filing of a petition for additional involuntary admission, all rights enumerated in §§ 20-47-211 and 20-47-212 shall be applicable.    (c) Hearing.  (1)  (A) A hearing on the petition seeking additional involuntary admission pursuant to this section must be held before the expiration of the period of involuntary admission.  (B) The hearing shall be open to the public and the news media, unless the person sought to be additionally involuntarily admitted shall request in writing that the hearing be closed.  (C) All written requests filed on behalf of the person sought to be additionally involuntarily admitted must be witnessed by the attorney who is representing the person.    (2) All testimony shall be recorded under oath and preserved.  (3) The need for additional involuntary admission shall be proved by clear and convincing evidence.    (d) New Original Petition. Nothing in this section shall prevent a new original petition from being filed subsequent to the release of a person involuntarily admitted pursuant to this subchapter.  (e) Upon filing of an order of commitment issued under this section with a circuit clerk, the circuit clerk shall submit a copy of the order of commitment to the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
AR Code § 20-47-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-216. Continuances

 Continuances requested by either party for any hearing provided for in this subchapter shall be granted only for good cause shown. “Good cause” includes obtaining a separate and independent evaluation or expert testimony on behalf of the person sought to be involuntarily admitted or allowing hospitalization of the person for medical treatment not associated with the person's mental illness, disease, or disorder.
AR Code § 20-47-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-217. Appeals

 All involuntary admission orders authorized in this subchapter shall be considered final and appealable under Rule 2 of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure — Civil.
AR Code § 20-47-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-218. Treatment

 (a) At all steps of the involuntary admission proceeding, the mental health treatments and conditions of treatment for the person named in the petition for involuntary admission shall be no more harsh, hazardous, or intrusive than necessary to achieve a successful treatment or objective for the person and shall involve no restrictions on physical movement or supervised, resident, outpatient, or inpatient care except as reasonably necessary for the administration of treatment for the protection of the person or others from physical injury.  (b) Specific limitations on treatment during detention shall include the following:  (1) Detention under this subchapter may only be in a hospital or receiving facility or program as defined in § 20-47-202;  (2)  (A) During the initial period of evaluation and treatment, psychotherapy and oral or intermuscular medication may be used if the effects of the medication on the behavior of the individual do not exceed seventy-two (72) hours.  (B) Medication such as fluphenozine decanoate, commonly known as long-acting medication, or electroconvulsive therapy or psychosurgery shall not be used during this period;    (3)  (A) Psychosurgery shall not be used during any involuntary admission period if the person is involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program.  (B) Electroconvulsive therapy may be used against a patient's wishes only if the circuit court is presented with clear and convincing proof that such treatment is necessary; and    (4) Short-acting and long-acting medication may be used during the forty-five-day admission period and the one-hundred-eighty-day involuntary admission period.    (c) If the court at a forty-five-day admission period or a one-hundred-eighty-day involuntary admission hearing finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is in need of treatment, it shall issue an order involuntarily admitting the person to the custody of the administrator or his or her designee for care and treatment within a receiving facility or program which is located within the person's geographic area of residence or to an appropriate hospital as defined in § 20-47-202.  (d)  (1) A treatment plan will be submitted to the court for approval at hearings held under §§ 20-47-214 and 20-47-215.  (2) The treatment plan will be submitted by the person's treatment staff of the hospital or the receiving facility or program to which the person has been involuntarily admitted.  (3) The approved treatment plan shall be incorporated by reference as a part of the court's order of involuntary admission.    (e) Notification shall be provided to the court by the person's treatment staff upon a change in the person's treatment plan if the change results in the person’s being treated in a more restrictive setting or manner.
AR Code § 20-47-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-219. Return of persons absent from treatment — Noncompliance with treatment plan — Effect on order

 (a) If any person involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program or hospital for care pursuant to this subchapter absents himself or herself from a receiving facility or program or hospital without leave or fails to comply with the court-approved treatment plan, the person will be returned, upon the request of the person's treatment staff, to the receiving facility or program or hospital by the sheriff of the county or law enforcement officer of the city of the first class in which the individual is physically present or the hospital or receiving facility or program security personnel without further proceedings.  (b) Notification shall be provided to the court by the person's treatment staff if a person absents himself or herself without leave or fails to comply with the court-approved treatment plan.  (c) A person's noncompliance with the court-approved treatment plan or absenting himself or herself from a receiving facility or program or hospital without leave shall not vacate an order; the order shall remain in effect until abated or changed by the issuing court or until the expiration of one (1) year.
AR Code § 20-47-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-220. Fundamental rights

