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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 5 - CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICE SYSTEM PROGRAM (§§ 20-47-501 — 20-47-510) › Section 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.
Acts 1991, No. 964, § 6; 2001, No. 1517, § 5; 2005, No. 2209, §§ 3, 4; 2007, No. 617, § 40.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 5 - CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICE SYSTEM PROGRAM (§§ 20-47-501 — 20-47-510) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5204, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 913,§ 86, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1991, No. 964, § 7; 2001, No. 1517, § 6; 2005, No. 2209, § 5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 5 - CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICE SYSTEM PROGRAM (§§ 20-47-501 — 20-47-510) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 757,§ 68, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2297, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 964, § 8; 2001, No. 1517, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 6 - PROTOCOL, SUBMISSION, AND EVALUATION OF REPORTS - MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE (§§ 20-47-601 — 20-47-603) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 913,§ 88, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2007, No. 1012, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 6 - PROTOCOL, SUBMISSION, AND EVALUATION OF REPORTS - MONITORING OF COMPLIANCE (§§ 20-47-601 — 20-47-603) › Section 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.
Acts 2007, No. 1012, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 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".
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 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.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 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.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 20-47-704 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2023, No. 365,§ 63, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 540,§ 48, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 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.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 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.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 20-47-708 - Annual report

The Department of Human Services shall report annually on progress to the:
(1)
Governor;
(2)
House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Committee on Children and Youth; and
(3)
House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1132,§ 34, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 7 - ARKANSAS SYSTEM OF CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH ACT (§§ 20-47-701 — 20-47-709) › Section 20-47-709 - Rules

The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, §
25-15-201
et seq., as necessary to carry out this subchapter.
Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-801 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Protocol Act of 2017".
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-802 - Legislative intent

(a)
It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an established protocol for crisis intervention by law enforcement agencies and jail personnel, the court system, hospitals, healthcare providers, and mental health professionals to address the methods and procedures to be used by law enforcement agencies and jail personnel, the court system, hospitals, healthcare providers, and mental health professionals in engaging with an individual who demonstrates substantial likelihood of committing bodily harm against himself or herself, or against another person, and who is an individual with a behavioral health impairment, mental disability, mental illness, or other permanent or temporary behavioral health or mental impairment.
(b)
Further, it is the intent of the General Assembly that the behavioral health crisis intervention protocol created under this subchapter and established to address engagement with a member of the public who is an individual with a behavioral health impairment results not in prosecution or incarceration but in treatment of the individual in a voluntary clinical setting until his or her behavioral health impairment is managed to the point that the individual is substantially less likely to commit a criminal or otherwise dangerous act.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 989,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-804 - Crisis intervention protocol not exclusive - Voluntary stay at crisis stabilization unit

(a)
If during or after the initiation of a crisis intervention protocol under this subchapter a mental health professional or medical professional believes the individual being treated would benefit more from a longer commitment in a residential facility, the mental health professional or medical professional may institute commitment proceedings as authorized under §
20-47-201
et seq.
(b)
If a commitment proceeding is initiated under §
20-47-201
et seq. in a court with jurisdiction, that proceeding shall control and any custodial detention or treatment as part of a crisis intervention protocol initiated under this subchapter shall cease in lieu of any commitment or treatment ordered by the court.
(c)
(1)
A crisis intervention protocol may be ended before the maximum detention time of ninety-six (96) hours has elapsed, as described under §
20-47-810
, by the crisis stabilization unit that has custody of the individual at its discretion if:
(A)
The individual in treatment under this subchapter agrees to remain at the crisis stabilization unit voluntarily;
(B)
The treating crisis stabilization unit reasonably believes that the individual would not be a danger to himself or herself or to others if he or she remained at the crisis stabilization unit voluntarily; and
(C)
The crisis stabilization unit agrees to allow the individual to remain at the crisis stabilization unit.
(2)
(A)
An individual who remains at a crisis stabilization unit voluntarily under this subsection is free to leave the crisis stabilization unit at any time.
(B)
A crisis stabilization unit may:
(i)
Discharge an individual who is released from custody and remains at the crisis stabilization unit voluntarily at its discretion; and
(ii)
As part of the discharge process, provide the person with a follow-up treatment plan and a request that the person utilize the treatment plan, including subsequent appointments with a mental health professional.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 989,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-806 - Crisis intervention protocol - Collaborative agreements

