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AR Code § 20-47-1005 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 10 - Mental Health Services for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Bill of Rights Act|§ 20-47-1005. Statewide mental health services

 The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall:   (1) Implement and maintain culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services for any client in his or her primary communication method;  (2) Recruit, develop, and maintain an adequate number of certified mental health professionals and other licensed and nonlicensed ancillary staff qualified to work in settings where mental health services are provided to clients to ensure the delivery of culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services one-on-one to any client in his or her primary communication method;  (3) Monitor all culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services to ensure that clients of all ages are adequately served;  (4) Provide adequate supplemental funding to all culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services and incentives for certified mental health professionals;  (5) Establish a certification process for mental health professionals who meet all standards and guidelines, as determined by the division, to provide culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services to clients; and  (6) Develop and implement strategies for ensuring access to culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services by clients in geographic areas where there is a lack or shortage of certified mental health professionals, including without limitation the authorization of treatment:  (A) In a different location by certified mental health professionals; or  (B) Through telemedicine or other remote technology that allows a client to be provided culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services from certified mental health professionals.
AR Code § 20-47-1007 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness|Subchapter 10 - Mental Health Services for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Bill of Rights Act|§ 20-47-1007. Basic standards of care for mental health services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing

 (a) A client who is admitted for mental health treatment shall have access to culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services.  (b)  (1) A mental health professional shall work with the Deaf Services Coordinator as appropriate to ensure that culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services are made accessible to clients.  (2) A client shall have access to one-on-one culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services from a certified mental health professional who is fluent in the communication method that is preferred by the client or recommended by a communication assessment, or both.  (3) If one-on-one culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services by a certified mental health professional are not available within a reasonable geographical area, as determined by the coordinator, for a client, the client shall be offered:  (A) An appropriate referral to a certified mental health professional who can provide culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services through telemedicine or other remote technology; or  (B)  (i) At no cost to the client, culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services through the use of an interpreter.  (ii) If an interpreter cannot be physically present in a timely manner, the services of an interpreter may be offered to the client through telemedicine or other remote technology.      (4) If an interpreter is offered to a client, the client:  (A) May voluntarily decline to accept or use the mental health services through the interpreter without a penalty to the client; and  (B) Shall be offered any other assistance and services as required by federal and state law, including without limitation a different interpreter or hearing assistive technology.    (5) If a client refuses all culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services that are offered, the mental health professional shall:  (A) Secure from the client a signed waiver of the right to receive culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services and place the waiver in the file of the client;  (B) Notify the coordinator of the refusal of culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services; and  (C) Allow the coordinator to review the culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services offered to ensure that all the mental health services were appropriate.
AR Code § 20-48-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-48-103. Purpose — Use of certain funds

 It is the specific recommendation of the General Assembly that the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services utilize Title XIX, social services block grant, and state grants-in-aid funds available to nonprofit community programs to seek to achieve the following goals:   (1) Providing for operation of nonprofit community programs that the state agency encouraged the nonprofit community programs to build with nonstate funds;  (2) Determination by the division of reasonable costs for the services provided by nonprofit community programs; and  (3) That the state not reduce reasonable cost funding of nonprofit community programs.
AR Code § 20-48-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 3 - Mental Health|Chapter 48 - Treatment of Persons With Developmental Disabilities|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-48-104. Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities program — Administration

