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House Engrossed Senate Bill
veteran suicide prevention; pilot program |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SENATE BILL 1454 |
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An Act
amending section 5-382, Arizona Revised Statutes; providing for renumbering; amending title 41, chapter 3, article 1.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 41-511.25; amending title 41, chapter 3, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-610.02; repealing section 41-610.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; appropriating monies; relating to the department of veterans' services.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 5-382, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
5-382. State lake improvement fund; administration; report
A. A state lake improvement fund is established. Monies deposited in the fund shall be used only as provided in this section.
B. All monies in the state lake improvement fund are appropriated to the Arizona state parks board solely for the purposes provided in this section. Interest earned on monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Monies in the state lake improvement fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
C. The Arizona state parks board shall administer the monies in the fund as follows:
1. To fund staff support to plan and administer the state lake improvement fund in conjunction with other administrative tasks and recreation plans of the board.
2. To fund projects on waters where gasoline powered boats are permitted and shall be limited to the following:
(a) Public launching ramps.
(b) Public piers, marinas or marina stadia.
(c) Public toilets, sanitation facilities and domestic waters.
(d) Public picnic tables and facilities.
(e) Public parking areas.
(f) Lake construction or improvement.
(g) Marking buoys and other safety facilities.
(h) Watercraft.
(i) Public campgrounds.
(j) Acquisition of real and personal property through purchase, lease, agreement or otherwise for the purpose of providing access to waters where boating is permitted.
(k) Design and engineering projects.
D. Projects involving expenditure of monies from such fund may be accomplished by the Arizona state parks board, by the Arizona game and fish commission, by the board of supervisors of any county or by the governing body of a city or town, provided such projects do not interfere with any vested water rights, or the operation or maintenance of water projects, including domestic, municipal, irrigation district, drainage district, flood control district or reclamation projects. The Arizona outdoor recreation coordinating commission, established by section 41-511.25 41-518, shall examine applications for eligible projects, determine the amount of funding, if any, for each project and submit a list of projects, subject to prior review by the joint committee on capital review, to the Arizona state parks board for allocation from the fund. The board shall annually report to the legislature the expenditures made for such projects in conjunction with the report required by section 41-511.12.
E. State lake improvement funds may be used on projects where matching funds are made available.
Sec. 2. Renumber
Sections 41-511.25 and 41-511.26, Arizona Revised Statutes, are renumbered as sections 41-518 and 41-518.01, respectively.
Sec. 3. Title 41, chapter 3, article 1.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 41-511.25, to read:
41-511.25. Arizona veterans memorial state park
A. The Arizona state parks board shall establish the Arizona veterans memorial state park subject to the following conditions:
1. The Arizona state parks board purchases the Arizona veterans memorial state park site pursuant to title 37, chapter 2, article 3.
2. The joint committee on capital review approves the design and construction of the memorial.
3. The site purchased pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection is located in a county with a population of more than four million persons and within two miles of a veteran's national cemetery.
B. The Arizona state parks board may enter into an intergovernmental agreement pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3 with the county in which the park is located for the maintenance and preservation of the Arizona veterans memorial state park.
Sec. 4. Title 41, chapter 3, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-610.02, to read:
41-610.02. Veteran suicide prevention training pilot program; annual report
A. The veteran suicide prevention training pilot program is established in the department to offer claims examiners and county and municipal veteran service offices specialized training and certification in preventing veteran suicides.
B. The Department shall contract with an organization that has experience in developing and implementing veteran-relevant and evidence-based suicide prevention training to develop the training curriculum. The department shall establish and oversee the process for selecting program participants and certifying program participants who successfully complete veteran suicide prevention training.
C. The program shall train program participants to do the following:
1. Identify indicators of elevated suicide risk in veterans.
2. Provide emergency crisis referrals for veterans expressing or exhibiting symptoms of emotional or psychological distress.
D. The Department shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
E. On or before July 30 each year, the department shall submit a report to the PRESIDENT of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives that includes information concerning the pilot program and whether any changes should be made to the pilot program to increase the program's effectiveness. In the department's final report, the department shall recommend whether the pilot program should be CONTINUED.
Sec. 5. Delayed repeal
Section 41-610.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after December 31, 2027.
Sec. 6. Appropriation; Arizona state parks board; reversion
A. The sum of $10,000,000 is appropriated from the state parks revenue fund established by section 41-511.21, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2023-2024 to the Arizona state parks board to purchase, design and construct the Arizona veterans memorial state park site pursuant to section 41-511.25, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.
B. All monies appropriated in subsection A of this section remaining unexpended and unencumbered on July 1, 2025 revert to the state parks revenue fund.