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AR Code § 20-46-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-46-106. Emotionally disturbed youth treated out of state

 (a)  (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that treatment for emotionally disturbed youth within the State of Arkansas will result in higher quality care provided for less cost when compared with similar services delivered out of state.  (2) Before making an out-of-state placement, the Department of Human Services shall make and document the determinations established in subsection (b) of this section. If an out-of-state placement is made without documenting the determinations, payment for services shall not be authorized.  (3) The department shall provide a report monthly to the Senate Committee on Children and Youth and the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs reflecting the number of youths in the custody of the department receiving services out of state as follows:  (A) The total number of males and the total number of females currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, excluding sexual offender treatment programs; and  (B) The total number of males and the total number of females currently in inpatient psychiatric programs, including sexual offender treatment programs.      (b) Before an emotionally disturbed youth is placed in an out-of-state treatment facility, the department shall make and document the following determinations:  (1) Whether the emotionally disturbed youth has been appropriately and accurately diagnosed;  (2) Whether an appropriate treatment facility exists within the state;  (3) Whether there is an appropriate treatment facility in a border state;  (4) Whether the facility being considered has the most appropriate program;  (5) Whether the program requires payment of board, and if so, the amount;  (6) Whether the total cost for treatment in the out-of-state facility exceeds the cost for treatment in state;  (7) Where youth residing at the facility attend school, and whether the school is accredited;  (8) What type of professional staff is available at the facility;  (9) What mechanisms are in place to address problems that are not within the purview of the program;  (10) What other considerations exist in addition to the youth's emotional problems such as other medical conditions, travel expenses, wishes of the youth, best interests of the youth, effect of out-of-state placement on the youth, and proximity to the emotionally disturbed youth's family; and  (11) What alternatives exist to out-of-state placement and the benefits and detriments of each alternative.    (c) The determinations made under subsection (b) of this section shall be included in the youth's case file and shall be reviewed and considered by the juvenile court judge.  (d) The report shall also include the number of out-of-state placements by county, including court-ordered placements or private placements.
AR Code § 20-46-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-302. Department of Human Services — Power to regulate — Funding

 (a) The Arkansas State Hospital shall have the power to establish guidelines and rules in the administration of this section.  (b)  (1) The Arkansas State Hospital through the Department of Human Services is authorized and empowered to assist community mental health centers and clinics in providing funds for medication required for the treatment of mental illness for medically indigent patients at a rate not to exceed five cents (5¢) per capita of the geographical area served by those community mental health centers or clinics.  (2) The most recent federal census will be used in determining the per capita of the area on which an allocation is made.    (c)  (1) Disbursement of funds authorized by this section shall be limited to the appropriations for the department and funds made available by law for the support of the appropriations.  (2) The restrictions of the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq.; the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq.; the Revenue Stabilization Law, § 19-5-101 et seq.; and other fiscal control laws of the state, where applicable, and rules promulgated by the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be strictly complied with in disbursement of the funds.
AR Code § 20-46-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-303. Standards generally

 In approving or rejecting community mental health clinics for the purpose of mental health services, the Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall consider the following factors:   (1) Adequacy of mental health services provided by the clinic, including mental health outpatient diagnostic and treatment services;  (2) Rehabilitative services for patients suffering from mental or emotional disorders;  (3) Collaborative and cooperative services with public health and other state, county, city, and private groups for programs of prevention and treatment of mental illness and other psychiatric, psychological, and social disabilities;  (4) Consultative services to schools, to courts, and to health and welfare agencies, both public and private;  (5) Informational and educational services to the general public and to lay and professional groups; and  (6) Study and training activities in the field of mental health.
AR Code § 20-46-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-304. Minimum standards — Adoption

 (a)  (1) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt appropriate minimum standards of performance in the delivery of mental health services by community mental health centers.  (2) The standards shall include professional standards and accounting, statistical, and auditing standards.    (b) In addition, the division shall adopt reasonable minimum standards and requirements for conflict-of-interest policies and purchasing procedures for community mental health centers.
AR Code § 20-46-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-305. Minimum standards — Pledge to conform and filing of policies

 (a) As a condition of certification or recertification by the Department of Human Services, each community mental health center shall furnish to the department a resolution of its governing board expressing the board's pledge and intent to conform to the professional standards and accounting, statistical, and auditing standards prescribed by the board.  (b) Each community mental health center shall file, as a condition of certification or recertification by the department, with the department a copy of the conflict-of-interest policies and purchasing policies of the board. The conflict-of-interest and purchasing policies shall conform to the minimum standards for the policies adopted by the department.
AR Code § 20-46-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-306. Minimum standards — Purchasing procedures

