Second Regular Session S.B. 1609
PROPOSED
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1609
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-425.10, to read:
36-425.10. Patients with serious mental illness; transfer or discharge; medications; documentation
If a patient with a serious mental illness is transferred or discharged from a health care institution to another health care institution, residential placement or group home, the health care institution that is transferring or discharging the patient shall provide to the patient a thirty-day supply of all medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, the patient was given in the previous ten days that are ongoing or to be taken as needed. Each medication must include clear documented instructions that are signed by the patient or the patient's parent or guardian, the discharge team and the intake team.
Sec. 2. Title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 36-2903.14, 36-2903.15 and 36-2903.16, to read:
36-2903.14. Personal health information; duplicative paperwork requirements
A. The administration shall require its contractors to review and minimize duplicative paperwork requirements for and limit the number of contractors and entities that unnecessarily receive personal health information of members with serious mental illness who are receiving services pursuant to this chapter or chapter 34 of this title.
B. Contractors may not sell or otherwise benefit financially from any member's personal health information.
36-2903.15. Peer specialists; qualifications; oversight; training; annual report
A. The administration shall develop and implement processes to monitor its contractors' oversight of peer specialists to ensure that the peer specialists meet qualifications and receive the required supervision.
B. In addition to any other qualifications, peer specialists shall complete training that is developed by the administration and that includes psychosis-specific content, including anosognosia.
C. On or before November 1, 2024 and each November 1 thereafter, The administration shall provide an annual report to the Governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on the development and implementation processes required by this section and on the monitoring and outcomes of using peer specialists in providing behavioral health services to members.
36-2903.16. Automated survey; members with serious mental illness
The administration shall develop and implement a real-time automated survey for members with serious mental illness and the member's parent, guardian or caregiver, if applicable, to collect feedback, identify quality of care issues and respond to the needs of members with serious mental illness."
Amend title to conform