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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 9. Family Law § 9-28-416. Admission of children to psychiatric residential treatment facilities - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-9-family-law/ar-code-sect-9-28-416/
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