(a)
(1) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall permit and encourage the entry of data by a local or regional detention facility, such as a county jail, into a database maintained by the center and accessible by an entity as determined by the Supervisory Board for the Arkansas Crime Information Center.
(2) Data provided by a regional detention facility shall facilitate analysis of inmate populations in local detention facilities, including, but not limited to:
(A) Local or regional detention facility inmate population, including the number of inmates currently housed over the recognized maximum capacity of the local or regional detention facility; and
(B) The types and number of offenses for which the inmates are being housed in the local or regional detention facility.
(b) The types of data entered into a database under this section may include:
(1) Information concerning the inmates admitted to and released from the local or regional detention facility, including without limitation:
(A) The state identification number of the inmate;
(B) The offenses the inmates committed or were accused of committing; and
(C) The dates the inmates were both taken into custody and released;
(2)
(A) A record of any mental health screening of an inmate administered by a law enforcement agency or healthcare facility.
(B) The results of a mental health screening administered by a law enforcement agency or healthcare facility may be entered into the database as permitted by state or federal law; and
(3) Any other data that that would be of assistance to a law enforcement agency, state agency, legislative committee, academic researcher, or other entity permitted to access the data.
(c) The center shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this section.
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