{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-80-104","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 16-80-104","heading":"Comprehensive mental health evaluation for a minor convicted of capital murder or murder in the first degree","body":"(a) If a comprehensive mental health evaluation is not performed at the request of the minor convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101 , or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102 , before his or her trial or before he or she is sentenced, the circuit court shall ensure that a comprehensive mental health evaluation is conducted on the minor by an adolescent mental health professional licensed in the state before the minor's entry into the Division of Correction for a sentence of life imprisonment. (b) A comprehensive mental health evaluation ordered under this section shall include without limitation the following information concerning the minor: (1) Family interviews; (2) Prenatal history; (3) Developmental history; (4) Medical history; (5) History of treatment for substance use; (6) Social history; and (7) A psychological evaluation. (c) A comprehensive mental health evaluation conducted under this section: (1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and (2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole or post-release supervision, the Division of Community Correction. Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 122, eff. 1/1/2024. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 858, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 857, eff. 7/1/2019. Added by Act 2017, No. 539,§ 8, eff. 3/20/2017.\n\n(a) If a comprehensive mental health evaluation is not performed at the request of the minor convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101 , or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102 , before his or her trial or before he or she is sentenced, the circuit court shall ensure that a comprehensive mental health evaluation is conducted on the minor by an adolescent mental health professional licensed in the state before the minor's entry into the Division of Correction for a sentence of life imprisonment.\n\n(b) A comprehensive mental health evaluation ordered under this section shall include without limitation the following information concerning the minor: (1) Family interviews; (2) Prenatal history; (3) Developmental history; (4) Medical history; (5) History of treatment for substance use; (6) Social history; and (7) A psychological evaluation.\n\n(1) Family interviews;\n\n(2) Prenatal history;\n\n(3) Developmental history;\n\n(4) Medical history;\n\n(5) History of treatment for substance use;\n\n(6) Social history; and\n\n(7) A psychological evaluation.\n\n(c) A comprehensive mental health evaluation conducted under this section: (1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and (2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole or post-release supervision, the Division of Community Correction.\n\n(1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and\n\n(2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole or post-release supervision, the Division of Community Correction.","path":["AR Code","Title 16","Chapter 80"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"e74469f72a7cfb593479901cdcb46ff4d030855f29e0a92be33163d795445205","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-80-103","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-16-81-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}