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AZ Rev Stat § 36-3296 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3296 - Liability; limitation

36-3296.  Liability;  limitation A. Except for acts of gross negligence,  wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing,  the qualifying health information exchange organization and its contractors are not subject to civil liability for any claims or demands arising out of the administration or operation of,  or the provision of access to information stored in,  the registry established pursuant to this article. B. This article does not require a health care provider to request from the registry information about whether a patient has executed a health care directive. A health care provider who makes good faith health care decisions in reliance on the provisions of an apparently genuine health care directive received from the registry is immune from criminal and civil liability to the same extent and under the same conditions as prescribed in sections 36-3205 and 36-3251,  except that the requirement that a prehospital medical care directive be on an orange form does not apply to a health care provider who relies on a prehospital medical care directive displayed through the registry. C. This article does not affect the duty of a health care provider to provide information to a patient regarding health care directives pursuant to federal law.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3401 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3401 - Definitions

36-3401.  Definitions In this chapter,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Administration"  means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. 2. " Advisory council"  means the Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill. 3. " Children"  means persons who are under the age of nineteen years or persons who are under the age of twenty-two years and enrolled in an educational facility. 4. " Clean claim"  means a claim that can be processed without obtaining additional information from the service provider or from a third party. Clean claim does not include claims under investigation for fraud or abuse or claims under review for medical necessity. 5. " Director"  means the director of the administration. 6. " Regional behavioral health authority"  means an organization under contract with the administration to coordinate the delivery of mental health services in a geographically specific service area of the state for eligible persons. 7. " Service provider"  means an organization or mental health professional that meets the criteria established by the administration and has a contract with the administration or a regional behavioral health authority.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3403 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3403 - Powers and duties of the director; study; capitation rates

36-3403.  Powers and duties of the director;  study;  capitation rates A. In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in chapter 29 of this title,  in carrying out the duties of this chapter,  the director may: 1. Employ professional,  secretarial and clerical staff as are determined necessary by the director to carry out the functions and duties of the administration,  subject to legislative appropriation. 2. Contract for the services of consultants and other persons that are reasonably necessary to enable the administration to carry out its functions and duties,  subject to legislative appropriation. 3. Contract and incur obligations that are reasonably necessary within the general scope of the administration. 4. Adopt rules that are necessary to carry out the requirements of the administration. 5. Contract or enter into intergovernmental agreements with other public and private nonprofit agencies and entities. 6. Use monies,  facilities or services to provide matching contributions under federal or other programs that further the objectives and programs of the administration. 7. Accept gifts,  grants,  matching monies or direct payments from public or private agencies or private persons and enterprises for the conduct of programs that are consistent with the general purposes and objectives of the administration. B. The director shall administer: 1. Unified mental health programs,  excluding the functions of the state hospital but including community mental health. 2. Addictive behavior programs to include alcohol and drug abuse. C. Notwithstanding any other law,  the director may waive or reduce the requirements for local match. D. Except as otherwise required by this chapter,  the director shall carry out the duties of this chapter subject to and consistent with chapter 29 of this title. E. The administration shall contract with an independent consulting firm for an annual study of the adequacy and appropriateness of title XIX reimbursement rates to providers of behavioral health services. The administration may require and the regional behavioral health authorities and service providers shall provide to the administration financial data in the format prescribed by the administration to assist in the study. A complete study of reimbursement rates shall be completed at least once every five years. The administration shall provide the report to the joint legislative budget committee on or before October 1 of each year. If results of the study are not completely incorporated into the capitation rate,  the administration shall provide a report to the joint legislative budget committee within thirty days of setting the final capitation rate,  including reasons for differences between the rate and the study.  F. Capitation rate adjustments shall be limited to utilization of existing services and inflation unless policy changes,  including creation or expansion of programs,  have been approved by the legislature or are specifically required by federal law or court mandate.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3404 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3404 - Administration budget for behavioral health; funds

