(a) The Department of Human Services shall provide informational materials, including, but not limited to, parenting, child abuse, substance abuse, sexual abuse, and family planning, to parents whose children have been placed in state custody. (b) This information shall be provided to both natural and adoptive parents and shall be provided within thirty (30) days […]
In order to provide accountability to the citizens of Arkansas for funds appropriated to a private institution, Arkansas Children’s Hospital shall file, annually, a certified annual financial and operations report with the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall not expend any state or federal funds for childcare services to any childcare facility unless that facility is licensed or approved by the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services, or registered with the department except where care is provided by […]
(a) (1) The Child Health and Family Life Institute shall be administered under the direction of Arkansas Children’s Hospital. (2) Arkansas Children’s Hospital shall enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for services required in delivering the programs of the institute. (3) […]
(a) Currently, sexually abused children often have to describe their sexual abuse several times to different professionals at different locations. Many investigations are conducted with little collaboration between the agencies involved in the cases. Each agency’s child abuse professionals are officed in a different facility, and interface during the investigation and management of cases is […]
(a) Reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, medical records, or other materials compiled or gathered by a children’s advocacy center shall be confidential and shall not be released or otherwise made available except: (1) To the attorney representing the abused child in a custody or juvenile case with an order of appointment or an order recognizing […]
(a) A private business that provides short-term child care for its patrons shall perform a criminal history check with the Department of Arkansas State Police and a Child Maltreatment Central Registry check with the Department of Human Services for every employee that is employed in a capacity that directly or indirectly relates to providing care […]
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall report quarterly each fiscal year to the Legislative Council on program activities and the expenditure of funds from the Psychiatric Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics appropriation for Building Effective Services for Trauma programs provided to children and adolescents.