 (a) The minimum standards prescribed by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services for purchases by community mental health centers, so far as practicable, shall be comparable to the limits set for small purchases under the purchasing procedures established by the State Procurement Director and shall require competitive bidding for purchases exceeding those limits.  (b) However, the purchasing standards established by the division shall not require competitive bids for contracts for professional services in the health, medical, legal, and accounting fields, but shall require the contract entered into by a center to be approved by the chief executive officer and the governing board of the center.  (c) The standards promulgated by the department shall also require the center to maintain adequate documentation concerning procedures used and the justification for the awarding of the professional contracts.
AR Code § 20-46-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-307. Minimum standards — Records of purchases and service contracts

 (a) The minimum purchasing standards and procedures prescribed by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services for community mental health centers shall not require preaudit or prepurchase approval by the state of purchases made by the centers but shall require all centers to maintain complete records regarding all such purchases and all professional services contracts entered into by the respective centers for a period of at least two (2) years and shall provide that the records are open for public inspection during that period.  (b) The division shall review the purchasing procedures and professional services contracts records of each mental health center on a random basis as a part of the regular certification site review to determine compliance with §§ 20-46-304 — 20-46-306, this section, and § 20-46-308.
AR Code § 20-46-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-308. Minimum standards — Periodic audits

 (a)  (1) Each community mental health center shall undergo a periodic audit as may be required by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services.  (2) Each audit shall reflect the compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of §§ 20-46-304 — 20-46-307.    (b) Each audit shall be furnished to the division and shall be subject to review by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and its staff.  (c) Nothing in §§ 20-46-304 — 20-46-307 shall repeal any authority which now exists for the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and its staff to audit all or any part of the records of any community mental health center.
AR Code § 20-46-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-309. Composition and qualifications of staff and boards

 The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall require the following as to the composition and professional qualifications of the clinic or center staff and control and direction of the clinic or center:   (1) The community mental health center or clinic should have an administrator who will be responsible for the management and affairs of the agency in accordance with regulations set forth by the National Institute of Mental Health, and as required by local boards of directors;  (2) Medical responsibility for each patient must be vested in a physician. If that physician is not a psychiatrist, psychiatric consultation must be available to the center staff on a continuing and regularly scheduled basis;  (3) The clinic or center staff shall include other professional staff such as psychologists, social workers, and nurses with such qualifications, responsibilities, and time on the job as shall correspond with the size and capacity of the clinic; and  (4) Each clinic or center from which services may be purchased shall be under the control or direction of a county or community board of directors or trustees of a corporation not for profit or a political subdivision of the state. The local board shall have at least one (1) member from each of the various counties for which funds are received by the organization. However, no county shall have more than a simple majority of members on the board unless that county has within it more than fifty percent (50%) of the population of the total area from which the corporation received mental health funds.
AR Code § 20-46-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-310. Duty to provide screenings and evaluation studies

 Mental health centers in this state, whether local or regional, which have been approved by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall provide, upon request of the courts of record in this state, screening and evaluation studies of such persons as shall be referred to the mental health center or clinic by the court.
AR Code § 20-46-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-311. Training programs and institutes

 (a) The Arkansas State Hospital may from time to time during each year provide such consultation and conduct such institutes and training programs on a state, regional, district, county, or community level as may be necessary to coordinate, inform, and assist in the training of staff members of the various approved clinics of the state in mental health services and techniques.  (b) The Arkansas State Hospital may reimburse staff members for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in attending these institutes and training programs.
AR Code § 20-46-312 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-312. Assistance, cooperation, and purchase of services by certain governmental units

 Any state board, state agency, county, municipality, court, school district, hospital district, or other political subdivision of the state or any county court or circuit court is authorized to purchase mental health services from community mental health clinics or centers or to assist and cooperate with these clinics or centers by providing services, facilities, and professional assistance, wherever the assistance is reasonable and furthers the general welfare of the state, county, region, or community.
AR Code § 20-46-313 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-313. Distribution of funds

 The Arkansas State Hospital through the Department of Human Services is authorized to distribute such funds to community mental health clinics or centers as are appropriated by the General Assembly.
AR Code § 20-46-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-314. Federal grants

 The Arkansas State Hospital shall be designated as a proper agency to receive grants-in-aid from the United States Government under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 246, and shall administer the grants in accordance therewith, in addition to grants-in-aid from the United States Government to local or regional mental health clinics or centers.
AR Code § 20-46-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-315. Transfer of state's matching share

