LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ACADIA LOUISIANA, LLC, D/B/A ACADIANA ADDICTION CENTER

Exhibit 3.10

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF

ACADIA LOUISIANA, LLC,

D/B/A ACADIANA ADDICTION CENTER

THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, dated effective as of the 2^nd day of February, 2009 (this “Agreement”), is adopted, executed and agreed to, for good and valuable consideration, by the sole Initial Member. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 1.6.

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Formation. The formation of Acadia Louisiana, LLC, d/b/a Acadiana Addiction Center (the “LLC”), pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. §18-101, et seq., as amended from time to time (the “Act”), occurred on the date set forth above. An authorized person, within the meaning of the Act, has executed, delivered and filed the certificate of formation of the LLC (the “Certificate”). Upon the Initial Member’s (i) execution of this Agreement or a counterpart hereof and (ii) the making of the capital contribution required by Section 1.5, such Member shall be admitted to the LLC as its sole initial member.

Section 1.2 Name. The name of the LLC will be “Acadia Louisiana, LLC,” or such other name or names as the Manager may from time to time designate.

Section 1.3 Purpose. The LLC’s purpose shall be to carry on any activities which may be lawfully be carried on by a limited liability company organized pursuant to the act.

Section 1.4 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Place of Business. The registered office of the LLC required by the Act to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the office of the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office (which need not be a place of business of the LLC) as the Manager may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The registered agent of the LLC in the State of Delaware shall be the initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other person or persons as the Manager may designate from time to time in the manner provided by law. The LLC will maintain an office and principal place of business at such place or places inside or outside the State of Delaware as the Manager may designate from time to time.

Section 1.5 Capital Contributions.

(a) The Initial Member shall, promptly following the execution of this Agreement, contribute to the capital of the LLC the amount set forth on Schedule I. All future capital contributions made by any Participant shall be reflected on the Company’s books and records. Persons hereafter admitted as Members of the LLC shall make such contributions of cash (or promissory obligations), property or services to the LLC as shall

be determined by the Manager and the Member making the contribution in their sole discretion at the time of each such admission.

(b) No Participant shall have any responsibility to restore any negative balance in his, her or its Capital Account or to contribute to or in respect of liabilities or obligations of the LLC, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, or return distributions made by the LLC except as required by the Act or other applicable law. The failure of the LLC to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under this Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Participants for liabilities of the LLC.

(d) A Participant shall not be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Account or to receive any distributions from the LLC except as provided in Articles III and V; nor shall a Participant be entitled to make any capital contribution to the LLC other than as expressly provided herein. Any Participant may, with the approval of the Manager, make loans to the LLC, and any loan by a Participant to the LLC shall not be considered to be a capital contribution for any purpose and shall not result in an increase in the amount of the Capital Account of such Participant.

Section 1.6 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

“Assignee” means a person or entity to whom an LLC interest has been transferred in a Transfer described in Section 4.3, unless and until such person or entity becomes a Member with respect to such LLC interest.

“Book Value” means, with respect to any LLC property, the LLC’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except that the initial Book Value of any property contributed to the LLC shall be the value of such property on the date of such contribution, as agreed by the Manager and the Member contributing the property, and the Book Value of any LLC property shall be adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(e) (in connection with a distribution of such property) or (f) (in connection with a revaluation of Capital Accounts).

“Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Event of Withdrawal” means the death or dissolution of a Member.

“Initial Member” means Acadia Healthcare Company, LLC.

“Losses” for any period means all items of LLC loss, deduction and expense for such period determined according to Section 2.2.

“Majority in Interest” means the Member(s) holding a majority of Percentage Interests of all Members.

“Manager” means the party identified as such on Schedule I as the manager or its successor as provided for in Section 4.1(d) below. There shall be only one Manager.

“Member” means any of the parties identified on Schedule I as a member or admitted as a member after the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case for so long as such person continues to be a member hereunder.

“Participant” means a Member, a Terminated Member or an Assignee.

“Percentage Interest” means, in respect of each Participant, such Participant’s interest in the income, gains, losses, deductions and expenses of the LLC as set forth on Schedule I.

“Profits” for any period means all items of LLC income and gain for such period determined according to Section 2.2.

“Terminated Member” means a person who has ceased to be a Member pursuant to Section 4.6.

Section 1.7 Term. The LLC shall continue until dissolved and terminated in accordance with Article V of this Agreement.

Section 1.8 No State-Law Partnership. The Participant(s) intend that the LLC not be a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Participant be a partner or joint venturer of any other Participant, for any purposes other than federal and, if applicable, state tax purposes, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the LLC or any Participant shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Participant(s) intend that the LLC shall be treated as a partnership for federal and, if applicable, state income tax purposes, and that each Participant and the LLC shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.

