AR SB718

In delinquency proceedings, children cannot be ordered to submit to drug or alcohol testing before adjudication unless the court finds reasonable suspicion of drug or alcohol abuse, testing was consented to in a diversion program, or testing will be used as a screening tool in a preadjudication program.

In families in need of services proceedings, families cannot be ordered to submit to drug or alcohol testing before adjudication except through agreed diversion terms.

Parents may be tested for drug or alcohol abuse after adjudication in families in need of services cases upon a court finding of reasonable suspicion that drug or alcohol use exists.

In juvenile delinquency dispositions, courts may order parents to submit to drug or alcohol testing only if the court has reasonable suspicion that the test will be positive.

Courts cannot order scientific testing for drug or alcohol abuse for parents in families in need of services cases unless reasonable suspicion exists that the test will be positive.