Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1444 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/26/2022

                    REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; state hospital             State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022           SB 1444           Introduced by  Senator Fann        AN ACT   Amending section 36-204, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state hospital.     (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; state hospital
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
SB 1444
Introduced by  Senator Fann

REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; state hospital

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

SB 1444

 

Introduced by 

Senator Fann

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 36-204, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state hospital.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 36-204, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE36-204. Duties of director The director shall: 1. Adopt rules for inpatient services that ensure proper review of treatment and discharge plans, arrangement for aftercare placements, transfer of medical records and assistance with medications. 2. If deemed advisable, establish a nurses' training school in connection with the state hospital, which shall be under the supervision of the superintendent. 3. Prescribe forms of complaints, certificates of mental illness and commitments. 4. Adopt rules for the commitment of committing mentally ill persons that are not inconsistent with provisions of law. 5. Adopt rules for the administration of administering the state hospital and to carry out the purposes of this article. END_STATUTE 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 36-204, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-204. Duties of director

The director shall:

1. Adopt rules for inpatient services that ensure proper review of treatment and discharge plans, arrangement for aftercare placements, transfer of medical records and assistance with medications.

2. If deemed advisable, establish a nurses' training school in connection with the state hospital, which shall be under the supervision of the superintendent.

3. Prescribe forms of complaints, certificates of mental illness and commitments.

4. Adopt rules for the commitment of committing mentally ill persons that are not inconsistent with provisions of law.

5. Adopt rules for the administration of administering the state hospital and to carry out the purposes of this article. END_STATUTE