{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-13-802","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-802","heading":"Legislative findings","body":"The General Assembly finds that:\n\n(1) Traumatic injury is recognized as the leading killer of persons one (1) year to forty-four (44) years of age and is a serious yet preventable condition;\n\n(2) Deaths due to trauma in the United States for 2005 were nearly one hundred thirty-nine thousand (139,000), and children nineteen (19) years of age or younger accounted for nearly twelve percent (12%) of the deaths;\n\n(3) In 2006, two thousand one hundred nineteen (2,119) Arkansans lost their lives and twenty-five thousand three hundred eight (25,308) were admitted to hospitals due to trauma;\n\n(4) The State of Arkansas incurs a massive expense from trauma in lives lost, productive years destroyed, and the emotional and monetary expense of caring for victims of trauma; and\n\n(5) The experience of other states has shown that a comprehensive trauma system, including all phases of trauma care from prevention, prehospital care, and trauma center designation to rehabilitative care, can vastly improve overall trauma problems.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 13","Subchapter 8"],"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":"438ce2ce13ef47e80c0f902a3977a922f9732148ab9f08556fe3e88091ff3f23","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-13-801","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-13-803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}