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20-64-816. Petition for immediate detention.
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20-64-816. Petition for immediate detention.
(a) Any person filing a petition for involuntary commitment may append thereto a petition for immediate detention.
(b) The request for immediate detention shall be verified and shall:
(1) State with particularity facts personally known to the affiant which establish reasonable cause to believe the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm;
(2) State whether the person is currently detained in a designated receiving facility or program; and
(3) Contain a specific prayer that the person be immediately detained at a designated receiving facility or program pending a hearing.
(c) If, based on the petition for involuntary commitment and request for immediate confinement, the judge finds a reasonable cause to believe the person meets the criteria set forth in this subchapter for involuntary commitment and that the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm, the court may grant the request and order a law enforcement officer to place the person in immediate detention at a designated receiving facility or program for treatment pending a hearing to be scheduled and conducted pursuant to § 20-64-821.
(d) Personal service of the petition and order of immediate detention must be made by a law enforcement officer, who shall, at the time of service, take the person into custody and immediately deliver the person to a designated receiving facility or program.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-64-816
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20-64-816. Petition for immediate detention.
(a) Any person filing a petition for involuntary commitment may append thereto a petition for immediate detention.
(b) The request for immediate detention shall be verified and shall:
(1) State with particularity facts personally known to the affiant which establish reasonable cause to believe the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm;
(2) State whether the person is currently detained in a designated receiving facility or program; and
(3) Contain a specific prayer that the person be immediately detained at a designated receiving facility or program pending a hearing.
(c) If, based on the petition for involuntary commitment and request for immediate confinement, the judge finds a reasonable cause to believe the person meets the criteria set forth in this subchapter for involuntary commitment and that the person is in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm, the court may grant the request and order a law enforcement officer to place the person in immediate detention at a designated receiving facility or program for treatment pending a hearing to be scheduled and conducted pursuant to § 20-64-821.
(d) Personal service of the petition and order of immediate detention must be made by a law enforcement officer, who shall, at the time of service, take the person into custody and immediately deliver the person to a designated receiving facility or program.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-64-821. Initial hearing — Determination — Evaluation.
(a) In each case a hearing shall be set by the court within five (5) days, excluding weekends and holidays, of the filing of a petition for involuntary commitment, with a request for continued detention or for involuntary commitment with a request for immediate detention.
(b)(1)(A) A person named in a petition for involuntary commitment who is placed in immediate detention pending a hearing may undergo a screening and assessment within twenty-four (24) hours of the immediate detention.
(B)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1)(C) of this section, a screening and assessment shall be conducted by a contractor with the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services.
(ii) The division shall assign contractors to conduct screenings and assessments under this subdivision (b)(1).
(iii) The division shall assume the cost of the screening and assessment.
(C)(i) If a person named in a petition for involuntary commitment who is placed in immediate detention pending a hearing declines a screening and assessment by a contractor with the division under subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this section, the person may undergo a screening and assessment by a qualified professional of his or her choosing within twenty-four (24) hours of the immediate detention.
(ii) The person named in the petition for involuntary commitment shall assume the cost of a screening and assessment by a qualified professional of his or her choosing.
(2)(A) The person conducting a screening and assessment under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall provide a copy of the results of the screening and assessment to the person named in the petition for involuntary commitment and the prosecuting attor
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-64-821
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 20-64-821. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.