Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Mental Health
Chapter 46 - Mental Health Agencies and Facilities

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 20-46-101. Implementation - The State Board of Health and the Board of Trustees...

§ 20-46-102. Liability of hospital utilization committee members - (a) Physicians and others appointed to hospital utilization review committees...

§ 20-46-103. Records of State Board of Health, hospitals, etc., confidential — Exceptions and liability - (a) All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data...

§ 20-46-104. Records of Arkansas State Hospital confidential - (a) The records, reports, statements, notes, and other information furnished...

§ 20-46-105. Report concerning emotionally disturbed youth - (a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall report monthly...

§ 20-46-106. Emotionally disturbed youth treated out of state - (a) (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly...

Subchapter 3 - Community Mental Health Centers

§ 20-46-301. Department of Human Services — Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services — Powers and duties - (a) The Department of Human Services shall have the authority...

§ 20-46-302. Department of Human Services — Power to regulate — Funding - (a) The Arkansas State Hospital shall have the power to...

§ 20-46-303. Standards generally - In approving or rejecting community mental health clinics for the...

§ 20-46-304. Minimum standards — Adoption - (a) (1) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health...

§ 20-46-305. Minimum standards — Pledge to conform and filing of policies - (a) As a condition of certification or recertification by the...

§ 20-46-306. Minimum standards — Purchasing procedures - (a) The minimum standards prescribed by the Division of Aging,...

§ 20-46-307. Minimum standards — Records of purchases and service contracts - (a) The minimum purchasing standards and procedures prescribed by the...

§ 20-46-308. Minimum standards — Periodic audits - (a) (1) Each community mental health center shall undergo a...

§ 20-46-309. Composition and qualifications of staff and boards - The Secretary of the Department of Human Services shall require...

§ 20-46-310. Duty to provide screenings and evaluation studies - Mental health centers in this state, whether local or regional,...

§ 20-46-311. Training programs and institutes - (a) The Arkansas State Hospital may from time to time...

§ 20-46-312. Assistance, cooperation, and purchase of services by certain governmental units - Any state board, state agency, county, municipality, court, school district,...

§ 20-46-313. Distribution of funds - The Arkansas State Hospital through the Department of Human Services...

§ 20-46-314. Federal grants - The Arkansas State Hospital shall be designated as a proper...

§ 20-46-315. Transfer of state's matching share - The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of...

§ 20-46-316. Funding report - (a) On or before April 30, July 31, October 31,...

Subchapter 5 - Intensive Residential Treatment

§ 20-46-501. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to enable the Division...

§ 20-46-502. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 20-46-503. Authority to establish program - The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of...

§ 20-46-504. Rules - (a) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services...

§ 20-46-505. Procedures - The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of...

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...

Subchapter 7 - Providers of Assistance to Indigent Persons

§ 20-46-701. Authority — Scope - (a) Except when otherwise specified in federal law or regulation...

§ 20-46-702. Definitions - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Brief hold”...

§ 20-46-703. Surveys of program providers - (a) The survey team shall: (1) Conduct an exit conference...