HB 2333
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
House: JUD DP 8-0-0-0-0-0 | APPROP DPA 13-0-2-0-0-0
HB 2333: appropriation; coordinated reentry planning
Sponsor: Representative Bliss, LD 1
House Engrossed
Overview
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2024 to the Arizona
Department of Administration (ADOA) for a coordinated reentry services program (Program) and
an additional $3,000,000 to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) to develop a cross-
system recidivism tracking data base (Data Base).
History
Current law allows each county to establish a Program for the purpose of screening and assessing
persons who are booked into a county jail and connecting them with behavioral health and
substance disorder treatments. Counties that establish a Program must also establish a planning
committee comprised of specific persons to develop the Program's policies and procedures.
Subject to available funding, a Program is required to:
1) Allow entities to access and use a Data Base which contains data from prearrest diversion
programs, reentry screenings and reentry planning before, during and postrelease;
2) Establish an information exchange mechanism that includes reentry planning efforts
between entities, counties, cities, towns and other state political subdivisions;
3) Enable collaborative efforts that include treatment, peer support, housing, transportation
and employment services by developing or extending a coalition;
4) Establish agreements with coalition partners in which treatment providers use the Data
Base to record postrelease treatment engagement; and
5) Utilize the Data Base to record baseline and ongoing statistics for identified needs,
referrals and future Program participants (A.R.S. § 11-392).
Provisions
1. Appropriates $10,000,000 from the GF in FY 2024 to ADOA to be distributed equally to
Mohave, Pinal, Coconino, Yavapai and Navajo counties to continue to implement the Program
in each county. (Sec. 1)
2. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing and specifies the Legislature's intent that the
appropriation be considered ongoing in future years. (Sec. 1)
3. Appropriates an additional $3,000,000 from the GF in FY 2024 to the ACJC to develop a Data
Base. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note