Opinion No.

The Honorable Jay Bradford State Senator Chair, Human Services Subcommittee State Capitol, Room 315 Little Rock, AR 72201

Dear Senator Bradford:

This is in response to your request for an opinion, on behalf of the Human Services Subcommittee of the Joint Interim Committees on Public Health, Welfare Labor and State Agencies, concerning the authority of the legislature with regard to the State Hospital.1 You have asked whether the legislature can "close down" the State Hospital or move it from its present location without the approval of the State Hospital Board ("Board"). It is my understanding…