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AR Code § 20-47-402 (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|§ 20-47-402. Commitment to United States Department of Veterans Affairs and certain other federal hospitals — Generally

 (a) Whenever, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for the commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or otherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his or her proper care, it is determined after the adjudication of the status of the person as may be required by law that commitment to a hospital or other institution because of mental disease is necessary for safekeeping or treatment and it appears that the person is eligible for care or treatment by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States Government, then the court, upon receipt of a certificate from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatment therein, may commit the person to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency.  (b) The person whose commitment is sought shall be personally served with notice of the pending commitment proceeding in the manner as provided by the law of this state. Nothing in this act shall affect his or her right to appear and be heard in the proceedings.  (c) Upon commitment, the person when admitted to any facility operated by any agency within or without this state shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency.  (d) The chief officer of any facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or an institution operated by any other agency or the United States to which the person is so committed shall, with respect to the person, be vested with the same powers as directors of state hospitals for mental diseases within the state are with respect to retention of custody, transfer, parole, or discharge.  (e) Jurisdiction is retained in the committing court or other appropriate court of this state any time to inquire into the mental condition of the person so committed and to determine the necessity for continuance of his or her restraint, and all commitments pursuant to this act are so conditioned.
AR Code § 20-47-403 (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|§ 20-47-403. Commitment to United States Department of Veterans Affairs and certain other federal hospitals — Judgment or order

 (a) The judgment or order of commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or of the District of Columbia committing a person to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States Government for care or treatment shall have the same force and effect in relation to the committed person while in this state as exists in the jurisdiction in which is situated the court entering the judgment or making the order.  (b) The courts of the committing state or of the District of Columbia shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the person so committed for the purpose of inquiring into the mental condition of the person and of determining the necessity for continuance of his or her restraint, as is provided in § 20-47-402 with respect to persons committed by the courts of this state.  (c) Consent is given to the application of the law of the committing state or district in respect to the authority of the chief officer of any facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or of any institution operated in this state by any other agency of the United States, to retain custody, or to transfer, parole, or discharge the committed person.
AR Code § 20-47-404 (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|§ 20-47-404. Commitment to United States Department of Veterans Affairs and certain other federal hospitals — Transfer

 (a) Upon receipt of a certificate of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States stating that facilities are available for the care or treatment of any person who is committed to any hospital for the mentally ill or other institution for the care or treatment of persons similarly afflicted and that the person is eligible for care or treatment, the director of the institution where the person is committed may cause the transfer of the person to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States for care or treatment.  (b) Upon effecting any transfer, the committing court or proper officer thereof shall be notified of the transfer by the transferring agency.  (c) No person shall be transferred to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States if he or she is confined pursuant to conviction of any felony or misdemeanor or if he or she has been acquitted of the charge solely on the grounds of insanity unless before transfer the court or other authority originally committing the person shall enter an order for the transfer after appropriate motion and hearing.  (d) Any person transferred as provided in this section shall be deemed to be committed to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other agency of the United States pursuant to the original commitment.
AR Code § 20-47-405 (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|§ 20-47-405. Treatment for tuberculosis — Transfer

 (a) Any person who is committed to the Arkansas State Hospital for treatment of a mental disease and who has or who develops tuberculosis may be transferred to a private hospital for treatment of his or her tuberculosis in the discretion of the Director of the Arkansas State Hospital.  (b) The person so transferred shall be returned to the Arkansas State Hospital when his or her tuberculosis has improved to the point where it is not dangerous to himself or herself or others.
AR Code § 20-47-406 (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|§ 20-47-406. Department of Human Services agreements for medical care of indigent individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or tuberculosis

 (a) The Arkansas State Hospital and other state institutions are authorized to enter into agreements with the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a medical care program for indigent individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or tuberculosis at the Arkansas State Hospital and any other state institution and to transfer funds to the Department of Human Services Fund pursuant to the agreement.  (b) The agreement made between the Arkansas State Hospital or other institution and the department shall be in compliance with federal law and shall meet qualifications necessary for federal funds to be paid for the care of indigent individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or tuberculosis in the Arkansas State Hospital or other institution.  (c) In order to reimburse the fund for expenditures made by the department in accordance with agreements made with the Arkansas State Hospital and other institutions, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall make rules for transfers from the respective State Treasury funds or accounts from which the institutions making agreements derive their financial support to the fund in keeping with the provisions of the agreement made between the Arkansas State Hospital or other state institutions and the department.
AR Code § 20-47-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 5 - Child and Adolescent Service System Program|§ 20-47-501. Purpose