(a)
A proposed crisis intervention protocol and crisis intervention team shall include necessary collaborative agreements among the participating hospitals, community health centers, mental health service providers, participating law enforcement agencies, and the facility that is designated as the crisis stabilization unit for the crisis stabilization unit catchment area.
(b)
(1)
A collaborative agreement under subsection (a) of this section shall specify that the facility designated under the collaborative agreement as the crisis stabilization unit is required to accept for screening and triage an individual who is in the custody of or detained by a law enforcement agency if:
(A)
The law enforcement agency employs:
(i)
A crisis intervention team officer operating within the crisis stabilization unit catchment area, whether in the field or at a local detention facility; or
(ii)
A crisis intervention team officer operating within the crisis stabilization unit catchment area and has entered into an agreement with another law enforcement agency to transport an individual to a crisis stabilization unit; and
(B)
The individual has been taken into custody or is detained because the individual demonstrates the substantial likelihood of committing bodily harm against himself or herself or against another person.
(2)
A participating partner that is not a law enforcement agency as part of a collaborative agreement under this section shall indemnify a participating law enforcement agency against all acts of negligence that may occur in the course of and scope of the application of a crisis intervention protocol toward another person.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-807 - Crisis stabilization units - Operations

(a)
(1)
The internal operation of a crisis stabilization unit shall be governed by the administration of a facility designated as the crisis stabilization unit and regulated by the Department of Human Services or a division of the department.
(2)
All collaborative agreements under §
20-47-806(a)
shall be in compliance with the regulatory authorities under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.
(b)
(1)
A facility operating as a crisis stabilization unit under a crisis intervention protocol shall appoint a unit director to oversee the operation of the facility-based service.
(2)
The unit director shall assure that the services provided are within the guidelines established by the collaborative agreements under §
20-47-806(a)
.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this subchapter does not create an entitlement for any individual to receive psychiatric emergency services at a crisis stabilization unit.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-808 - Determination of need to initiate crisis intervention protocol

(a)
(1)
If a crisis intervention team officer determines that an individual with a behavioral health impairment demonstrates a substantial likelihood of committing bodily harm to himself or herself or to another person, the crisis intervention team officer may take the individual into custody for the purpose of transporting the individual to the designated crisis stabilization unit serving the crisis stabilization unit catchment area in which the officer has jurisdiction.
(2)
The crisis intervention team officer shall certify in writing the reasons for taking the individual into custody.
(b)
(1)
Only a crisis intervention team officer with jurisdictional authority to operate within a crisis stabilization unit catchment area may determine whether a person in custody should be transported to the crisis stabilization unit for that crisis stabilization unit catchment area.
(2)
However, any law enforcement officer may transport the person to the crisis stabilization unit for that crisis stabilization unit catchment area when the determination under subdivision (b)(1) of this section has been made.
(c)
(1)
An individual transported by a crisis intervention team officer to the crisis stabilization unit or an individual referred by the community mental health center under the guidelines of a collaborative agreement under §
20-47-806(a)
shall be examined by a physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatric physician assistant, or mental health professional.
(2)
If the individual does not consent to voluntary evaluation and treatment and the physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatric physician assistant, or mental health professional determines that the individual is an individual with a behavioral health impairment, the physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatric physician assistant, or mental health professional shall then determine if that individual may be held under the crisis intervention protocol as set out in this subchapter.
(3)
If the physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatric physician assistant, or mental health professional determines that the individual demonstrates a substantial likelihood of committing bodily harm against himself or herself or against another person because of a behavioral health impairment caused by alcohol or a controlled substance and that there is no reasonable less restrictive alternative, the individual may be held at the crisis stabilization unit until the behavioral health impairment has resolved and the individual no longer demonstrates a substantial likelihood of committing bodily harm to himself or herself or against another person.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-809 - Implementation of psychiatric emergency services

