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HB 2117: developmental homes; monitoring

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Barto, LD 15

BILL STATUS: Health and Human Services

                               

 

Overview

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteAllows for the installation of electronic monitoring devices in common areas of a group home or intermediate care facility.

History

The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) link oversees programs and services for individuals with a developmental disability. The mission of DDD is to empower individuals with development disabilities to lead self-directed, healthy and meaningful lives. DDD provides supports and services that help enable individuals with opportunities to exercise their rights and responsibilities of independent decision-making and engagement in the community. DDD serves more than 40,000 people with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Arizona each year.   

Provisions

1.       Allows a service provider that operates a group home or an intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas of the group home or intermediate care facility. (Sec. 1)

2.       Requires a service provider to establish policies regarding the group home's or intermediate care facility's use of electronic monitoring before an electronic monitoring device is installed that include at a minimum:

a.       Consent requirements consistent with A.R.S. § 13-3019 relating to surreptitious photographing, videotaping, filming or digitally recording or viewing;

b.       Public disclosure that an electronic monitoring device is in use on the property;

c.        The maintenance and retention schedule of the video;

d.       Who may access the video;

e.       How confidentiality and privacy are maintained; and

f.         How often the video is monitored or reviewed by the service provider or the service provider's designee. (Sec. 1)

3.       Requires the service provider to submit the electronic monitoring policies to DES before the electronic monitoring device is installed in a group home or intermediate care facility. (Sec. 1)

4.       Provides that if the service provider uses an electronic monitoring device, the service provider must establish policies and submit those policies to DES within 90 days after the effective of this section. (Sec. 1)

5.       Defines terms. (Sec. 1) 

 

 

 

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Fifty-fourth Legislature                               HB 2117

First Regular Session                    Version 1: Health and Human Services

 

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