CARTER FLOOR AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1375
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 8, after line 33, insert:
"Sec. 4. Department of health services; rules
A. The department of health services shall adopt rules regarding health care institutions that do the following:
1. Reduce monetary or regulatory costs on persons or individuals and streamline the regulation process.
2. Promote the use of deemed status for those behavioral health organizations that are accredited by recognized national organizations.
3. Facilitate licensure of integrated health programs that provide both behavioral and physical health services, and accommodate advances in clinical treatments for behavioral health.
B. For rules regarding assisted living facilities and nursing care institutions, the rules shall be adopted on April 30, 2014.
C. For all other rules requiring adoption pursuant to this section, rules shall be adopted on or before April 30, 2014.
Sec. 5. Exemption from rule making
For the purposes of this act, the department of health services is exempt from the rule making requirements of title 41, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, until April 30, 2014, except that the department shall provide public notice and an opportunity for public comment on proposed rules at least thirty days before a rule is adopted or amended.
Sec. 6. Retroactivity
Sections 4 and 5 of this act are effective retroactively to from and after June 30, 2013."