Senate Engrossed

ALTCS; rate increases; appropriations

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

SENATE BILL 1613

AN ACT

Appropriating monies for the Arizona long-term care system.

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

Section 1. Appropriations; Arizona health care cost containment system; department of economic security; Arizona long-term care system; rate increases; exemption

A. The following sums from the following sources are appropriated to the Arizona health care cost containment system in fiscal year 2025-2026 for rate increases in the Arizona long-term care system for assisted living centers and skilled nursing facilities:

1. $13,592,216 from the state general fund.

2. $63,331,829 from expenditure authority.

B. The following sums from the following sources are appropriated to the department of economic security in fiscal year 2025-2026 for rate increases in the Arizona long-term care system for assisted living centers and skilled nursing facilities:

1. $821,989 from the state general fund.

2. $1,504,001 in developmental disabilities medicaid expenditure authority.

C. The appropriations made in subsections A and B of this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.