AZ HB2422

Authorizes Arizona counties to establish coordinated reentry planning services programs within county jails to screen, assess, and connect booked individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers early in the criminal justice process.

Requires programs to maintain a cross-system recidivism tracking database incorporating data from prearrest diversion, jail booking screenings, reentry planning, and postrelease treatment engagement.

Mandates establishment of a planning committee including law enforcement, service providers, public defenders, prosecutors, superior court judges, court clerks, and other stakeholders to develop program policies and procedures.

Appropriates $8,000,000 in fiscal year 2020-2021 and $7,000,000 each in fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 to counties with populations not exceeding 1.5 million persons, with up to $1,000,000 available for database development.

Requires funding distribution to eligible counties based on proportional population share, administered by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission.