ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: HHS DP 12-0-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2944: inpatient treatment days; computation; exclusion

Sponsor: Representative Hernandez A, LD 20

House Engrossed

Overview

Specifies that in computing the number of inpatient treatment days available to a patient, any time the patient spent in a jail or prison must be excluded.

History

The maximum period of inpatient treatment that the court may order, subject to limitations, are as follows: 1) ninety days for a person found to be a danger to self; 2) 180 days for a person found to be a danger to others; 3) 180 days for a person found to have a persistent or acute disability; and 4) 365 days for a person found to have a grave disability (A.R.S. § 36-540).

Provisions

1.   Excludes any time a patient spent in a jail or prison when computing the number of inpatient treatments days available to a patient. (Sec. 2)

2.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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