ARTICLE II

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

Section 2.1 Capital Accounts. A “Capital Account” will be established for each Participant on the books of the LLC and will be adjusted as follows:

(a) Such Participant’s contributions to the capital of the LLC will be credited to his, her or its Capital Account when received by the LLC.

(b) At the end of each fiscal year of the LLC and upon dissolution and winding up of the LLC pursuant to Article V, Profits for such period allocated to such Participant pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be credited, and Losses for such period allocated

to such Participant pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be debited, as the case may be, to such Participant’s Capital Account.

(d) Such Participant’s Capital Account will otherwise be adjusted in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.704-l(b)(2)(iv).

Section 2.2 Computation of Amounts. For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or expense to be reflected in Capital Accounts, the determination, recognition and classification of each such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax purposes; provided that:

(a) any income that is exempt from Federal income tax shall be added to such taxable income or losses and any expenditures of the LLC described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), shall be subtracted from such taxable income or losses;

(b) if the Book Value of any LLC property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) (in connection with a distribution of such property) or (f) (in connection with a revaluation of Capital Accounts), the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property; and

(c) if property that is reflected on the books of the LLC has a Book Value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such property, depreciation, amortization and gain or loss with respect to such property shall be determined by reference to such Book Value.

Section 2.3 Distribution in Kind. If securities are to be distributed in kind to the Participants pursuant to this Agreement, (i) such securities shall first be written up or down pursuant to Section 2.2(b) to their value (as determined pursuant to Article VI as of the date of such distribution), (ii) the Capital Accounts of the Participant(s) shall be adjusted immediately prior to the distribution as if such securities were sold at their value (as so determined) and (iii) the value of such securities (as so determined) received by each Participant shall be debited against his, her or its respective Capital Account at the time of distribution.

ARTICLE III

DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS

Section 3.1 Distributions. Distributions of cash or other assets of the LLC shall be made at such times and in such amounts as the Manager may determine. Unless the Manager determines otherwise, distributions shall be made to Participants pro rata based on the Percentage Interests held by each Participant. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the LLC shall not make a distribution to any Participant on account

of his, her or its interest in the LLC if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.

Section 3.2 Allocation of Profits and Losses. Except as may be required by the Code, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction or expense to the LLC shall be allocated among the Participant(s) in proportion to the Percentage Interests held by each Participant.

MANAGEMENT AND MEMBER RIGHTS

Section 4.1 Management Authority.

(a) The Manager shall have the sole right to manage the business of the LLC and shall have all powers and rights necessary, appropriate or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes and business of the LLC, and, no Member other than the Manager, unless such Member is also the Manager, shall have any authority to act for or bind the LLC but shall have only the right to vote on or approve the actions herein specified to be voted on or approved by the Members.

(b) The Manager may appoint such officers, to such terms and to perform such functions as the Manager shall determine in its sole discretion. The Manager may appoint, employ or otherwise contract with such other persons or entities for the transaction of the business of the LLC or the performance of services for or on behalf of the LLC as it shall determine in its sole discretion. The Manager may delegate to any such officer, person or entity such authority to act on behalf of the LLC as the Manager may from time to time deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

(c) When the taking of such action has been authorized by the Manager, any officer of the LLC or any other person specifically authorized by the Manager, may execute any contract or other agreement or document on behalf of the LLC and may execute and file on behalf of the LLC with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware any certificates of amendment to the LLC’s certificate of formation, one or more restated certificates of formation and certificates of merger or consolidation and, upon the dissolution and completion of winding up of the LLC, at any time when there are no Members, or as otherwise provided in the Act, a certificate of cancellation canceling the LLC’s certificate of formation.

(d) The Manager may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Member(s). Upon such removal, a Majority in Interest of the Member(s) shall appoint a successor Manager. The Manager may resign at any time upon ten days’ prior notice to the Member(s). Upon such resignation, the Manager may appoint a successor Manager; provided, however, that such successor Manager must be approved by the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Member(s).

