(a) To assure compliance under this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, through its authorized agents, may visit or investigate any state mental health system program or facility to which persons are voluntarily or involuntarily admitted under this subchapter.
(b) The division shall by July 1 of each year designate receiving facilities and programs within prescribed geographic areas of the state for purposes of voluntary admissions or involuntary commitments under this subchapter and establish ongoing mechanisms for review and refinement of the state mental health system.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness
Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment
§ 20-47-204. Voluntary admissions
§ 20-47-205. Jurisdiction of circuit court
§ 20-47-207. Involuntary admission — Original petition
§ 20-47-208. Role of prosecuting attorney
§ 20-47-209. Initial hearing — Failure to appear — Exceptions from appearance requirement
§ 20-47-210. Immediate confinement — Initial evaluation and treatment
§ 20-47-211. Notification of rights
§ 20-47-212. Appointment of counsel
§ 20-47-213. Evaluation — When performed and by whom — Transportation to place of evaluation
§ 20-47-214. Forty-five-day involuntary admission — Hearing
§ 20-47-215. Additional periods of involuntary admission — Petitions — Hearing
§ 20-47-220. Fundamental rights
§ 20-47-221. Patient or client advocate
§ 20-47-222. Transfer and admission of residents who become ill in another state
§ 20-47-223. Admission not adjudication of incapacity
§ 20-47-224. Conversion from involuntary to voluntary status
§ 20-47-225. Liability for charges
§ 20-47-227. Exclusion from liability
§ 20-47-228. Assurance of compliance