Ark. Code Ann. § 16-100-203: Establishment of mental health specialty court

(a) A mental health specialty court is a specialized court within the existing structure of the court system.

(b) A mental health specialty court program shall offer judicial monitoring of intensive mental health treatment and strict supervision of mental health specialty court program participants.

(c) The creation of a mental health specialty court and the appointment of a circuit judge to the mental health specialty court shall be approved by the administrative judge in each judicial circuit and made a part of the judicial circuit's administrative plan required by Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14.