 The General Assembly finds that services to children are provided by various departments and agencies at both the state and local level, often without appropriate collaboration. The General Assembly declares that the purpose of this subchapter is to establish a structure for coordinated policy development, comprehensive planning, collaborative budgeting, and resource allocation for services to children with emotional disturbance and their families. It is further the intention of this subchapter to build on existing resources and to design and implement a coordinated service system for children with emotional disturbances that is child-centered, family-centered, and community-based.
AR Code § 20-47-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 5 - Child and Adolescent Service System Program|§ 20-47-503. System of care

 The following guiding principles shall be incorporated into the system of care:   (1) Services shall be child-centered and family-centered and give priority to keeping children with their families;  (2) Services shall be community-based, with decision-making responsibility and management at the regional and local levels;  (3) Services shall be comprehensive, addressing the child's physical, educational, social, and emotional needs;  (4) Agency resources and services shall be shared and coordinated;  (5) Services shall be provided in the least restrictive setting consistent with effective services and as close to home as appropriate;  (6) Services shall be culturally and ethnically sensitive;  (7) Services shall address the unique needs and potential of each child and shall be sufficiently flexible to meet highly individualized child and family needs;  (8) Services shall promote early identification and intervention; and  (9) Services shall be designed to protect the rights of children.
AR Code § 20-47-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 5 - Child and Adolescent Service System Program|§ 20-47-504. Components of system of care

 The components of the system of care shall include, but not be limited to:   (1) Single point of entry;  (2) Screening and assessment;  (3) Case management;  (4) Case review;  (5) Collaborative evaluation; and  (6) Service array.
AR Code § 20-47-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 5 - Child and Adolescent Service System Program|§ 20-47-506. Regional Child and Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council planning teams

 (a) A regional Child and Adolescent Service System Program planning team shall be established in each community mental health center catchment area.  (b)  (1) Each team shall include individuals who are not state employees and who are not providers of services to children with emotional disturbances or their families but who are parents, parent surrogates, family members, or consumers.  (2) Every effort shall be made to encourage and assist parents, parent surrogates, family members, consumers, and advocates to participate in program planning teams.    (c) The regional program planning teams shall include agency representatives from the community mental health centers, the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services, the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Health, the local school districts or education service cooperatives, and any willing provider.  (d) Additional representatives of other local services and programs shall be added by the regional team and will include representatives from the juvenile justice system or youth services providers and local preschool programs, if possible.  (e) Each regional team member may appoint a single person to serve as his or her proxy.  (f) The regional program planning team shall:  (1) Advise and report to the Child and Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council on matters of policies, resources, programs, and services relating to children with emotional disturbances and their families;  (2) Identify and recommend program initiatives and revisions based on area and community-based needs;  (3) Submit a regional plan and guidelines for interagency service delivery teams to the council on or before February 15 of each even-numbered year preceding the legislative session;  (4) Develop and implement special projects for community-based services; and  (5)  (A) Ensure that interagency service teams are established and utilized in coordinating services for children and adolescents referred to the program.  (B) Each service delivery team shall have sufficient and appropriate representation from identified service providers and will complete a multiagency plan of services for each child or adolescent receiving program services.  (C) Each member of the service delivery teams shall share information, evaluations, and data necessary to produce an effective, individualized multiagency plan of services.  (D) Every effort shall be made to assist parents, parent surrogates, family members, and consumers to participate as members of the interagency service delivery team.
AR Code § 20-47-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 5 - Child and Adolescent Service System Program|§ 20-47-507. Child and Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council staff

 (a) The staff for the Child and Adolescent Service System Program Coordinating Council shall be provided by the Child and Adolescent Service System Program project for the first two (2) years and subsequently by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services.  (b) The division shall serve as the coordinating agency and shall develop and support the regional program team network and the council and shall provide training and technical assistance relevant to the system of care.  (c) Annual site reviews and program evaluations of regional program teams will be coordinated by the division and shall involve a multiagency team of professionals, family members, consumers, and advocates.  (d) The division's council staff shall provide an annual report summarizing program regional and coordinating council activities, strategic plans, and outcomes to the Secretary of the Department of Human Services and the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education each year on or before October 15.
AR Code § 20-47-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 5 - Child and Adolescent Service System Program|§ 20-47-508. Evaluation and treatment

