§ 9-28-416 — Admission of children to psychiatric residential treatment facilities

(a) A psychiatric residential treatment facility licensed under this subchapter and holding a permit from the Health Services Permit Agency or the Health Services Permit Commission shall not admit a child for psychiatric residential treatment unless the child is: (1) An Arkansas resident; (2) A child of a parent who is an Arkansas resident; (3) A child placed by or on behalf of another state's child welfare agency; (4) A child for whom the facility is being paid by another state's Medicaid program; (5) A child of an active-duty member or veteran of the uniformed services as defined in § 6-4-302 ; or (6) A nonresident child victim of human trafficking when the regulated facility maintains responsibility for the return of the child to the out-of-state custodian. (b) The Department of Human Services may promulgate rules to enforce this section.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2023, No. 806,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.