Bill Text: AZ SB1442 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriation; secure behavioral health facilities
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-12 - Senate HHS Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (7-0-0-0) [SB1442 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2025-SB1442-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation; secure behavioral health facilities |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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SB 1442 |
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Introduced by Senators Werner: Angius, Carroll, Dunn, Fernandez, Gowan, Kuby, Shope; Representative Gress
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An Act
appropriating monies to the Arizona health care cost containment system.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Appropriation; Arizona health care cost containment system; secure behavioral health residential facilities; report; exemption
A. The sum of $25,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2025-2026 to the Arizona health care cost containment system for secure behavioral health residential facilities.
B. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall distribute the monies appropriated in subsection A of this section to entities to construct and support five secure behavioral health residential facilities licensed by the department of health services pursuant to section 36-425.06, Arizona Revised Statutes, to provide secure on-site supportive treatment to persons who are determined to be seriously mentally ill, who are chronically resistant to treatment and who are placed in the facility pursuant to a court order pursuant to section 36-550.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, or to persons who have been committed pursuant to a court order issued pursuant to section 13-4521, Arizona Revised Statutes. Three facilities shall be located in the central geographic service area, one facility shall be located in the north geographic service area and one facility shall be located in the south geographic service area. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall allocate up to $5,000,000 for each recipient entity and shall prioritize facilities that can open within twelve months after the effective date of this act.
C. An entity that receives a distribution pursuant to this section shall use quantitative and qualitative methods, including rating scales, incident reports, clinical interviews, functional assessments and patient reports, to measure and evaluate each of the following:
1. Clinical outcomes, including the measurements of positive symptoms, negative symptoms, medication adherence, hospital admissions, psychiatric hospital admissions, emergency room visits and incidents of self-harm.
2. Independent living functional and social outcomes, including the management of personal hygiene, meal preparation and participation in volunteerism, job training, employment or education programming.
3. Program-specific metrics, including attendance and participation in therapy sessions, group activities and psychoeducation programs, readmission rates and successful transitioning to less intensive care.
4. Physical health, including weight, body mass index, blood pressure and heart rate.
D. On or before September 30 following each fiscal year in which monies are used as prescribed in this section, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report the information required by subsection C of this section to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
E. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