(a)
(1)
To implement psychiatric emergency services under a crisis intervention protocol under this subchapter, a crisis stabilization unit shall request licensure from the Department of Human Services for the number of extended observation beds that are required to adequately serve the designated crisis stabilization unit catchment area.
(2)
A license for the requested extended observation beds is required before the crisis stabilization unit may put the extended observation beds into service for patients.
(b)
If the Department of Human Services determines that psychiatric emergency services under this subchapter are adequate to provide for the privacy and safety of all patients receiving services in the crisis stabilization unit, the Department of Human Services may approve the location of one (1) or more of the extended observation units within another area of the single point of entry rather than in proximity to the emergency department.
(c)
Each crisis stabilization unit shall provide or contract to provide qualified physicians, licensed mental health professionals, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatric physician assistants, and ancillary personnel necessary to provide services twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week.
(d)
(1)
A psychiatric emergency service provided by a crisis stabilization unit shall have at least one (1) physician, one (1) psychiatric nurse practitioner, one (1) psychiatric physician assistant, or one (1) mental health professional who is a member of the staff of the crisis stabilization unit and who is on duty and available at all times.
(2)
However, the medical director of the crisis stabilization unit may waive the requirement under subdivision (d)(1) of this section if provisions are made for:
(A)
A physician in the emergency department to assume responsibility and provide initial evaluation and treatment of an individual with a behavioral health impairment in the custody of a crisis intervention team officer or referred by the community mental health center;
(B)
A licensed mental health professional to screen and assess an individual with a behavioral health impairment within thirty (30) minutes of notification that the individual has arrived; and
(C)
The physician, psychiatric nurse practitioner, psychiatric physician assistant, or mental health professional on call for the psychiatric emergency service to evaluate the individual with a behavioral health impairment onsite within twelve (12) hours of the individual's admission.
(3)
A crisis stabilization unit is encouraged to use telemedicine under this subchapter to the extent it is effective and authorized by state law.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 989,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-810 - Ninety-six-hour maximum time of detention

(a)
An individual with a behavioral health impairment who is admitted to a crisis stabilization unit under a crisis intervention protocol under this subchapter shall have a final disposition within a maximum of ninety-six (96) hours or remain on a voluntary basis.
(b)
If the individual with a behavioral health impairment cannot be stabilized within ninety-six (96) hours of entering into a crisis intervention protocol, a participating partner may institute commitment proceedings as authorized under §
20-47-201
et seq.
(c)
As part of the discharge process after the ninety-six-hour stay has expired, a crisis stabilization unit shall provide the individual with a follow-up treatment plan and a request that the individual utilize the treatment plan, including subsequent appointments with a mental health professional.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 989,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-811 - Immunity from liability

A person acting in good faith in connection with the detention of an individual with a behavioral health impairment under the crisis intervention protocol as set out in this subchapter is immune from civil or criminal liability for those acts.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-812 - Development of crisis intervention protocols

(a)
(1)
A local criminal justice coordinating committee shall actively encourage hospitals, community mental health centers, mental health services providers, and other mental health professionals to develop psychiatric emergency services.
(2)
If a collaborative agreement can be negotiated with a hospital, community mental health center, or other healthcare facility that can provide a comprehensive psychiatric emergency service, that hospital, community mental health center, or other healthcare facility shall be given priority when designating the single point of entry.
(b)
The local criminal justice coordinating committee shall encourage community mental health center directors to actively work with hospitals, mental health services providers, other mental health professionals, the Department of Human Services, and law enforcement agencies to develop a crisis intervention protocol and associated crisis intervention teams and psychiatric emergency services and shall facilitate the development of those collaborations.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 989,§ 5, eff. 7/28/2021.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 8 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS INTERVENTION PROTOCOL ACT OF 2017 (§§ 20-47-801 — 20-47-813) › Section 20-47-813 - Rulemaking authority

The Department of Human Services is authorized to utilize rulemaking in order to properly implement the provisions of this subchapter concerning the certification of a nonhospital crisis stabilization unit.
Added by Act 2017, No. 423,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 9 - REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 20-47-901 — 20-47-903) › Section 20-47-901 - Legislative findings and intent

