AR SB389

Amends Arkansas Code § 5-2-315(c) to establish conditions for conditional release of acquittees found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, including compliance with prescribed medical or psychological treatment and regular contact with a compliance monitor.

Requires compliance with release conditions to be documented with the circuit court at ninety-day intervals or as ordered and allows courts to impose conditions for up to five (5) years.

Modifies Arkansas Code § 5-2-316 to authorize the Director of the Department of Human Services, the conditionally released person, or both to apply for discharge or modification of conditional release orders.

Extends the conditional release review period to within five (5) years after the most recent order and allows courts to modify, revoke, or extend conditional release for an additional period not to exceed five (5) years.

Requires that upon revocation of conditional release, the person be recommitted to the custody of the Department of Human Services director and may only be discharged or conditionally released again through the procedure prescribed in § 5-2-315.