Arizona 2025 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1630 Compare Versions

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: aging justice-involved population study committee State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SB 1630 Introduced by Senators Fernandez: Angius, Bolick, Carroll, Dunn, Farnsworth, Finchem, Gowan, Kavanagh, Leach; Representatives Biasiucci, Gillette, Hendrix, Kupper, Martinez, Peshlakai, Rivero, Taylor, Wilmeth An Act establishing the aging justice-involved population study committee. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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70	70	establishing the aging justice-involved population study committee.
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80	80	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Aging justice-involved population study committee; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal A. The aging justice-involved population study committee is established consisting of the following members: 1. Two members of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who are from different political parties. The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee. 2. Two members of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate and who are from different political parties. The president of the senate shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee. 3. The director of the state department of corrections or the director's designee. 4. The director of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration or the director's designee. 5. The medical director of the state department of corrections or a similarly qualified representative of the state department of corrections who is appointed by the director of the state department of corrections. 6. A representative from the Arizona long-term care system or a similarly qualified representative of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration who is appointed by the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. 7. A representative of a professional organization in this state that represents skilled nursing facilities or assisted living homes who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. 8. A representative of a professional organization that specializes in prison oversight or criminal justice reform in this state who is appointed by the president of the senate. 9. A former inmate or a family member of a justice-involved individual who served time in a state correctional facility and who is appointed by the president of the senate. 10. A representative from the area agency on aging who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. B. The committee shall meet quarterly or more frequently as the cochairpersons deem necessary. C. Committee members are not eligible to receive compensation. D. The committee shall: 1. Research, study and make recommendations regarding the best practices to address the aging inmate population in this state, including establishing criteria for participation in a release program and identifying the costs associated with providing care to inmates over fifty-five years of age. 2. Identify the process for inmates to apply for federal and state programs that provide health care to inmates who are confined in or recently released from a state correctional facility. 3. Assess prerelease and postincarceration services that are available to justice-involved individuals in this state, including medical programming, interventions and connections to community resources. 4. Identify federal, state, local and community resources to provide long-term or palliative care to aging justice-involved individuals who are currently confined in a state correctional facility. 5. Recommend a step-by-step plan for a release program that would allow justice-involved individuals to be moved from incarceration into long-term or palliative care. 6. Develop a comprehensive roadmap to provide access to health care for aging justice-involved individuals. 7. Institute data collection for justice-involved individuals who are moved from incarceration into palliative or long-term care. 8. Propose a course of action for justice-involved individuals who, after being released into a medical facility, need to return to a state correctional facility due to behavioral issues or a loss of medical benefits. 9. On or before December 31, 2025, submit a report regarding the committee's activities, findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state. E. This section is repealed from and after October 31, 2026.
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88	88	1. Two members of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and who are from different political parties. The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee.
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90	90	2. Two members of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate and who are from different political parties. The president of the senate shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee.
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100	100	7. A representative of a professional organization in this state that represents skilled nursing facilities or assisted living homes who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
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102	102	8. A representative of a professional organization that specializes in prison oversight or criminal justice reform in this state who is appointed by the president of the senate.
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104	104	9. A former inmate or a family member of a justice-involved individual who served time in a state correctional facility and who is appointed by the president of the senate.
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106	106	10. A representative from the area agency on aging who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
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108	108	B. The committee shall meet quarterly or more frequently as the cochairpersons deem necessary.
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114	114	1. Research, study and make recommendations regarding the best practices to address the aging inmate population in this state, including establishing criteria for participation in a release program and identifying the costs associated with providing care to inmates over fifty-five years of age.
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120	120	4. Identify federal, state, local and community resources to provide long-term or palliative care to aging justice-involved individuals who are currently confined in a state correctional facility.
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122	122	5. Recommend a step-by-step plan for a release program that would allow justice-involved individuals to be moved from incarceration into long-term or palliative care.
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126	126	7. Institute data collection for justice-involved individuals who are moved from incarceration into palliative or long-term care.
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130	130	9. On or before December 31, 2025, submit a report regarding the committee's activities, findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
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132	132	E. This section is repealed from and after October 31, 2026.