AZ HB2531

Establishes medical parole authority for the Board of Executive Clemency to release prisoners (except those sentenced to death or natural life) based on incapacitating physical conditions diagnosed by a licensed physician.

Requires physician's written diagnosis including determination of incapacitating condition, detailed description of physical incapacity, and prognosis regarding recovery likelihood before medical parole can be granted.

Prohibits medical parole unless the Director of the Department of Corrections reviews and accepts the diagnosis and the incapacitating condition renders the prisoner unlikely to present a danger to public safety.

Allows the Board to revoke medical parole and return the prisoner to custody if periodic examinations show the prisoner's condition improved to the point they pose a danger to the public.

Requires prisoners who have served ten or more consecutive years to undergo mental health evaluation by a state-licensed psychiatrist or psychologist before medical parole approval.