REFERENCE TITLE: long-term care facilities; chaplains

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

SB 1288

Introduced by

Senator Kaiser

An Act

amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-407.04; relating to health care institutions.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-407.04, to read:

START_STATUTE36-407.04. Long-term care facilities; chaplain program; definition

A. Each long-term care facility shall establish a chaplain program for either a volunteer chaplain or a chaplain who requires a monthly stipend.  The chaplain program shall provide a chaplain on-site at the long-term care facility at least two times per week.

B. For the purposes of this section, "long-term care facility" means a nursing care institution, an assisted living facility and an assisted living home. END_STATUTE