HB 2383
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: DPA/SE 10-4-3-0
HB 2383: coordinated reentry planning grant program
S/E: coordinated reentry; grants; appropriation
Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28
Caucus & COW
Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to HB 2383
Overview
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund
(Fund) in FY 2025 to the Attorney General for grants to county sheriffs that continue or
establish a Coordinated Reentry Planning Services Program (Program).
History
Counties may establish a Program to assess individuals who are booked into a county jail
and connect them with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers
early in the criminal justice process. Programs must use a coalition of to provide services
such as treatment, housing, transportation and employment services (A.R.S. § 11-392).
The FY 2022 general appropriations act included a one-time state General Fund (GF)
appropriation of $10,000,000 for specified counties to establish Programs (Laws 2021, Ch.
408). The 3-year budget plan also included one-time GF appropriations of $7,000,000 in both
FY 2023 and FY 2024 for this purpose.
The Fund is administered by the Attorney General and consists of two subaccounts. The
Consumer Remediation Subaccount receives funds from lawsuits where the Attorney General
wins a judgement or settlement due to violations of consumer protection. At the direction of
the Attorney General, the State Treasurer may invest monies in the Fund, with investment
earnings credited to the appropriate subaccount (A.R.S. § 44-1531.02).
Provisions
1. Requires any county receiving state funds for a Program to issue a report to the President
of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee by December 1 annually beginning in 2026. (Sec. 1)
2. Outlines required contents of the report, including:
a) the percentage of inmates with specified risk factors;
b) the incidence of recidivism; and
c) the percentage of released individuals connected with services. (Sec. 1)
3. Appropriates $20,000,000 from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Fund in FY
2025 for the Attorney General to issue two-year grants to county sheriffs to continue or
establish a Program. (Sec. 2)
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4. Prohibits the Attorney General from allocating more than $2,500,000 to an individual
county over the two-year grant cycle and prohibits grants from being awarded to Maricopa
and Pima counties. (Sec. 2)
5. Allows up to $1,000,000 to be available for a statewide database to accommodate
additional counties. (Sec. 2)
6. Lists requirements that a county must demonstrate by the end of the grant cycle,
including dedicated Program staff within the county jail and a commitment for local
contributions to the Program. (Sec. 2)
7. Makes a technical change. (Sec. 1)
Amendments
Committee on Appropriations
1. Adopted the strike-everything amendment.
2. Increases the money available for the statewide database from $1,000,000 to
$2,000,000 over the two-year grant cycle.