 (a) The operation of the community-based Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities program will be subject to the oversight of a five-member committee composed of three (3) members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and two (2) members of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  (b) The committee shall provide oversight for the operation of the program and make recommendations, within the appropriate federal regulations and guidelines, to the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services and the Office of Long-Term Care to establish and clarify the mission, goals, levels of services, and scope of the program and to provide consistency in state rules, guidelines, standards, and policies.  (c) The committee shall also make recommendations for adequate funding to ensure the fiscal integrity of the program to allow it to be operated pursuant to the state rules and federal regulations, guidelines, standards, and policies.
AR Code § 20-48-201 (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|§ 20-48-201. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Act”.
AR Code § 20-48-202 (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|§ 20-48-202. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Community” means either region or locality;  (2)  (A) “Coordinate” means to utilize resources in appropriate sequence and relationship to provide the proper services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  (B) “Coordinate” implies a working relationship with, but not administrative authority over, public agencies providing services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities;    (3) “Individual” means a person without regard to chronological age;  (4)  (A) “Individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities” means:  (i) A person with a mental deficit requiring him or her to have special evaluation, treatment, care, education, training, supervision, or control in his or her home or community, or in a state institution for persons with intellectual disabilities; or  (ii) A person with intellectual and developmental disabilities who may not exhibit an intellectual deficit on standard psychological tests but who, because of other handicaps, functions as a person with intellectual disabilities.    (B) “Individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities” does not include a person whose primary condition is caused by mental illness, emotional disturbance, physical handicap, or sensory defect;    (5) “Intellectual and developmental disability” means the same as defined in § 20-48-603;  (6) “Locality” means a geographical area defined by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services or the appropriate division as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services usually consisting of a municipality or county but not excluding other areas within easy commuting distance;  (7) “Private organizations” means organizations, persons, firms, individuals, corporations, or associations;  (8) “Public agencies” means all agencies, departments, boards, institutions, commissions, officers, officials, political subdivisions and agencies thereof, and school districts of this state;  (9) “Region” means a geographical area defined by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services, usually consisting of all or parts of two (2) or more counties, which is created to provide services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities when the services cannot be provided feasibly or practically at the local level;  (10) “Services for individuals with intellectual disabilities” or “services” means all services pertaining to and incidental to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, care, custody, education, training, rehabilitation, or supervision of individuals with intellectual disabilities; and  (11) “Superintendent” means the chief administrative officer assigned full-time to a human development center.
AR Code § 20-48-203 (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|§ 20-48-203. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Creation — Members

 (a)  (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall consist of seven (7) members, at least one (1) of whom shall be a woman, who shall be citizens and residents of the State of Arkansas and more than twenty-five (25) years of age.  (2) One (1) of the members shall be a resident of each of the six (6) former congressional districts established by Acts 1951, No. 297 [repealed].  (3) The seventh member shall be a member at large.    (b) Upon completion of the term of each member, a successor shall be appointed for a term of seven (7) years.  (c) Appointment to fill a vacancy arising other than by expiration of a term of office shall be for the unexpired portion thereof.  (d) Appointment shall be made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  (e) The board shall serve without compensation, except that each board member may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 20-48-204 (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|§ 20-48-204. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Officers — Proceedings

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall annually elect from its membership a chair and vice chair, each of whom shall hold office until his or her successor shall be chosen. The chair shall preside at meetings of the board, and in his or her absence, the vice chair shall preside.  (b) The board is authorized to designate the commissioner or some employee of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services to serve as disbursing officer of all funds of the division.  (c) The board shall meet at least one (1) time each three (3) months and at such other times as the chair may deem advisable.  (d) The board shall report biennially to the Governor and General Assembly.  (e) The affirmative vote of four (4) members of the board shall be necessary to take any board action.
AR Code § 20-48-205 (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|§ 20-48-205. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Powers and duties

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services:  (1) Shall:  (A) Have charge of the properties used for the purposes of the human development centers;  (B) Supervise:  (i) Appointment of employees;  (ii) Performance of duties by employees, including off-premises assignments for educational or training purposes;  (iii) Removal of employees; and  (iv) Fixing of employee compensation; and    (C) Supervise expenditures of the human development centers; and    (2) May:  (A) Accept and hold in trust real, personal, or mixed property received by grant, gift, will, or otherwise;  (B) Purchase land or receive grants or gifts of land and take deeds therefor in the name of the State of Arkansas;  (C) Accept grants or gifts of money from any source whatever and use the money for any of the powers and purposes of the board; and  (D) Take all action and execute all documents necessary or desirable to carry out the powers and purposes of the board.      (b) The board may make rules regarding the care, custody, training, and discipline of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the human development centers or receiving services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and respecting the management of the human development centers and the affairs as the board may deem necessary or desirable to the proper performance of the powers and purposes of the board.  (c) The board is prohibited from promulgating any rule that would set the salary of any employee at the local level unless specifically required to do so by the United States Government.
AR Code § 20-48-206 (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|§ 20-48-206. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Human development centers — Powers and duties — Admission

