PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1609
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 1, strike lines 2 through 14
Renumber to conform
Line 16, strike "and" insert a comma; after "36-2903.15" insert "and 36-2903.16"
After line 44, insert:
"36-2903.16. Patients with a designation of serious mental illness; discharge; list of medications
A health care institution that provides inpatient behavioral health services to a patient with a designation of serious mental illness by the administration shall provide, on the patient's discharge, an accurate list of all necessary medications, including psychiatric medications and all other prescription medications and over-the-counter medications, that are to be taken regularly or to be taken as needed. The discharging health care institution shall provide the list to the patient or the patient's representative and to a designated person from the residential care institution or HEALTH care institution THAT is to provide outpatient behavioral HEALTH services to the patient as identified by the discharging health care institution that provided inpatient behavioral health services to the patient."
Page 2, after line 15, insert:
"Sec. 3. Arizona health care cost containment system administration; requirements and processes; inpatient psychiatric facility discharges
The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall establish requirements, through rulemaking if necessary, regarding the discharge of Arizona health care cost containment system members with a designation of serious mental illness from inpatient psychiatric facilities. The discharge requirements shall identify processes and the responsible entities to ensure continuity of care for Arizona health care cost containment system members on discharge, including psychiatric and nonpsychiatric medications for which the administration or its contractors is the primary payor. The processes shall include verification against the Arizona health care cost containment system member's treatment plan of medication doses, schedules, quantities and routes of administration by qualified members of the Arizona health care cost containment system member's inpatient and outpatient treatment teams."
Amend title to conform