 (a) No person receiving treatment for mental illness shall be deprived of any legal right to which all citizens are entitled except as provided for by law.  (b) No person shall be deemed incompetent to manage his or her affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational, or motor vehicle driver's licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will, or to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of that person's admission to the mental health services system.  (c) No person receiving mental health services shall be subjected to abuse or neglect.  (d) No person receiving mental health services shall be discriminated against in any manner because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, handicap, or degree of disability.  (e) Persons receiving mental health services shall be treated with dignity and respect.
AR Code § 20-47-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-221. Patient or client advocate

 (a)  (1) The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall designate a patient or client advocate for the three (3) state mental health facilities located in Little Rock and Benton.  (2) The designated patient or client advocate in these facilities shall report directly to the deputy director.    (b) The administrator of each receiving facility or program shall designate a patient or client advocate for that receiving facility or program who shall report directly to the administrator.  (c) The patient or client advocate's job duties in this capacity shall consist primarily of:  (1) Ensuring that each patient or client is aware of his or her rights;  (2) Investigating complaints of patients or clients;  (3) Assisting in training staff of the receiving facility or program regarding patient's rights; and  (4) Acting as an advocate on behalf of a patient or client who is unable to register a complaint because of his or her mental or physical condition.
AR Code § 20-47-222 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-222. Transfer and admission of residents who become ill in another state

 The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee shall have authority to authorize the transfer and admission to a receiving facility or program of any person who is a legal resident of the state and who may become mentally ill while a transient in another state, under the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, § 20-50-101 et seq.
AR Code § 20-47-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-223. Admission not adjudication of incapacity

 No person admitted voluntarily or involuntarily to a receiving facility or program or hospital under this subchapter shall be considered incapacitated per se by virtue of admission.
AR Code § 20-47-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-224. Conversion from involuntary to voluntary status

 (a) At any time during the involuntary admission period, a person may be converted to a voluntary admission status if the person's treating physician or treatment staff psychiatrist files a written statement of consent with the court.  (b) The court shall dismiss the action immediately upon the filing of the statement.
AR Code § 20-47-225 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-225. Liability for charges

 (a) Notwithstanding any statute enacted before January 1, 2011, receiving facilities and programs and the Arkansas State Hospital may make charges for patient treatment.  (b) Persons legally liable for the support of a patient are liable jointly and severally with the patient and the estate of the patient for treatment charges.  (c) Patient treatment charges may not exceed the actual cost of treatment.  (d)  (1) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules establishing reasonable charges that may be made by a receiving facility or program and the Arkansas State Hospital.  (2) Rules establishing reasonable charges shall:  (A) Provide for postponing the collection of charges based on clinical considerations or the patient's inability to pay, or both; and  (B) Waive charges for treatment of defendants who plead guilty or nolo contendere or are found guilty at trial.
AR Code § 20-47-226 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-226. Forms

 (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Prosecutor Coordinator shall jointly prescribe all other forms reasonably necessary to carry out this subchapter, provided that the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or designee may prescribe forms pertaining to preadmission history to accompany the person when presented for admission, to be waived in dire emergencies.  (b) The Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or designee shall assist the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts in prescribing forms for the required medical certificates.  (c) Substantial adherence to the prescribed forms will suffice in any instance.
AR Code § 20-47-227 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-227. Exclusion from liability

 No officer, physician, or other person shall be held civilly liable for his or her actions pursuant to this subchapter in the absence of proof of bad faith, malice, or gross negligence.
AR Code § 20-47-228 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-228. Assurance of compliance

 (a) To assure compliance under this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, through its authorized agents, may visit or investigate any state mental health system program or facility to which persons are voluntarily or involuntarily admitted under this subchapter.  (b) The division shall by July 1 of each year designate receiving facilities and programs within prescribed geographic areas of the state for purposes of voluntary admissions or involuntary commitments under this subchapter and establish ongoing mechanisms for review and refinement of the state mental health system.
AR Code § 20-47-229 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-229. Restraint of Arkansas State Hospital patient

