Admission of children to psychiatric residential treatment facilities.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-46-401
in effect(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 an out-of-state custodian.
(b) The Department of Human Services may promulgate rules to enforce this section.
Source: Arkansas General Assembly, Acts of 2021-2026 (arkleg.state.ar.us)URL: https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=636.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025RFetched: 11/8/2026
