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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-47-704

Children's Behavioral Health Care Commission — Composition — Duties

Acts 2007, No. 1593, § 1; 2017, No. 540, § 48.

The Governor shall establish a Children's Behavioral Health Care Commission. The commission shall:

(1) Consist of nine (9) members, who shall: Include families and advocates for children receiving behavioral healthcare services and representatives from a variety of behavioral healthcare agencies, disciplines, and providers; and

(2) Serve three-year terms, except that the initial term for two-thirds (2/3) of the membership shall be equally divided by lot with one-half of such persons serving an initial term of one (1) year and the other half serving an initial term of two (2) years; and

(3) Provide advice and guidance to the Department of Human Services and other state agencies providing behavioral healthcare services to children, youth, and their families on the most effective methods for establishing a system-of-care approach.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.