ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2318: health care institutions; accreditation; inspections

Sponsor:  Representative Barto, LD 15

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Updates and clarifies terminology for the licensing of health care institutions.

History

The director of the Department of Health Services (DHS) must inspect the premises of the health care institution and investigate the character and other qualifications of the applicant to ascertain whether the applicant and the health care institution are in substantial compliance with the requirements and rules established prescribed by law. The Director may accept proof that that a health care institution is an accredited hospital or is an accredited health care institution in lieu of compliance inspections required if the director received a copy of the institution's accreditation report licensure period. If the health care institution's accreditation report is not valid for the entire licensure period, DHS may conduct a compliance inspection of the health care institution during the time period DHS does not have a valid accreditation report for the institution. (A.R.S. § 36-424)

Health care institution is defined as every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, that provides facilities with medical services, nursing services, behavioral health services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services and includes home health agencies, outdoor behavioral health care programs and hospice service agencies. A health care institution does not include a community residential setting. (A.R.S. § 36-401)

Provisions

1.    Clarifies that the DHS director may accept an accreditation report in lieu of a compliance inspection of a health care institution only if both apply:

a)    The institution is accredited by an independent, nonprofit accrediting organization approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

b)    The institution has not been subject to an enforcement action within the year preceding the annual licensing fee anniversary date. (Sec. 1)☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

2.    Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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