36-3404.  Administration budget for behavioral health;  funds A. The administration shall present a budget request that includes all information on the potential availability of other monies,  including federal monies,  that may be used in the following fiscal year to fund behavioral health services other than with respect to the operation of the Arizona state hospital. B. The budget request presented pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be divided as follows: 1. A proposed budget for the administration of behavioral health services. 2. A proposed budget for services for each behavioral health program. C. The director shall establish funds for each behavioral health program. Monies appropriated to the administration for these programs,  fees generated by the provision of these programs and grants and gifts to the administration shall be maintained in the appropriate fund to pay program and administrative costs. The administrative costs of each program shall be separately identified in the accounting records of the administration.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3405 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3405 - Annual report; reports

36-3405.  Annual report;  reports A. On or before January 1 of each year,  the director shall submit a financial and programmatic report for the preceding fiscal year to the governor,  the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. B. The report required pursuant to subsection A of this section shall include revenues and expenditures for behavioral health programs and total revenues and expenditures,  including specific identification of administrative costs for each behavioral health program by the following categories: 1. The seriously mentally ill. 2. Alcohol and drug abuse. 3. Children with severe emotional disabilities. 4. Domestic violence. C. The report required pursuant to subsection A of this section shall include the number of clients served by each behavioral health service. D. The director shall provide a monthly report to the governor,  the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate that shall,  by regional behavioral health authority,  separately report title XIX and nontitle XIX categories and shall include for each category the number of persons served,  the units of service and the amount of funding provided for client services and the amount provided for regional behavioral health authority administration and case management expenses.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3406 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3406 - Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill; membership; compensation; duties

36-3406.  Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill;  membership;  compensation;  duties A. The Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill is established. B. The advisory council shall consist of the director or the director's designee and the following nine members appointed by the governor: 1. One member representing an advocacy group for the seriously mentally ill. 2. One service provider. 3. One member representing a behavioral health contract agency in an urban area. 4. One member representing a behavioral health contract agency in a rural area. 5. One member of a county health department specializing in the delivery of services to the seriously mentally ill. 6. One health care professional who works with the seriously mentally ill and who is not associated with a contract agency providing services. 7. Three family members of persons who are seriously mentally ill. C. The director or the director's designee shall serve as chairman. D. The advisory council shall meet at least every three months. E. Members of the advisory council are not entitled to compensation but members appointed are entitled to reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38,  chapter 4,  article 2. F. The administration shall provide necessary staff services to the advisory council. G. The advisory council shall advise the administration on matters relating to the seriously mentally ill. H. Appointed members of the advisory council shall serve staggered three-year terms.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3407 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3407 - Services; contract

36-3407.  Services;  contract The administration shall contract for the provision of the following services relating to the seriously mentally ill: 1. Community education to increase public awareness of the needs of persons experiencing behavioral health problems. 2. Coordinated screening and intake. 3. A coordinated service delivery system. 4. Coordinated case management and individualized treatment planning for each client. 5. Ongoing family participation in the planning for and selection of continuum of care services. 6. A comprehensive continuum of care services,  as appropriate for each client,  that includes the following: (a) Home-based services. (b) Prevention and early intervention. (c) Psychiatric evaluation and consultation. (d) Ancillary support services. (e) Crisis intervention,  including short-term and mobile crisis stabilization. (f) Outpatient counseling. (g) Residential treatment services. (h) Case management. (i) Partial care services. (j) Secure residential treatment services. (k) Residential treatment services for clients discharged from the Arizona state hospital. (l) Hospitalization services. (m) Psychotropic medication services. (n) Independent living services. (o) Detoxification services. (p) Respite care. (q) Vocational rehabilitation. (r) Transportation. (s) Socialization and recreation.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3409 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3409 - Fee requirements; fee schedules

36-3409.  Fee requirements;  fee schedules A. Clients who are eligible for nontitle XIX services from the administration shall be required to pay fees for services. B. The administration shall establish a schedule for fees charged for services provided by public or private agencies receiving state monies pursuant to this article that includes a sliding fee schedule based on the ability of the client to pay for part or the total cost for services.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3411 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3411 - Behavioral health services; timely reimbursement; penalties

