AR SB472

Establishes three oversight committees: Legislative Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force, Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee, and Behavioral Health Treatment Access Legislative Task Force to monitor implementation and evaluate performance of criminal justice reforms

Creates "Pay-for-Success Act" enabling Department of Community Correction to enter agreements with private entities and universities for intervention services, paying only upon achievement of specific performance targets that reduce recidivism

Expands parole eligibility by creating new category for certain felonies (battery in second degree, aggravated assault, terroristic threatening, domestic battering in second degree, residential burglary) committed after the act's effective date, allowing release after serving one-third or one-half of sentence

Enhances reentry support through prerelease assessments, Medicaid applications up to 45 days before release, medical cost containment at local correctional facilities, driver's license issuance for eligible inmates, and waiver of fees

Implements evidence-based practices in drug courts and specialty courts through evaluation requirements, uniform approval standards, and allows warrantless searches for probationers and parolees as condition of supervision