 The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is authorized to retain and transfer to the Department of Human Services that portion of each community mental health center's or clinic's allotment which is required for the state's matching share for payment to community mental health centers or clinics for services eligible for federal reimbursement under the programs administered by the department.
AR Code § 20-46-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers|§ 20-46-316. Funding report

 (a) On or before April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31 of each year, the Department of Human Services shall report the following data to the Legislative Council or the Joint Budget Committee during a regular, fiscal, or extraordinary session:  (1) A list of community mental health centers that are budgeted to receive funding from the State of Arkansas;  (2) The total annual amount of general revenue budgeted by the department for the current fiscal year of the reporting period;  (3) The total annual amount of general revenue distributed in the previous fiscal year to each community mental health center;  (4) The amount of state funding distributed each reporting quarter, budgeted fiscal year to date, and total projected for the fiscal year to each community mental health center;  (5) The amount of federal funding distributed each reporting quarter, budgeted fiscal year to date, and total projected for the fiscal year to each community mental health center; and  (6) The amount of other funding, listed by funding source, individually distributed each reporting quarter, budgeted fiscal year to date, and total projected for the fiscal year to each community mental health center.    (b) Each quarterly report shall cover the immediate preceding calendar quarter and appropriate fiscal year.
AR Code § 20-46-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Intensive Residential Treatment|§ 20-46-501. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to enable the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services to provide intensive residential treatment for adults with long-term severe mental illness within specialized mental health residential settings.
AR Code § 20-46-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Intensive Residential Treatment|§ 20-46-502. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1)  (A) “Adults with long-term severe mental illness” means a person, eighteen (18) years of age or over, who meets criteria for service eligibility as defined by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services.  (B) Individuals whose sole disability results from alcoholism, drug abuse, or intellectual or other developmental disability are excluded from this definition; and    (2)  (A) “Intensive residential treatment program” means a nonhospital establishment with permanent facilities which provides a twenty-four-hour program of care by qualified therapists, including, but not limited to, licensed mental health professionals, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and licensed certified social workers for adults who have severe long-term mental illness but who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring the services of a psychiatric hospital, and who are in need of supervision or restorative treatment services.  (B) An establishment furnishing primarily domiciliary care is not within this definition.
AR Code § 20-46-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Intensive Residential Treatment|§ 20-46-503. Authority to establish program

 The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is authorized to establish and maintain in a specialized mental health setting an intensive residential treatment program for adults with long-term severe mental illness.
AR Code § 20-46-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Intensive Residential Treatment|§ 20-46-504. Rules

 (a) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce the rules and standards that may be necessary for the accomplishment of this subchapter.  (b) The rules and standards shall be modified, amended, or rescinded from time to time by the division as may be in the public interest.
AR Code § 20-46-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 5 - Intensive Residential Treatment|§ 20-46-505. Procedures

 The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall follow the procedures prescribed for adjudication in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., in exercising any power authorized by this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-46-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 6 - Mental Illness and Substance Abuse|§ 20-46-601. Tracking and treatment of persons suffering from mental illness and substance abuse — Definition

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) Persons who suffer from mental illness and who abuse various chemical substances contribute disproportionately to the problem of violence in our society; and  (2) It is the purpose of this section to establish a utilization review and treatment program to reduce violence among persons who suffer from mental illness and who abuse chemical substances without a costly expansion of the Arkansas State Hospital.    (b) For purposes of this section, “client” means a person diagnosed to be addicted to drugs or alcohol who has been committed to the custody of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services pursuant to § 5-2-314 as a result of acquittal, on the ground of mental disease or defect, of an offense involving bodily injury to another person or serious risk of such injury.  (c) The Department of Human Services shall establish a system to:  (1) Provide case management of clients;  (2) Provide one (1) or more secure residential treatment facility or facilities designed to treat clients;  (3) Provide community crisis stabilization beds for clients;  (4) Provide client assessment and admission to treatment programs as necessary; and  (5) Review treatment utilization and track clients.    (d) The department is authorized to enter into contracts with any public or private nonprofit entity for the purpose of implementing this section.
AR Code § 20-46-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities|Subchapter 7 - Providers of Assistance to Indigent Persons|§ 20-46-701. Authority — Scope

 (a) Except when otherwise specified in federal law or regulation or state law, this subchapter shall be the exclusive state authority governing the survey process for psychiatric residential treatment facilities and outpatient mental health services programs.  (b) The scope of any survey or audit shall be limited to determining whether a facility is in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.