Senate Bill 1505 Summary

• Establishes "nursing supported group homes" as a new type of health care institution providing room, board, daily habilitation, and continuous nursing support for no more than six persons with developmental disabilities under contract with the Department of Economic Security.

• Requires nursing supported group homes to be licensed by the Department of Health Services on or before July 1, 2021, under chapter 4 of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

• Exempts nursing supported group homes from zoning standards for health care institutions prescribed by the Department of Health Services.

• Updates definitions across multiple sections of Arizona health care and developmental disabilities law to recognize nursing supported group homes as distinct from group homes and other residential settings.

• Provides the Department of Health Services with an 18-month exemption from standard rulemaking procedures to establish regulations for nursing supported group homes.