Ark. Code § 16-80-104

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 16-80-104 - Comprehensive mental health evaluation for a minor convicted of capital murder or murder in the first degree
(a) If a comprehensive mental health evaluation is not performed at the request of the minor convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, before his or her trial or before he or she is sentenced, the circuit court shall ensure that a comprehensive mental health evaluation is conducted on the minor by an adolescent mental health professional licensed in the state before the minor's entry into the Division of Correction for a sentence of life imprisonment.
(b) A comprehensive mental health evaluation ordered under this section shall include without limitation the following information concerning the minor:
(1) Family interviews;
(2) Prenatal history;
(3) Developmental history;
(4) Medical history;
(5) History of treatment for substance use;
(6) Social history; and
(7) A psychological evaluation.
(c) A comprehensive mental health evaluation conducted under this section:
(1) Is not admissible into evidence at a trial or sentencing over the objections of the minor; and
(2) Shall be included in any documentation or inmate file kept by the Division of Correction or, if the minor is eventually supervised on parole or post-release supervision, the Division of Community Correction.

Ark. Code § 16-80-104

Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 122, eff. 1/1/2024.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 858, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 857, eff. 7/1/2019.
Added by Act 2017, No. 539,§ 8, eff. 3/20/2017.