{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-28-416","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-28-416","heading":"Admission of children to psychiatric residential treatment facilities","body":"(a) A psychiatric residential treatment facility licensed under this subchapter and holding a permit from the Health Services Permit Agency or the Health Services Permit Commission shall not admit a child for psychiatric residential treatment unless the child is: (1) An Arkansas resident; (2) A child of a parent who is an Arkansas resident; (3) A child placed by or on behalf of another state's child welfare agency; (4) A child for whom the facility is being paid by another state's Medicaid program; (5) A child of an active-duty member or veteran of the uniformed services as defined in § 6-4-302 ; or (6) A nonresident child victim of human trafficking when the regulated facility maintains responsibility for the return of the child to the out-of-state custodian. (b) The Department of Human Services may promulgate rules to enforce this section. Added by Act 2023, No. 806,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.\n\n(a) A psychiatric residential treatment facility licensed under this subchapter and holding a permit from the Health Services Permit Agency or the Health Services Permit Commission shall not admit a child for psychiatric residential treatment unless the child is: (1) An Arkansas resident; (2) A child of a parent who is an Arkansas resident; (3) A child placed by or on behalf of another state's child welfare agency; (4) A child for whom the facility is being paid by another state's Medicaid program; (5) A child of an active-duty member or veteran of the uniformed services as defined in § 6-4-302 ; or (6) A nonresident child victim of human trafficking when the regulated facility maintains responsibility for the return of the child to the out-of-state custodian.\n\n(1) An Arkansas resident;\n\n(2) A child of a parent who is an Arkansas resident;\n\n(3) A child placed by or on behalf of another state's child welfare agency;\n\n(4) A child for whom the facility is being paid by another state's Medicaid program;\n\n(5) A child of an active-duty member or veteran of the uniformed services as defined in § 6-4-302 ; or\n\n(6) A nonresident child victim of human trafficking when the regulated facility maintains responsibility for the return of the child to the out-of-state custodian.\n\n(b) The Department of Human Services may promulgate rules to enforce this section.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 28","Subchapter 4"],"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":"0245b696cb120e1b35a4231510f4ac9f472a05e3fc2f3e1775623204508785ca","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-28-415","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-28-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}