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AZ SB1113
Bill
Status
3/1/2022
Primary Sponsor
Nancy Barto
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AI Summary
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Establishes authority for courts to order enhanced treatment services for patients with mental disorders who demonstrate unwillingness or inability to adhere to treatment and pose substantial risk of harm to themselves or others.
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Requires courts to find by clear and convincing evidence that patient has had treatment offered but failed to participate, and that non-compliance creates substantial risk of deterioration or danger.
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Defines enhanced treatment services to include intensive case management with frequent in-person contact, medically necessary treatment settings, permanent supportive housing if experiencing homelessness (subject to availability), and non-emergency transportation to health services.
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Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state general fund in each of fiscal years 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 to establish and fund the enhanced treatment services fund administered by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Administration.
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Requires AHCCCS Administration to report by January 1, 2026 on denials for housing and services, and costs associated with enhanced treatment services; appropriations exempt from lapsing provisions.
Legislative Description
Court-ordered treatment; enhanced services; appropriation
Mental Health Services
Last Action
House read second time
3/7/2022