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AZ Rev Stat § 46-407 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-407 - Assignment of rights to support; definition

46-407.  Assignment of rights to support;  definition A. The right to support of a child and spouse who receive temporary assistance for needy families pursuant to Public Law 104-193 and chapter 2,  article 5 of this title and the right to medical support of a child who receives medical assistance under title XIX of the social security act is assigned to this state by operation of law. The support rights are assigned to the state regardless of whether the applicant for assistance has any right to receive the support. The department shall take all steps necessary to enforce the assigned rights to support. B. The support rights assigned to the state apply to all children of the household for whom temporary assistance for needy families is granted. If a child is denied temporary assistance for needy families due to the receipt of social security income for the child or the child is subject to section 46-292,  subsection H,  the department shall divide the court ordered child support amount by the number of children in the court order. The prorated amount is exempt from assignment for the child who is receiving social security income or subject to section 46-292,  subsection H. C. The right to support of a child on whose behalf foster care maintenance payments are made is assigned pursuant to section 8-243.02. If the child support order covers more than one child,  the department shall determine the amount to be distributed to the state by dividing the court ordered support amount by the number of the children in the court order. D. For the purposes of this section,  " support"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 25-500.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-441 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-441 - Support payment clearinghouse; records transfer; payment; definition

46-441.  Support payment clearinghouse;  records transfer;  payment;  definition A. The department shall establish a central support payment clearinghouse to receive,  disburse and monitor support payments pursuant to title IV-D of the social security act. B. Unless the court orders that support or maintenance be paid directly to the party entitled to receive it,  all orders for support shall direct payment of support or maintenance through the support payment clearinghouse. All orders that specify payments through the clerk of the superior court shall be deemed to require payment to the support payment clearinghouse after a notice to the obligor is issued. C. The clerk of the superior court shall provide copies of all payment histories and relevant legal documents pertaining to the issue of support. D. On request the support payment clearinghouse shall promptly furnish to the person entitled to receive support or maintenance information on the current status of payments received and processed through the support payment clearinghouse. E. Support payments and handling fees in an amount prescribed in section 25-510 for the monthly support handling fee shall be paid to the support payment clearinghouse. The director shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  the handling fees received by the department in a child support enforcement administration fund. F. If after reasonable efforts to locate the obligee the support payment clearinghouse is unable to deliver payments for the period prescribed in section 25-503 due to the failure of the person to whom the support has been ordered to be paid to notify the clerk or support payment clearinghouse of a change in address,  the clerk or support payment clearinghouse shall not make further payment and shall return the payments to the obligor as prescribed in section 25-503. G. The support payment clearinghouse shall have an accounting system for monitoring child support payments. The records of the support payment clearinghouse are prima facie evidence of payment or nonpayment of support. H. Payment of any money directly to an obligee or to a person other than the support payment clearinghouse shall not be credited against the support obligation unless the direct payments were ordered by the court,  or made pursuant to a written support agreement by the parties. I. The support payment clearinghouse shall issue copies of payment histories for payments received and processed through the support payment clearinghouse on request and may charge a fee for these services. J. For the purposes of this section " support"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 25-500.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-442 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-442 - Child support case registry; data sharing; unauthorized disclosure; civil penalty

46-442.  Child support case registry;  data sharing;  unauthorized disclosure;  civil penalty A. The department shall establish a registry of child support orders to receive information on each title IV-D case and on each case with a support order established,  modified or registered in the state beginning on October 1,  1998. The clerk of the superior court shall assist the department in establishing the child support case registry. B. In administering the child support case registry,  the department shall receive and share information from other sources including other state data bases and information comparison services. The information in the child support case registry shall be used to compare with other state or federal data bases or information comparison services as needed. C. Except as provided by federal law,  the information collected pursuant to this section shall not be disclosed pursuant to title 39,  chapter 1. An employee or agent of this state who discloses any information collected pursuant to this section without authorization is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each offense. The department may impose and collect the penalty and shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  monies collected under this subsection in the state general fund. D. The director may adopt rules to implement this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-443 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-443 - Child support case registry; location information; presumptions concerning notice

46-443.  Child support case registry;  location information;  presumptions concerning notice A. Beginning on October 1,  1998,  on establishment of paternity or issuance of a support order in a title IV-D case,  each party to any child support action shall file with the child support case registry and update,  as appropriate,  the following information: 1. Full name. 2. Social security number. 3. Date of birth. 4. Residential and mailing addresses. 5. Telephone number. 6. Driver license number. 7. Name,  address and telephone number of the current employer. B. Any change in the information filed pursuant to subsection A shall be reported to the child support case registry within ten days. C. On establishment of a support obligation and issuance of a court order in a title IV-D case,  the department in a subsequent child support enforcement action shall notify a party to the action by written notice delivered to the party by first class mail to the most recent residential or employer address filed by the party with the child support case registry. On a sufficient showing that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of the party,  the court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction shall deem due process requirements for notice and service of process to be met.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-445 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-445 - Electronic transfer of support payments; warrants; definition

