ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session
	Senate: HHS DPA 7-0-0-0 | 3^rd Read 19-9-2-0

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SB 1678: secure behavioral health residential facilities

Sponsor: Senator Gowan, LD 19

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Requires Secure Behavioral Health Residential Facilities (SBHRFs) to keep civilly placed patients in separate SBHRFs from persons committed to SBHRFs as dangerous and incompetent to stand trial in a criminal proceeding.

History
The Department of Health Services (DHS) licenses SBHRFs to provide 24-hour supportive treatment and supervision for persons who have been deemed seriously mentally ill and resistant to treatment and have been committed because of a court order. Also, individuals who have been deemed as dangerous and have been committed because of a court order (A.R.S. §§ 36-540 and 36-550.09).

An SBHRF can only provide treatment to the individuals listed above and cannot provide services to any other persons on the facility's premises. SBHRFs cannot have more than 16 beds per facility. The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Director must submit an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature and the Supreme Court containing the following information: 1) where monies appropriated to AHCCCS for SBHRFs were used during the previous year; and 2) the number of available beds in each SBHRF (A.R.S. § 36-425.06).

Provisions

1. Specifies that a SBHRF that provides services to persons civilly placed in the SBHRF by a court order cannot provide services to any other persons on that facility's premises.    (Sec. 1)

2. Specifies that a SBHRF that provides services to persons who are deemed dangerous and incompetent to stand trial by a court order cannot provide services to any other persons on that facility's premises. (Sec. 1)

3. Requires AHCCCS to submit a report to the Governor, the Legislature and the Supreme Court on the number of available beds in each SBHRF for persons civilly placed in a SBHRF by a court order. (Sec. 1)

4. Requires AHCCCS to submit a report to the Governor, the Legislature and the Supreme Court on the number of available beds in each SBHRF for persons who are deemed dangerous and incompetent to stand trial by a court order. (Sec. 1)

5. Contains an emergency clause that was not enacted. (Sec. 2)

6. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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