AZ HB2408

Amends Arizona law regarding court-ordered mental health treatment to clarify notification requirements when patients are released to outpatient treatment before their court-ordered treatment period expires.

Requires medical directors to notify prosecuting agencies at least five days before releasing patients to outpatient treatment if criminal charges involving death, serious physical injury, or violations of title 13, chapter 14 were dismissed pursuant to section 13-4517.

Changes notice requirements for release of patients found to be "danger to others" by specifying that presiding judges, relatives or victims who filed notice demands, and persons with legitimate reasons for notice must receive at least ten days' notice, except prosecuting agencies receive five days' notice.

Reorganizes and renumbers subsection letters in both sections 36-540.01 and 36-541.01 to accommodate the new prosecuting agency notification requirements.

Makes grammatical and stylistic updates including replacing "prior to" with "before" and updating pronouns throughout the statute.