AZ HB2776

Board of executive clemency may release prisoners on medical parole if diagnosed by a licensed physician with incapacitating conditions, extraordinary medical circumstances, terminal illness (prognosis of less than two years), or deteriorating health due to advancing age, except for prisoners sentenced to death or natural life.

Medical parole release requires that no substantial probability exists the prisoner will violate law if released, release is medically appropriate and cost-effective, and release serves the prisoner's well-being and dignity.

State Department of Corrections must prepare a medical parole plan for supervision and placement; board may impose conditions including determining placement and supervision, requiring periodic medical evaluations, and requiring prisoner reporting.

Applications must be processed within specified timeframes: two days to notify board, seven days for physician evaluation, and 28 days (or seven days if terminally ill) for board hearing; reconsideration requests allowed based on new information or procedural errors.

State Department of Corrections and board must publish monthly public reports on application numbers, applicant classifications, release outcomes, recidivism rates, and adherence to time limits, with all prisoner names and identifying information redacted.