AR HB1242

Board of Corrections shall promulgate rules or develop administrative directives setting minimum standards for all transitional housing facilities in Arkansas, rather than only rules.

Parole Board, district court, or circuit court cannot release transferees, parolees, or probationers to transitional housing facilities unless the facility provides a current license issued by the Department of Community Correction.

Minimum standards must address local health/safety codes, zoning ordinances, state/federal codes, geographic dispersement, square footage-to-resident ratios, and bathing/restroom facility-to-resident ratios.

Department of Community Correction shall license transitional housing facilities by type and establish procedures for applications, investigations, denials, complaint handling, license suspension/revocation, and civil penalties.

Operation of transitional housing facility without valid license results in civil penalties not exceeding $500 per day, with opportunity for hearing before penalty assessment required.