 (a) If necessary for security, an Arkansas State Hospital patient shall be physically restrained with a restraint while being transported to locations away from hospital grounds or to and from any court appearance.  (b) A patient shall not be physically restrained with a restraint if the restraint is medically contraindicated.  (c) The restraint shall be implemented in accordance with safe and appropriate restraint types and restraint techniques as determined by hospital policy.  (d) The restraint used shall be the least restrictive type or technique necessary to effectively protect the patient, staff members, or others from harm.  (e) The restraint shall not be used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff.
AR Code § 20-47-230 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment|§ 20-47-230. Return of detained or involuntarily admitted person to state of residence — Reciprocal agreements

 (a) The Department of Human Services may enter into a reciprocal agreement with a state that adjoins the Arkansas state line or is separated only by a navigable river from the Arkansas state line to facilitate the return of a person who is detained in or involuntarily admitted to mental health facilities in this state or another state to the state of his or her residence.  (b) The state returning a detained or involuntarily admitted person to another state shall bear the expenses of returning the person, unless the state agrees to share costs under a reciprocal agreement made under subsection (a) of this section.  (c) If a state or local authority of another state petitions the department, the department shall enter into a reciprocal agreement with the state or local authority to facilitate the return of a person who is detained in or involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program in this state to the state of his or her residence unless the department determines that the terms of the agreement are not acceptable.  (d)  (1) A reciprocal agreement entered into by the department under subsection (a) of this section shall require the department to develop a process for returning a person who is detained in or involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility or program to the person's state of residence.  (2) A process developed under subdivision (d)(1) of this section shall:  (A) Provide suitable care for the person who is detained in or involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility;  (B) Use available resources efficiently; and  (C) Consider commitment to a proximate mental health facility to make possible the return of the detained or involuntarily admitted person to his or her state of residence.      (e) The department shall coordinate the reciprocal agreement and the process developed under subsection (d) of this section with a mental health facility, mental hospital, health service provider, court, or law enforcement agency located in Arkansas.
AR Code § 20-47-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 3 - Residential Care Facilities|§ 20-47-301. Legislative findings and intent

 (a)  (1) The General Assembly recognizes that the state encouraged the placement of mentally ill residents into residential care facilities over a decade ago and has taken various approaches to funding since then. The General Assembly also recognizes that there are inherent problems with the current system that create disincentives for proper care and physical environments.  (2) The General Assembly further recognizes that:  (A) Individuals with developmental disabilities living in group homes, community residential housing, and apartments operated by nonprofit community programs as defined in § 20-48-101 face many of the same challenges in receiving proper care and assistance with activities of daily living as individuals with mental illness living in residential care facilities;  (B) An individual with mental illness who is Medicaid-eligible and lives in a residential care facility can receive Medicaid congregate-setting personal care services to assist with activities of daily living while an individual with developmental disabilities who is Medicaid-eligible and lives in a group home, community residential housing, or apartment operated by a nonprofit community program as defined in § 20-48-101 is not able to receive similar services through the Medicaid Personal Care Program; and  (C) This inequity must be corrected in order to provide equal access to Medicaid congregate-setting personal care services for individuals with developmental disabilities.      (b) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide short-term solutions and long-term solutions to the problem of caring for individuals with mental illness, elderly persons, and other residents in residential care facilities and assisted living facilities and individuals with developmental disabilities living in group homes, community residential housing, and apartments operated by nonprofit community programs as defined in § 20-48-101.
AR Code § 20-47-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 4 - Cooperation Among Institutions|§ 20-47-401. Contracts with United States Department of Veterans Affairs and certain other federal agencies

 (a) The Director of the Arkansas State Hospital is given power and authority to make contracts with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any other federal agency for the hospitalization of any patients who are veterans and eligible for hospitalization by the United States Government on such terms of payment to the Arkansas State Hospital as established by the Department of Human Services State Institutional System Board.  (b) The director is also authorized and empowered to ratify and confirm any contract, either express or implied, which may have been made in the past for the hospitalization of veterans. The director is authorized to receive and collect any funds that may be due from the United States Government for hospitalization.