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16-100-201. Authorization — Evaluation — Restriction on services and treatment.
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16-100-201. Authorization — Evaluation — Restriction on services and treatment.
(a) A judicial district may establish a mental health specialty court program, which shall consist of at least one (1) mental health specialty court, subject to approval by the Supreme Court in the administrative plan submitted under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.
(b) A mental health specialty court program authorized under this subchapter is also subject to evaluation by the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee under § 16-10-139.
(c)(1) A mental health specialty court may not order any services or mental health treatment under this subchapter unless:
(A) An administrative and programmatic appropriation has been made for services or mental health treatment under this subchapter;
(B) Administrative and programmatic funding is available for services or mental health treatment under this subchapter; and
(C) Administrative and programmatic positions have been authorized for services or mental health treatment under this subchapter.
(2) If the requirements of subdivision (c)(1) of this section are not met, a mental health specialty court may still order services or mental health treatment if the provider waives payment, or if the mental health specialty court program participant has private insurance that will pay for the services or mental health treatment.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-100-201
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16-100-201. Authorization — Evaluation — Restriction on services and treatment.
(a) A judicial district may establish a mental health specialty court program, which shall consist of at least one (1) mental health specialty court, subject to approval by the Supreme Court in the administrative plan submitted under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.
(b) A mental health specialty court program authorized under this subchapter is also subject to evaluation by the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee under § 16-10-139.
(c)(1) A mental health specialty court may not order any services or mental health treatment under this subchapter unless:
(A) An administrative and programmatic appropriation has been made for services or mental health treatment under this subchapter;
(B) Administrative and programmatic funding is available for services or mental health treatment under this subchapter; and
(C) Administrative and programmatic positions have been authorized for services or mental health treatment under this subchapter.
(2) If the requirements of subdivision (c)(1) of this section are not met, a mental health specialty court may still order services or mental health treatment if the provider waives payment, or if the mental health specialty court program participant has private insurance that will pay for the services or mental health treatment.
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16-10-139. Specialty court program evaluation and approval — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “specialty court program” means one of the following:
(1) A pre-adjudication program under § 5-4-901 et seq.;
(2) An approved drug court program under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-301 et seq.;
(3) The Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program under § 16-93-1701 et seq.; and
(4) Any other specialty court program that has been approved by the Supreme Court, including without limitation specialty court programs known as:
(A) A DWI court;
(B) A mental health court;
(C) A veteran's court;
(D) A juvenile drug court;
(E) A “HOPE” court;
(F) A “smarter sentencing” court; and
(G) A mental health crisis intervention center.
(b) A specialty court program operated by a circuit court or district court must be approved by the Supreme Court in the administrative plan submitted under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.
(c)(1) The Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee shall evaluate and make findings with respect to all specialty court programs operated by a circuit court or district court in this state and refer the findings to the Supreme Court.
(2) An evaluation under this section shall reflect nationally recognized and peer-reviewed standards for each particular type of specialty court program.
(3) The Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee shall also:
(A) Establish, implement, and operate a uniform specialty court program evaluation process to ensure specialty court program resources are uniformly directed to high-risk and medium-risk offenders and that specialty court programs provide effective and proven practices that reduce recidivism, as well as other factors such as substance dependency, among partici
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-139
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 16-10-139. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.