HB2560 Summary

• Requires the Department of Economic Security to submit annual reports by October 31 beginning in 2023 to legislative health and human services committees, AHCCCS director, and Department of Health Services director detailing incident reports from group homes, contract sanctions, medication errors, law enforcement involvement, and fraud investigations.

• Establishes a three-year developmental disabilities group home monitoring pilot program requiring the state's designated protection and advocacy entity to monitor group homes serving clients with complex needs, investigate quality of care complaints, and assess service effectiveness beginning January 1, 2023.

• Defines "client with complex needs" as individuals with dual disorders (psychiatric and developmental disabilities) whose disruptive, dangerous, or harmful behaviors interfere with functioning and quality of life.

• Requires the designated entity to report findings and recommendations to the governor and legislature by December 31, 2025, with the pilot program repealed on December 31, 2026.

• Appropriates $1,200,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Department of Economic Security for the pilot program, with funds exempt from lapsing provisions.