Section 4.2 Indemnification. Except as limited by law and subject to the provisions of this Section 4.2, each person and entity shall be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless on an as incurred basis by the LLC (but only after first making a claim for

indemnification available from any other source and only to the extent indemnification is not provided by that source) to the fullest extent permitted under the Act (including indemnification for negligence, gross negligence and breach of fiduciary duty to the extent so authorized) as amended from time to time (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the LLC to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the LLC to provide prior to such amendment) against all losses, liabilities and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, arising from claims, actions and proceedings in which such person or entity may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of his being or having been a Manager, Participant or officer of the LLC, or by reason of his serving at the request of the LLC as a director, officer, manager, member, partner, employee or agent of another limited liability company or of a corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including a service with respect to an employee benefit plan whether or not such person or entity continues to be such at the time any such loss, liability or expense is paid or incurred. The rights of indemnification provided in this Section 4.2 will be in addition to any rights to which such person may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall extend to his successors and assigns. In particular, and without limitation of the foregoing, such person or entity shall be entitled to indemnification by the LLC against expenses (as incurred), including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by such person or entity upon the delivery by such person or entity to the LLC of a written undertaking (reasonably acceptable to the Manager). The LLC may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Manager, grant rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the LLC to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 4.2 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of the Manager, Participants and officers of the LLC.

Section 4.3 Transfer of LLC Interest.

(a) No Participant shall sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law (a “Transfer”), all or any portion of his, her or its interest in the LLC without the prior written consent of the Manager, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion. No Participant shall pledge or otherwise encumber all or any portion of his, her or its interest in the LLC, without the prior written consent of the Manager, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Transfer by the Participants in contravention of any of the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall be void and ineffective, and shall not bind, or be recognized by, the LLC.

(c) If and to the extent any Transfer of an interest in the LLC is permitted hereunder, this Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) shall be amended by the Manager to reflect the Transfer of the LLC interest to the transferee, to admit the transferee as a Member and to reflect the elimination of the transferring Participant (or the reduction of such Transferring Participant’s interest in the LLC) and (if and to the extent then required by the Act) a certificate of amendment to the Certificate reflecting such admission and elimination (or reduction) shall be filed in accordance with the Act. The effectiveness of the Transfer of an interest in the LLC permitted hereunder and the admission of any new or substitute Member pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be deemed

effective immediately prior to the Transfer of an interest in the LLC to such Participant or if later on the first date that the Manager receives evidence of such Transfer, including the terms thereof. If the transferring Participant has transferred all or any of its interest in the LLC pursuant to this Section 4.3, then, immediately following such transfer or if later on the first date that the Manager receives evidence of such Transfer, including the terms thereof, the transferring Participant shall cease to be a Participant with respect to such interest.

(d) Any person or entity who acquires in any manner whatsoever any interest in the LLC, irrespective of whether such person or entity has accepted and adopted in writing the terms and provisions of this Agreement, shall be deemed by the acceptance of the benefits of the acquisition thereof to have (i) made all of the capital contributions made by, (ii) received all of the distributions received by, and (iii) agreed to be subject to and bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement that, any predecessor in such interest in the LLC made, received and was subject to or bound by.

Section 4.4 Member Rights; Meetings.

(a) No Member, unless such Member is also the Manager, shall have any right, power or duty, including the right to approve or vote on any matter, except as expressly required by the Act or other applicable law or as expressly provided for hereunder.

(b) Unless a greater vote is required by the Act or as expressly provided for hereunder, the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest of the Member(s) entitled to vote shall be required to approve any proposed action.

(c) Meetings of the Member(s) for the transaction of such business as may properly come before such Member(s) shall be held at such place, on such date and at such time as the Manager shall determine. Special meetings of Member(s) for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Manager or the Member(s) holding a Majority in Interest. The LLC shall deliver oral or written notice (written notice may be delivered by mail) stating the date, time, place and purposes of any meeting to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting. Such notice shall be given not less than four (4) and no more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.

(d) Any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of the Member(s) may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, provided that written consents, setting forth all proposed actions to be taken at such meeting, are signed by the Member(s) holding at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Member(s) entitled to vote on such action were present and voted. Every written consent shall bear the date and signature of each Member who signs such consent. Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to all Members who have not consented in writing to such action.

Section 4.5 Additional Members. The Manager shall have the sole right to admit additional Members upon such terms and conditions, at such time or times as the Manager shall in its sole discretion determine. In connection with any such admission, the Manager shall amend Schedule I to reflect the name, address and capital contribution of the additional Member and the new Percentage Interests of all Participants.

Section 4.6 Termination of a Member. A person or entity will no longer be a Member for purposes of this Agreement upon an Event of Withdrawal. The Terminated Member shall only be entitled to continue to receive allocations of Profits and Losses and distributions of the LLC, including distributions pursuant to Article V hereof, as and when paid by the LLC, to the same extent such Terminated Member was entitled to such distributions as a Member. Except as provided in Section 8.1, such Terminated Member will not be entitled to participate in any LLC decision or determination, and his, her or its successors and assigns will acquire only his, her or its right to receive allocation of Profits and Losses and to share in LLC distributions.

Section 4.7 Outside Businesses. Any Participant may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the LLC, and the LLC and the Participants shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or gains derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the LLC, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Participant shall be obligated to present any particular investment opportunity to the LLC even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the LLC, could be taken by the LLC, and any Participant shall have the right to take for his, her or its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment opportunity.

ARTICLE V

DURATION

Section 5.1 Duration. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 of this Agreement, the LLC shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up and terminated upon the first to occur of the following:

(a) The written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Members; or

(b) The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.

Except as otherwise set forth in this Article V, the Member(s) intend for the Company to have perpetual existence.

Section 5.2 Continuation of the LLC. The occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall not dissolve the LLC if within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Event of Withdrawal, the business of the LLC is continued by the agreement of remaining Member(s) holding not less than a majority in interest (as defined in Revenue Procedure 94.46 or any successor thereto) of the remaining Member(s).

Section 5.3 Winding Up.

Upon dissolution of the LLC, the LLC shall be liquidated in an orderly manner. The Manager shall be the liquidator pursuant to this Agreement and shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the LLC and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Act. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a LLC expense. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:

(a) First, the liquidator shall satisfy all of the LLC’s debts and liabilities to creditors other than Participants (whether by payment or the reasonable provision for payment thereof);

(b) Second, the liquidator shall satisfy all of the LLC’s debts and liabilities to Participants (whether by payment or the reasonable provision for payment thereof); and

Section 5.4 Termination. The LLC shall terminate when all of the assets of the LLC, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the LLC, shall have been distributed to the Participants in the manner provided for in this Article V, and the certificate of formation of the LLC shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

ARTICLE VI

VALUATION

Section 6.1 Valuation. For purposes of this Agreement, the value of any property contributed by or distributed to any Participant shall be valued as determined by the Member(s).

ARTICLE VII

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT; MEETINGS

Section 7.1 Books. The Manager will maintain, on behalf of the LLC, complete and accurate books of account of the LLC’s affairs, which books will be open to inspection by any Member (or his authorized representative) at any time during ordinary business hours and shall be maintained in accordance with the Act.

Section 7.2 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the LLC shall end on December 31 of each year or such other year end as the Manager may determine in its sole discretion.

Section 7.3 Tax Allocation and Reports.

(a) The income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the LLC will be allocated, for federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Participants in

accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Participants for computing their Capital Accounts, except as otherwise provided in the Code or other applicable law.

(b) In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss, deduction and expense with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the LLC shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Participants so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the LLC for federal income tax purposes and its fair market value at the time of contribution.

(c) Within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Tax Matters Partner (as defined below) shall cause the LLC to furnish each Participant with a copy of the LLC’s tax return and form K-1 for such fiscal year.

(d) The LLC hereby designates the Manager to act as the “Tax Matters Partner” (as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code) in accordance with Sections 6221 through 6233 of the Code.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified and any provision hereof may be waived only by the Manager; provided, however, that any amendment or modification reducing disproportionately a Participant’s LLC interest or other interest in the profits or losses or in distributions or increasing such person’s or entity’s capital contribution shall be effective only with that person’s or entity’s consent.

Section 8.2 Successors. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Participants and their respective legal representatives, heirs, successors and permitted assigns.

Section 8.3 Governing Law; Severability. This Agreement will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and, to the maximum extent possible, in such manner as to comply with an the terms and conditions of the Act. If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any provision of this Agreement is invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.

Section 8.4 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given and delivered under or by reason of provisions under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when personally delivered, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested), sent by telecopy or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the addresses or telecopy numbers set forth in Schedule I hereto or to such other addresses or telecopy numbers as have been supplied in writing to the LLC.

Section 8.5 Complete Agreement; Headings, Counterparts. This Agreement terminates and supersedes all other agreements concerning the subject matter hereof previously entered into among any of the parties. Descriptive headings are for convenience only and will not control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in either the masculine, feminine or the neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts together will constitute one agreement.

Section 8.6 Partition. Each Participant waives, until termination of the LLC, any and all rights that it may have to maintain an action for partition of the LLC’s property.

Section 8.7 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Limited Liability Company Agreement to be signed as of the date first above written.

By: ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, LLC Its: Initial Member

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President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature page to Acadia Louisiana, LLC Operating Agreement]

SCHEDULE I


MEMBER(S)	CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION		PERCENTAGE INTEREST

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Attention: Chief Executive Officer

MANAGER

Acadia Healthcare Company, LLC

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF ACADIA LOUISIANA, LLC, D/B/A ACADIANA ADDICTION CENTER

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