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HB 2152: residential beds; seriously mentally ill

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Barto, LD 15

BILL STATUS: Transmitted to Governor

 

 

Overview

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteExtends the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) report to December 1, 2019.

History

Laws 2018, Chapter 151 requires AHCCCS to report to the chairpersons of the senate health and human services committee and the house of representative's health committee on the current number of behavioral health residential facility beds that are available in this state for adults determined to have a serious mental illness.

Provisions

1.       Extends the AHCCCS report on the current number of behavioral health residential facility beds and supportive housing beds that are available to December 1, 2019. (Sec. 1)

2.       Adds the successor committees of the senate health and human services committee and the house of representative's health committee to the reporting requirements. (Sec. 1)

3.       Requires AHCCCS to add the following to their reporting requirements:

a.       Average length of stay;

b.       The number of persons arrested during their time as a resident;

c.        The number of beds that have 24-hour, seven days a week, support and supervision; and

d.       The number of persons who leave the facility against the advice of the treatment team. (Sec. 1)

4.       Makes a technical change. (Sec. 1)

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8.       Fifty-fourth Legislature                       HB 2152

9.       First Regular Session                            Version 5: Transmitted

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