(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 an out-of-state custodian.
(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 an out-of-state custodian.
(b) The Department of Human Services may promulgate rules to enforce this section.