(a)
(1) Any person legally obligated to support a person in treatment from a receiving facility or program shall pay to the receiving facility or program an amount to be fixed by the receiving facility or program as the cost for treatment.
(2) The amounts shall be a debt of the obligor.
(b)
(1) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules specifying the amounts to be fixed as costs and establishing procedures for implementation of this section.
(2) The rules shall set forth costs by reference to the income and assets of the obligor.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 64 - Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Subchapter 8 - Persons Addicted to Alcohol or Drugs
§ 20-64-805. Inspections — Procedures
§ 20-64-810. Voluntary admissions
§ 20-64-811. Continued detention
§ 20-64-812. Absence from receiving facility or program
§ 20-64-815. Petition for involuntary commitment
§ 20-64-816. Petition for immediate detention
§ 20-64-817. Statement of rights
§ 20-64-820. Appointment of counsel
§ 20-64-821. Initial hearing — Determination — Evaluation
§ 20-64-822. Pleadings — Involuntary commitment
§ 20-64-823. Filing of petition — Legal representation
§ 20-64-824. Additional commitment
§ 20-64-828. Presumption of competency