Bill Text: AZ SB1102 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Civil reintegration unit; state hospital
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - Senate read second time [SB1102 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2024-SB1102-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: civil reintegration unit; state hospital |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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SB 1102 |
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Introduced by Senators Miranda: Fernandez, Gonzales, Gowan, Shope, Wadsack; Representatives Blattman, Hernandez C, Schwiebert, Terech
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An Act
amending section 36-202, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 36, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-220; relating to the Arizona state hospital.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 36-202, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
36-202. Arizona state hospital; purpose; facilities and equipment
A. A state hospital shall be maintained for the care and treatment of persons with mental disorders and persons with other personality disorders or emotional conditions who will benefit from care and treatment. Admissions to the state hospital shall be in accordance with law. The state hospital shall be called the Arizona state hospital.
B. Subject to legislative appropriation, the state hospital may provide services to persons suffering from alcoholism and to persons suffering from drug abuse.
C. The state hospital shall have adequate facilities and equipment for enlightened and scientific treatment of nervous and mental diseases in accordance with approved methods of mental therapeutics. The facilities shall include, among other things:
1. Facilities for medical and psychiatric treatment with special attention to occupational therapy and other special therapies.
2. Facilities for proper segregation and care of child patients.
3. Facilities for recreation and physical training.
4. An institutional library for the use of patients.
5. A properly equipped dental department.
6. A properly equipped laboratory and x-ray department.
7. A patient tracking system approved by the director that monitors individual progress on an inpatient basis and ensures suitable aftercare placement.
8. A civil reintegration unit that functions as a transitional unit for civil patients who are approaching discharge or being discharged from the state hospital.
D. The state hospital shall be under the charge and control of the director of the department of health services, pursuant to this article.
Sec. 2. Title 36, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-220, to read:
36-220. Civil reintegration unit; services
A. The department shall establish a sixteen-bed civil reintegration unit located on the state hospital campus to function as a transitional unit for civil patients who are approaching discharge or being discharged from the state hospital. The civil reintegration unit shall provide structured residential living and allow for the development of treatment plans that can be tested and adjusted in the approximate community setting. The civil reintegration unit's Services shall include integrated care principles of physical HEALTH, mental health, psychosocial health and substance use disorder treatment. The civil reintegration unit shall include a shaded outdoor green space for individual and group therapy sessions in a noninstitutional environment.
B. The civil reintegration unit shall be licensed and regulated as part of the state hospital.
