{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-47-703","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-47-703","heading":"Findings","body":"The General Assembly finds: (1) The system for providing behavioral healthcare services to children, youth, and their families should ensure that those services are appropriate, cost-effective, and provided in the least restrictive settings; (2) Behavioral health and other services identified in § 20-47-502(10) are provided to children and youth by various departments, agencies, and providers at both the state and local level, often without appropriate or effective collaboration; (3) Providing effective services for children with the most severe needs requires many areas of expertise and shared responsibility among the aforementioned departments, agencies, and providers; and (4) The system of behavioral health care should be built upon the foundation established by the Child and Adolescent Service System Program principles identified in § 20-47-503 . The guiding principles for establishing the system of care should be: (A) The system should be family-driven, child-centered, and youth-guided and should include family participation at all levels of the services system; (B) The system should be community-based with decision-making responsibility and management at the regional and local levels; and (C) The system should be culturally competent, with agencies, programs, and services responsive to the cultural and individual differences of the populations they serve. Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1.\n\nThe General Assembly finds:\n\n(1) The system for providing behavioral healthcare services to children, youth, and their families should ensure that those services are appropriate, cost-effective, and provided in the least restrictive settings;\n\n(2) Behavioral health and other services identified in § 20-47-502(10) are provided to children and youth by various departments, agencies, and providers at both the state and local level, often without appropriate or effective collaboration;\n\n(3) Providing effective services for children with the most severe needs requires many areas of expertise and shared responsibility among the aforementioned departments, agencies, and providers; and\n\n(4) The system of behavioral health care should be built upon the foundation established by the Child and Adolescent Service System Program principles identified in § 20-47-503 . The guiding principles for establishing the system of care should be: (A) The system should be family-driven, child-centered, and youth-guided and should include family participation at all levels of the services system; (B) The system should be community-based with decision-making responsibility and management at the regional and local levels; and (C) The system should be culturally competent, with agencies, programs, and services responsive to the cultural and individual differences of the populations they serve.\n\n(A) The system should be family-driven, child-centered, and youth-guided and should include family participation at all levels of the services system;\n\n(B) The system should be community-based with decision-making responsibility and management at the regional and local levels; and\n\n(C) The system should be culturally competent, with agencies, programs, and services responsive to the cultural and individual differences of the populations they serve.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 47","Subchapter 7"],"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":"f8f2dcb8355aa242274d5274f3a7056e834063d9b9a354462935629f02fcbdca","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-47-702","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-47-704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}