Bill
Number: S.B. 1716
Barto
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee
amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Prohibits the Arizona
State Hospital (ASH) from placing admission limitations based solely on a
patient’s county of residence.
2. Requires the prescribed
annual Governing Body report to include information regarding ASH’s strategic
plans related to clinical services and removes proposed reporting information
regarding patient participation in the Guilty Except Insane Program and patient
cases that are before the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB).
3. Specifies that
prescribed Governing Body reporting requirements do not require the release of
any specific patient’s individually identifiable health information.
4. Specifies that the ASH
Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) Chairperson must be invited to each
meeting of the Governing Body and requires the ASH IOC Chairperson to provide a
quarterly report to the Governing Body.
5. Requires an ASH
patient’s treating psychiatrist, or a designee, to appear as a witness before
the PSRB at each hearing regarding the patient’s conditional release.
6. Makes technical and
conforming changes.
Page 1, before line 1, insert:
"Page
1, line 10, after the period strike remainder of line
Line 11,
strike "with law.""
Line 2,
after the quotation mark insert "; strike "may"
insert "shall"; after "based"
insert "solely""
Between
lines 2 and 3, insert:
"Page
2, line 2, after "minutes" insert "of any meeting that the director attends""
Strike line
5, insert:
"Line
7, strike "4." insert "B."
Reletter to
conform
Line 8,
strike ", who serves""
Line 6,
strike "10" insert "9"; after "12" insert ",
insert "shall be invited to each governing body meeting,
shall provide a written report to the governing body at least quarterly and
shall report to the governing body more frequently as the chairperson deems
appropriate."
Between
lines 7 and 8, insert:
"Line
29, before "On" insert "A.""
Line 8,
after the comma insert "after "served"
insert "at each facility at the state hospital";"
Page 2,
strike lines 3 through 6, insert:
"Strike
line 9
Line 10,
strike "expanded" insert:
"4. A summary of the state hospital's current strategic
plans for"; strike "plans to"
insert "the"; after "use"
insert "of"
Line 11,
strike ", educational and rehabilitation";
strike "for"
Line 12,
strike "patients""
Page 2, line
7, strike "15" insert "13"
Line 9,
after the first comma insert "after "of"
insert "patient-centered,";"
Strike lines
10 through 12, insert:
"Line
26, after "program" insert a period strike
remainder of line"
Line 13,
strike "30" insert "27"
Line 14,
strike "7." insert "6."
Line 16,
strike "8." insert "7."
Between
lines 26 and 27, insert:
"Between
lines 34 and 35, insert:
"B. This section does not require the release of
individually identifiable health information of any specific patient.""
Page 3,
between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Line
12, strike "whenever the"
Line 13,
strike "patient appears before the board"
insert "at each statutory hearing regarding the patient's
conditional release""
Line 15,
after "increase" insert "or needs to increase"
Amend title to conform