HB 2433
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
HB 2433: mental health transition program; release
Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28
Committee on Military Affairs & Public Safety
Overview
Permits early release of inmates into the Mental Health Transition Pilot Program (Pilot
Program) under specified circumstances.
History
The Department of Corrections (DOC) operates a Transition Program for eligible inmates,
offering up to 90 days of transition services in the community with the goal of reducing
recidivism. Eligible inmates must be released from confinement into the Transition Program
up to three months earlier than their earliest release date based on risk and need as
determined by the Director of DOC; early release does not apply to those determined not to
be low risk (Title 31, Chapter 2, Article 6).
In 2021, the Legislature created the Pilot Program to provide inmates, diagnosed as seriously
mentally ill, with mental health transition services in the community. Eligible inmates are
required to receive services in the program for at least 90 days. Eligible inmates may not be
released from confinement before their earliest release date (A.R.S. § 31-291).
Provisions
1. Requires an inmate in the Pilot Program, who has not been convicted of sexual or specified
violent crime offences, to be released from confinement up to three months earlier than
his earliest release date based on risk and need according to rules adopted by the Director
of DOC. (Sec. 1)
2. Stipulates that an inmate in the Pilot Program who is not low risk may not be released
from confinement earlier than his earliest release date. (Sec. 1)
3. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note