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12-12-1201. Authorization.
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12-12-1201. Authorization.
The Arkansas Crime Information Center is authorized to develop and operate a computerized victim notification system which shall provide:
(1) A mechanism for victims of criminal offenses or the victim's next of kin to access information about proceedings in the criminal justice and corrections systems by use of a twenty-four-hour toll-free in-watts telephone service; and
(2) Automatic notification by computerized telephone service to the victims of criminal offenses or the victim's next of kin of:
(A) An inmate's, parolee's, or probationer's status, including the location of the inmate, parolee, or probationer; and
(B) A person's release or modification of a conditional release from the custody of the Arkansas State Hospital, a local or regional hospital, a local or regional mental health facility, or a local or regional jail to which the person has been committed by a court when the person committed a criminal act against the victim but was adjudicated in the criminal case to have a mental disease or defect under § 5-2-301 et seq.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-1201
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12-12-1201. Authorization.
The Arkansas Crime Information Center is authorized to develop and operate a computerized victim notification system which shall provide:
(1) A mechanism for victims of criminal offenses or the victim's next of kin to access information about proceedings in the criminal justice and corrections systems by use of a twenty-four-hour toll-free in-watts telephone service; and
(2) Automatic notification by computerized telephone service to the victims of criminal offenses or the victim's next of kin of:
(A) An inmate's, parolee's, or probationer's status, including the location of the inmate, parolee, or probationer; and
(B) A person's release or modification of a conditional release from the custody of the Arkansas State Hospital, a local or regional hospital, a local or regional mental health facility, or a local or regional jail to which the person has been committed by a court when the person committed a criminal act against the victim but was adjudicated in the criminal case to have a mental disease or defect under § 5-2-301 et seq.
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5-2-301. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Appropriate facility” means any facility within or without this state to which a defendant is eligible for admission and treatment for mental disease or defect;
(2) “Compliance monitor” means either a social service representative or licensed social worker, or both, employed by the Department of Human Services for the purpose of, including, but not limited to:
(A) Verifying that a person conditionally released pursuant to a provision of this subchapter is in compliance with the conditions for release;
(B) Providing social service assistance to a person conditionally released pursuant to a provision of this subchapter; and
(C) Reporting compliance with the conditions for release or lack of compliance with the conditions for release to the appropriate circuit court;
(3) “Designated receiving facility or program” means an inpatient or outpatient treatment facility or program that is designated within each geographic area of the state by the Director of the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services to accept the responsibility for the care, custody, and treatment of a person involuntarily admitted to the state mental health system;
(4) “Expert” means a qualified psychiatrist or a qualified psychologist;
(5) “Frivolous” means clearly lacking any basis in fact or law;
(6) “Lack of criminal responsibility” means that due to a mental disease or defect a defendant lacked the capacity at the time of the alleged offense to either:
(A) Appreciate the criminality of his or her conduct; or
(B) Conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law;
(7)(A) “Mental disease or defect” means a:
(i) Substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orien
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-2-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-2-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.