46-445.  Electronic transfer of support payments;  warrants;  definition A. The department shall establish a mandatory process to transfer support payments electronically. Under this process,  the department or its agent shall disburse support payments electronically to an account designated by the obligee or an alternate account that can be accessed by the obligee through an electronic access card. B. On establishment of the process prescribed in subsection A,  electronic transfer of support payments is mandatory unless a hardship exemption is granted. The department or its agent shall provide a notice to each obligee that includes the following: 1. That the obligee has ten days after the date of the notice to complete an authorization for automatic deposit form and return it to the department and that the department or its agent will issue an electronic access card for receipt of support payments unless the obligee claims a hardship exemption pursuant to subsection C,  paragraph 3. 2. That a request for a hardship exemption must be in writing and include documentation that supports the request. 3. Information on the use and restrictions associated with the use of an electronic access card. C. The department may authorize the generation of a payment by warrant if any of the following conditions applies: 1. Generation of a warrant is necessary to meet federal requirements and electronic transfer is not feasible. 2. The obligee is involved in legal proceedings that require payments to be sent to a trustee or representative payee. 3. The obligee has not requested automatic deposit to a designated account of the obligee and has asserted in writing that the use of an electronic access card will create an undue hardship because of a documented physical or mental disability. D. The director may adopt rules to implement this section. E. For the purposes of this section,  " electronic access card"  means a stored value card that is issued by the department or its agents and in which support payments are deposited electronically in the same manner as automatic or direct deposit.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-452 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-452 - Protective services worker; powers and duties; immunity; communications

46-452.  Protective services worker;  powers and duties;  immunity;  communications A. A protective services worker shall: 1. Receive reports of abused,  exploited or neglected vulnerable adults. 2. Receive from any source oral or written information regarding an adult who may be in need of protective services. 3. On receipt of such information make an evaluation to determine if the adult is in need of protective services and what services,  if any,  are needed. 4. Offer an adult in need of protective services or his guardian whatever services appear appropriate in view of the evaluation. 5. File petitions as necessary for the appointment of a guardian or conservator or the appointment of a temporary guardian or temporary conservator or make application for a special visitation warrant as provided for in title 14,  chapter 5. B. The department or a protective services worker employed by the department may not be appointed as guardian,  conservator or temporary guardian. C. An adult protective services worker is immune from civil liability for applying for a special visitation warrant or for filing a petition for guardianship or conservatorship unless the application or filing is done in bad faith. D. For the purposes of this chapter,  communications concerning a person who is incarcerated in any jail,  prison,  detention center or correctional facility or concerning a patient in the Arizona state hospital are not reports that require evaluation by a protective services worker.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-452.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-452.01 - Office of state long-term care ombudsman

46-452.01.  Office of state long-term care ombudsman The office of state long-term care ombudsman is established pursuant to the older Americans act of 1965,  as amended (P.L. 100-175;  United States Code section 307(a)(12)). The state long-term care ombudsman is under the direct supervision of the department of economic security,  aging and adult administration program administrator or his designee. The department shall adopt rules for the purpose of implementing the state long-term care ombudsman program.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-452.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-452.02 - State long-term care ombudsman; duties; immunity from liability

46-452.02.  State long-term care ombudsman;  duties;  immunity from liability A. A representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman who performs the official duties of the long-term care ombudsman is not liable under state law for the good faith performance of official duties. B. Official duties of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman include authority to: 1. Enter long-term care facilities to communicate with residents. 2. Hear,  investigate and attempt to resolve complaints by agreement,  mediation or conciliation. 3. Render advice to residents of facilities. 4. Refer cases involving abuse,  neglect,  exploitation or health and safety to adult protective services or the appropriate licensing agency. 5. Make appropriate referrals to legal services or other community services. 6. Assume such other responsibilities as required pursuant to the older Americans act of 1965,  as amended (P.L. 100-175;  42 United States Code section 3027(a)(12)). C. Subject to available monies,  the office of the state long-term care ombudsman shall visit each long-term care facility in this state without prior notice at least two times each calendar year to speak with residents of the long-term care facility,  or the resident's representative if the resident is nonverbal,  without the presence of the facility's staff. The requirements of this subsection are in addition to any follow-up in response to a complaint. D. Official duties of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman do not include activities performed by a licensed health care provider as defined in section 12-561.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-453 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-453 - Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communication

