AZ SB1478

Board of executive clemency may grant medical parole to prisoners (except those sentenced to death or natural life) who have a physician's diagnosis of incapacitating physical/mental condition, extraordinary medical circumstance, terminal illness (prognosis of less than 2 years), or deteriorating health due to advancing age.

Board may only grant medical parole if there is no substantial probability the prisoner will violate the law, the release is medically appropriate and cost-effective, and the release is in the prisoner's best interests.

Department of corrections must prepare a medical parole plan, identify eligible prisoners, and process applications within specified timeframes (2 days to notify board, 7 days for physician evaluation, 28 days for board hearing or 7 days if terminally ill).

Board must require periodic medical examinations as a condition of parole and may revoke medical parole if the prisoner no longer meets eligibility requirements.

Department of corrections and the board must each publish monthly public reports on medical parole applications, hearings, outcomes, revocations, and recidivism rates, with all prisoner names and identifying information redacted.