 (a) Children suspected of having emotional disturbances who are referred for Child and Adolescent Service System Program services shall be given a screening and assessment through the single point of entry, after which an initial interagency service plan shall be defined and developed.  (b) The community mental health centers are hereby designated as the single point of entry.  (c) The assessment shall be conducted by the community mental health center serving the area in which the child or adolescent lives.  (d) The community mental health center shall be accessible on a twenty-four-hour basis, shall accept referrals from multiple sources, have interagency linkages, involve parents, ensure immediate access to crisis intervention services, and have authority to seek needed services.  (e) If after screening and assessment or collaborative evaluations it is determined that a child with emotional disturbance needs multiagency services, then initial and subsequent individualized multiagency service plans for the child and the child's family shall be jointly developed by the appropriate local or regional representatives of the community mental health centers, of the Department of Human Services county office, of the Department of Health, of the Special Education Unit of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, of the local school district, and of any other service provider identified to meet the needs of the child and his or her family. The individualized service plan shall reflect an integrated service delivery that specifies services or programs with funding to be provided by each agency. The service plan shall also designate responsibility for case management.
AR Code § 20-47-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 6 - Protocol, Submission, and Evaluation of Reports — Monitoring of Compliance|§ 20-47-601. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Community mental health centers” means those private nonprofit organizations certified by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services under § 20-47-202 as community mental health centers and contracted to perform designated public mental health services in the respective catchment areas of the state;  (2) “Inmate with mental illness” means a jail inmate who, after being assessed by a person qualified by licensure to conduct an assessment, meets the criteria for serious mental illness or is in danger of harm to self or to others;  (3) “Jail inmate” means a natural person who is in the custody of law enforcement authorities within the confines of a county jail;  (4) “Person with mental illness” means a person who appears to be a danger to himself or herself or to others or to need mental health evaluation for treatment and may include an individual detained by a law enforcement officer; and  (5) “Protocol” means standardized outlines of the steps to be taken by law enforcement officers, jails, community mental health centers, or regional secure psychiatric facilities to handle the situation of each person with mental illness arrested by a law enforcement officer.
AR Code § 20-47-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 6 - Protocol, Submission, and Evaluation of Reports — Monitoring of Compliance|§ 20-47-603. Conditional effectiveness

 Unless sufficient appropriations are provided for the purposes of this subchapter, the parties have no new obligations under this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-47-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act|§ 20-47-701. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act”.
AR Code § 20-47-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act|§ 20-47-702. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to help facilitate the establishment of an improved system of behavioral health care for children and youth, especially those with serious emotional disturbances.
AR Code § 20-47-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act|§ 20-47-703. Findings

 The General Assembly finds:   (1) The system for providing behavioral healthcare services to children, youth, and their families should ensure that those services are appropriate, cost-effective, and provided in the least restrictive settings;  (2) Behavioral health and other services identified in § 20-47-502(10) are provided to children and youth by various departments, agencies, and providers at both the state and local level, often without appropriate or effective collaboration;  (3) Providing effective services for children with the most severe needs requires many areas of expertise and shared responsibility among the aforementioned departments, agencies, and providers; and  (4) The system of behavioral health care should be built upon the foundation established by the Child and Adolescent Service System Program principles identified in § 20-47-503. The guiding principles for establishing the system of care should be:  (A) The system should be family-driven, child-centered, and youth-guided and should include family participation at all levels of the services system;  (B) The system should be community-based with decision-making responsibility and management at the regional and local levels; and  (C) The system should be culturally competent, with agencies, programs, and services responsive to the cultural and individual differences of the populations they serve.
AR Code § 20-47-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act|§ 20-47-704. Children's Behavioral Health Care Commission — Composition — Duties

 The Governor shall establish a Children's Behavioral Health Care Commission. The commission shall:   (1) Consist of nine (9) members, who shall:  (A) Include families and advocates for children receiving behavioral healthcare services and representatives from a variety of behavioral healthcare agencies, disciplines, and providers; and  (B) Serve three-year terms, except that the initial term for two-thirds (2/3) of the membership shall be equally divided by lot with one-half of such persons serving an initial term of one (1) year and the other half serving an initial term of two (2) years; and    (2) Provide advice and guidance to the Department of Human Services and other state agencies providing behavioral healthcare services to children, youth, and their families on the most effective methods for establishing a system-of-care approach.
AR Code § 20-47-706 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act|§ 20-47-706. Assessment tool

 The standardized screening and assessment tool established by Medicaid rules shall:   (1) Guide service decisions and outcomes; and  (2) Establish guidelines to identify children who need a multiagency plan of services.
AR Code § 20-47-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 7 - Arkansas System of Care for Behavioral Healthcare Services for Children and Youth Act|§ 20-47-707. Multiagency plan of services

 Each multiagency plan of services shall:   (1) Be consistent with the results of the standardized screening and assessment established by Medicaid rules;  (2) Provide for collaboration among the child, the persons or entities responsible for the child's care and custody, and the providers of behavioral healthcare services for the child; and  (3) Be appropriate to meet the behavioral healthcare needs of the child as defined by the assessment.