46-453.  Immunity of participants;  nonprivileged communication A. Any person making a complaint,  furnishing a report,  information or records required or authorized by this chapter or otherwise participating in the program authorized by this chapter or in a judicial or administrative proceeding or investigation resulting from reports,  information or records submitted or obtained pursuant to this chapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability by reason of such action,  unless the person acted with malice or unless such person has been charged with or is suspected of abusing,  exploiting or neglecting the vulnerable adult in question. Except as provided in subsection B of this section the physician-patient privilege,  husband-wife privilege or any privilege except the attorney-client privilege,  provided for by professions such as the practice of social work or nursing covered by law or a code of ethics regarding practitioner-client confidences,  both as they relate to the competency of the witness and to the exclusion of confidential communications,  shall not pertain in any civil or criminal litigation in which a vulnerable adult's exploitation,  abuse or neglect is an issue nor in any judicial or administrative proceeding resulting from a report,  information or records submitted or obtained pursuant to section 46-454 nor in any investigation of a vulnerable adult's exploitation,  abuse or neglect conducted by a peace officer or a protective services worker. B. In any civil or criminal litigation in which incapacitation,  abuse,  exploitation or neglect of a vulnerable adult is an issue,  a clergyman or priest shall not,  without his consent,  be examined as a witness concerning any confession made to him in his role as a clergyman or a priest in the course of the discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-461 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-461 - Multidisciplinary adult protection team; duties; confidentiality; definition

46-461.  Multidisciplinary adult protection team;  duties;  confidentiality;  definition A. Adult protective services may establish a multidisciplinary adult protection team consisting of employees of the adult protective services program,  the county attorney or the county attorney's designees and representatives of law enforcement,  behavioral health,  domestic violence and sexual assault or other appropriate human service agencies. Representatives from local tribal governments and adult disability and advocate groups may be added to the multidisciplinary adult protection team.  B. The multidisciplinary adult protection team may provide public and professional education and develop resources for prevention,  intervention and treatment to better enable the department to carry out its adult protection functions and to meet the community's needs for adult protection services.  C. Adult protective services may make available to members of the multidisciplinary adult protection team all information or records that are necessary for the official duties without the designation of the client's name unless the client's name is required for the official purposes. The case information received by members of the multidisciplinary adult protection team shall be maintained as confidential unless a consent to release has been given pursuant to this section or pursuant to a court order in this state or another state. Any member of the multidisciplinary adult protection team may share information that is acquired in the team member's professional capacity with other members of the multidisciplinary adult protection team to assist the multidisciplinary adult protection team in its function.  D. Case consultation may be performed by a committee of the team consisting of the team members representing social services,  law enforcement,  the county attorney,  health care and persons directly involved in an individual case as determined by the case consultation committee. E. A person to whom information is released pursuant to this section is prohibited from using or releasing the information except in the proper performance of the person's official duties unless a consent to release has been given pursuant to this section or pursuant to a court order or a grand jury subpoena. F. For the purposes of this section,  " case consultation"  means a case review process that results in recommendations about services to be provided to an identified adult and family.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-471 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-471 - Definitions

46-471.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Broker-dealer"  has the same meaning as dealer prescribed in section 44-1801. 2. " Eligible adult"  means either of the following: (a) A person who is sixty-five years of age or older. (b) A person who is a vulnerable adult. 3. " Financial exploitation"  means either of the following: (a) The wrongful or unauthorized taking,  withholding,  appropriating or use of money,  assets or property of an eligible adult. (b) Any act or omission taken by a person,  including through the use of a power of attorney,  guardianship or conservatorship of an eligible adult,  to either: (i) Obtain control through deception,  intimidation or undue influence over the eligible adult's money,  assets or property to deprive the eligible adult of the ownership,  use,  benefit or possession of the eligible adult's money,  assets or property. (ii) Convert money,  assets or property of the eligible adult to deprive the eligible adult of the ownership,  use,  benefit or possession of the eligible adult's money,  assets or property. 4. " Investment adviser"  means a person who is licensed or exempt from licensure as an investment advisor pursuant to title 44,  chapter 13. 5. " Investment adviser representative"  means a person who is licensed or exempt from licensure as an investment advisor representative pursuant to title 44,  chapter 13. 6. " Qualified individual"  means a broker-dealer,  investment adviser or person who serves in a supervisory,  compliance,  legal or senior investor protection capacity for a broker-dealer or investment adviser.
AZ Rev Stat § 46-472 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Welfare|§ 46-472 - Disclosures; immunity; third-party disclosures

46-472.  Disclosures;  immunity;  third-party disclosures A. Notwithstanding section 46-454,  if a qualified individual reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an eligible adult may have occurred,  may have been attempted or is being attempted,  the qualified individual may notify adult protective services and the corporation commission. B. A qualified individual who in good faith and exercising reasonable care makes a disclosure of information pursuant to subsection A of this section is immune from administrative or civil liability that might otherwise arise from the disclosure or for any failure to notify the customer of the disclosure. C. If a qualified individual reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an eligible adult may have occurred,  may have been attempted or is being attempted,  a qualified individual may notify any third party previously designated by or reasonably associated with the eligible adult. A qualified individual may not notify any designated third party that is suspected of financial exploitation or other abuse of the eligible adult. D. A qualified individual who in good faith and exercising reasonable care makes a disclosure pursuant to subsection C of this section is immune from any administrative or civil liability that might otherwise arise from the disclosure.