§ 20-64-1001. Arkansas Drug Director
(a) (1) There is created within the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services a position of Arkansas Drug Director. (2) The Arkansas Drug Director shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (3) The Arkansas Drug Director shall report to […]
§ 20-64-1002. Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council — Creation
(a) There is hereby established the Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council, hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “coordinating council”. (b) The coordinating council shall be composed of twenty-seven (27) members as follows: (1) Thirteen (13) members of the coordinating council shall be administrative officers of the following agencies, or their appropriate […]
§ 20-64-1003. Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council — Functions, powers, and duties
(a) The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall have the responsibility for overseeing all planning, budgeting, and implementation of expenditures of state and federal funds allocated for alcohol and drug education, prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. (b) The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: […]
§ 20-64-905. Renewal
(a) Each alcohol and drug abuse treatment program licensure shall be renewed annually upon a payment of a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) by January 30 of each year to the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services. (b) If any person or program covered by this subchapter […]
§ 20-64-820. Appointment of counsel
(a) If it appears to the court that a person sought to be committed is in need of counsel, counsel shall be appointed immediately upon filing of the petition. Whenever legal counsel is appointed by the court, such court shall determine the amount of the fee, if any, to be paid the attorney so appointed […]
§ 20-64-906. Disposition of funds
(a) All application fees and accreditation costs will be paid to the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services. (b) The division shall transfer the money to the State Treasury, and the money shall be specially designated for transfer to the Public Health Fund to cover maintenance and […]
§ 20-64-821. Initial hearing — Determination — Evaluation
(a) In each case a hearing shall be set by the court within five (5) days, excluding weekends and holidays, of the filing of a petition for involuntary commitment, with a request for continued detention or for involuntary commitment with a request for immediate detention. (b) (1) (A) A person named in a petition for […]
§ 20-64-907. Reporting requirements
(a) All persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations operating alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs in the State of Arkansas, whether licensed by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services or expressly exempted from licensure, shall be required to furnish such information at such times and in such […]
§ 20-64-822. Pleadings — Involuntary commitment
The pleadings in each case shall be deemed to conform to the proof. The court is hereby authorized to enter orders of involuntary commitment pursuant to § 20-47-201 et seq., conforming thereto.
§ 20-64-908. Appeal process
(a) The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall have the power and authority to hear appeals regarding decisions by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services not to license an alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug abuse treatment program under this subchapter. (b) All hearings […]