(a)
The General Assembly finds that:
(1)
There are more than three hundred (300) outpatient service sites in the state for the delivery of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness;
(2)
There is no information that any eligible Medicaid beneficiary has experienced or is experiencing difficulty obtaining medically necessary rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness;
(3)
The Arkansas Medicaid Program has projected that there will be insufficient state general revenues available to maintain the current level of services beginning in state fiscal year 2017; and
(4)
Federal funding incentives are not available for the expansion of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness.
(b)
The intent of this subchapter is to avoid unnecessary expansion in costs and services related to rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness.
Added by Act 2017, No. 699,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 9 - REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 20-47-901 — 20-47-903) › Section 20-47-902 - Definition

As used in this subchapter, "rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness" means an array of clinical services for individuals with mental illness intended to provide core mental health services for the treatment and prevention of mental disorders in Medicaid recipients.
Added by Act 2017, No. 699,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 9 - REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS (§§ 20-47-901 — 20-47-903) › Section 20-47-903 - Certification - Moratorium

(a)
The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall:
(1)
Process a certification request for a site for rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness within ninety (90) calendar days of receiving all information that is necessary to review and process the certification request; and
(2)
Notify a prospective provider of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness or an existing provider of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness in writing of the certification determination and furnish a copy to the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services.
(b)
(1)
Certification of a site for rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness that was not certified as of October 31, 2008, shall be suspended unless:
(A)
The site had a pending application under review by the Division of Behavioral Health Services on October 31, 2008;
(B)
The site is a replacement site opened by an existing provider of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness to provide continuity of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness when the provider of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness is terminating services at a currently certified and operating site; or
(C)
The site is an existing operation.
(2)
This moratorium shall remain in effect until January 1, 2018.
(c)
(1)
If the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services determines that the suspension is causing an undue hardship on a person with mental illness, the director may authorize a reasonable accommodation.
(2)
An undue hardship may exist if medically necessary services become unavailable due to the closure of a site for rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness or the ceasing of operations of a provider of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness.
(d)
The suspension shall not prohibit an existing provider of rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness from delivering rehabilitative services for persons with mental illness in a public school.
Added by Act 2017, No. 699,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 10 - "MENTAL HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (§§ 20-47-1001 — 20-47-1007) › Section 20-47-1001 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mental Health Services for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Bill of Rights Act".
Added by Act 2019, No. 644,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 10 - "MENTAL HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (§§ 20-47-1001 — 20-47-1007) › Section 20-47-1004 - Discrimination

(a)
A certified mental health professional shall:
(1)
Offer culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services to a client in the client's primary communication method; and
(2)
Not deny access to culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services to a client in the client's primary communication method to a client due to the client's having:
(A)
Residual hearing ability, whether or not supported by amplification or other hearing assistive technology; or
(B)
Previous experience with some other communication method.
(b)
This section does not:
(1)
Prevent a client from receiving mental health services in more than one (1) communication method; or
(2)
Require a client to receive culturally affirmative mental health services and linguistically appropriate mental health services.
Added by Act 2019, No. 644,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 47 - TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL (§§ 20-47-101 — 20-47-1007) › Subchapter 10 - "MENTAL HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (§§ 20-47-1001 — 20-47-1007) › Section 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.
Added by Act 2019, No. 644,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 48 - TREATMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED (§§ 20-48-101 — 20-48-1108) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-48-101 — 20-48-105) › Section 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.
Acts 1985, No. 777, § 18; 1989 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 246, § 16; 2007, No. 645, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 48 - TREATMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED (§§ 20-48-101 — 20-48-1108) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 20-48-101 — 20-48-105) › Section 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.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2148, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 1035,§ 18, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 389,§ 58, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 922, § 20; 1991, No. 1129, § 26.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 3 - MENTAL HEALTH (§§ 20-45-101 — 20-50-106) › Chapter 48 - TREATMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED (§§ 20-48-101 — 20-48-1108) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ACT (§§ 20-48-201 — 20-48-212) › Section 20-48-201 - Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arkansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Act".
Amended by Act 2019, No. 1035,§ 19, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1969, No. 265, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-1001.