 (a) With regard to the establishing and operating of the human development centers, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services, in addition to the authorities, rights, and duties granted by this subchapter, shall continue to have all of its authorities, rights, and duties granted by existing law, which shall include, without limitation, the applicable provisions of § 20-48-401 et seq. and § 20-48-501 et seq., save only those instances where there are express inconsistencies, in which event the provisions of this subchapter shall control.  (b)  (1) Admissions to the institutional facilities of the human development centers shall be on the basis of a determination by the board that:  (A) The individual involved has an intellectual and developmental disability;  (B) His or her parent or guardian has resided in the state not less than three (3) years before the date of the filing of the petition for his or her admission, or the individual involved is a dependent and a public charge or ward of the state or a political subdivision thereof;  (C) The welfare of the individual involved requires the special care, training, or education provided by institutional facilities of the human development center; and  (D) The board has adequate funds and institutional facilities available for the care, training, or education of the individual.    (2)  (A) The determination of whether an individual has an intellectual and developmental disability shall be made after there has been an investigation that includes an examination by an evaluation team appointed by the board.  (B) The team shall be composed of two (2) or more physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, or other persons found by the board to be professionally qualified on the basis of training and experience in services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to make a determination as to whether the individual involved has an intellectual and developmental disability.
AR Code § 20-48-207 (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|§ 20-48-207. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Contracts for provision of services

 (a) If and to the extent necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of this subchapter to make available the broadest and most effective provision of intellectual and developmental disabilities services to those in need of the services, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is authorized to contract for the providing of intellectual and developmental disabilities services by other public agencies or private organizations.  (b) In this regard, the board may promulgate rules and fix standards necessary to properly ensure that such intellectual and developmental disabilities services are furnished in a proper and reasonable manner and on an economical basis.
AR Code § 20-48-208 (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|§ 20-48-208. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — License for facilities and institutions required

 (a) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services shall:  (1) Regulate the providing of intellectual and developmental disabilities services by private organizations and public agencies; and  (2) Promuglate rules covering the issuance, suspension, and revocation of licenses and fixing the standards for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of institutions and facilities, or parts thereof, operated primarily for the providing of intellectual and developmental disabilities services, unless the facilities or institutions in their entirety are licensed by the Office of Long-Term Care.    (b) A public agency or private organization shall not operate any institution or facility for the provision of intellectual and developmental disabilities services unless the private agency or private organization has a license in effect.  (c) The board shall not deny a license or suspend or revoke a license unless the applicant or licensee has notice and an opportunity for a hearing. The hearing and proceedings incidental thereto shall be governed by the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (d) By appropriate proceeding in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, the board may enjoin the operation of any organization so long as it is not in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-48-209 (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|§ 20-48-209. Board of Developmental Disabilities Services — Planning and implementation

 (a)  (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services is designated as the single state agency for the purpose of full participation under any federal act requiring the designation of a single state agency concerning planning, formulation, and implementation of programs, construction and operation of facilities, financing of facilities and programs, or otherwise pertaining to the obtaining and rendition of intellectual and developmental disabilities services.  (2) However, subdivision (a)(1) of this section does not deprive other public agencies of jurisdiction over or the right to plan for and control and operate programs that pertain to intellectual and developmental disabilities services but which fall within the primary jurisdiction of other public agencies such as programs administered by the Arkansas School for the Deaf, the Arkansas School for the Blind, the Career Education and Workforce Development Board, the State Board of Education, the Department of Health, and the Department of Human Services.    (b)  (1) The Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may coordinate the planning and implementation of intellectual and developmental disabilities programs and institutional and community activities of all public agencies.  (2) However, subdivision (b)(1) of this section does not deprive other public agencies of jurisdiction over or the right to plan for and control and operate programs that pertain to intellectual and developmental disabilities services but which fall within the primary jurisdiction of other public agencies such as programs administered by the Arkansas School for the Deaf, the Arkansas School for the Blind, the Career Education and Workforce Development Board, the State Board of Education, the Department of Health, and the Department of Human Services.    (c)  (1) Effective planning and coordination is essential to the public interest.  (2) In order to achieve this to the fullest extent possible, the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services may establish and promulgate rules fixing standards for intellectual and developmental disabilities programs and activities and evaluate intellectual and developmental disabilities programs and activities of public agencies.