Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-50-101 Enactment of compact
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ARTICLE I The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows:ARTICLE I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill an…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-50-102 Compact administrator — Powers and duties
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(a) Under this compact, the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, or his or her designee, shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-50-103 Supplementary agreements
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(a) The compact administrator is authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Article VII and Article XI of the compact. (b) In the event that supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-50-104 Payments
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The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-50-105 Transfer of persons
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The compact administrator is directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the circuit cour…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-50-106 Copies of chapter transmitted to other jurisdictions
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Authorized copies of this chapter shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the Secretary of State to the Governor of each state, the Attorney General, and the United States Secretary of State, and the Council of State Governments.