36-3411.  Behavioral health services;  timely reimbursement;  penalties A. The administration shall ensure that behavioral health service providers are reimbursed within ninety days after the service provider submits a clean claim to a regional behavioral health authority. B. Any contract issued by or on behalf of the administration for the provision of behavioral health services shall include language outlining provisions for penalties for noncompliance with contract requirements. C. If the regional behavioral health authority does not reimburse a provider as required by this section,  the director shall subject the regional behavioral health authority to the penalty provisions prescribed in the contract,  which shall not exceed the interest charges prescribed in section 44-1201. The director shall impose any financial penalties levied on the regional behavioral health authority through a reduction in the amount of monies payable to the regional behavioral health authority for administrative expenses. D. The ninety-day deadline imposed by this section is suspended while a formal grievance regarding the legitimacy of a claim is pending. E. The administration or a regional behavioral health authority shall not pay claims for covered services that are initially submitted more than nine months after the date of the services for which payment is claimed or that are submitted as clean claims more than twelve months after the date of service for which payment is claimed. A person who is dissatisfied with the denial of a claim by the administration or by the regional behavioral health authority has twelve months from the date of the service for which payment is claimed to institute a grievance against the administration or regional behavioral health authority. F. For claims paid by the administration,  either directly or through a third-party payor,  the director may impose a penalty on a regional behavioral health authority or a service provider who submits a claim to the administration for payment more than one time after the same claim had been previously denied by the administration without having attempted to address the reason given for the denial. The penalty imposed by the director shall not exceed the average cost incurred by the administration for processing a claim and shall be levied on the regional behavioral health authority or service provider through reducing any future payment or payments until the amount of the penalty has been paid. G. This section does not apply to services provided by a hospital pursuant to section 36-2903.01,  subsection G,  or section 36-2904,  subsection H or I.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3412 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3412 - Contracts; regional behavioral health authorities

36-3412.  Contracts;  regional behavioral health authorities A. The director shall prepare and issue a request for proposals for behavioral health services consistent with sections 36-2906 and 36-2906.01. B. Consistent with section 36-2903,  subsection M,  the administration's contracts with regional behavioral health authorities shall include terms as necessary in the judgment of the director: 1. To ensure adequate performance and compliance with all applicable federal laws by the regional behavioral health authorities. 2. For the maintenance of deposits,  performance bonds,  financial reserves or other financial security. 3. For the withholding or forfeiture of payments to be made to a regional behavioral health authority by the administration due to the authority's failure to comply with a provision of the authority's contract with the administration or with adopted rules. 4. Authorizing the administration to operate a regional behavioral health authority directly. C. If there is an insufficient number of qualified bids for prepaid capitated behavioral health services within a geographic service area described in a request for proposals,  the director may employ any of the options authorized by section 36-2904,  subsection A. D. During any period in which services are needed and no contract exists,  the director may employ any of the options authorized by section 36-2904,  subsection B. E. If there is an insufficient number of,  or an inadequate member capacity in,  contracts awarded to contractors,  the director,  in order to deliver covered services to members enrolled or expected to be enrolled in the system within a county,  may negotiate and award without a bid a contract pursuant to section 36-2904,  subsection J. F. To the extent that services are furnished pursuant to this chapter,  and unless otherwise required by this chapter,  a regional behavioral health authority is not subject to title 20. G. Regional behavioral health authorities are subject to section 36-2905.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3413 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3413 - Grievance and appeal process

36-3413.  Grievance and appeal process A. The administration shall require all regional behavioral health authorities to establish and implement a grievance and appeal process for use by service providers and by individuals receiving and requesting services. The administration shall stipulate any required elements of the process in the request for proposal issued to solicit bids from entities that wish to become a regional behavioral health authority. B. The process shall be as prescribed in title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10,  subject to the exceptions in section 36-2903.01,  subsection B,  paragraph 4 and rules adopted by the director,  for grievances and appeals filed by regional behavioral health authorities and by service providers and individuals receiving and requesting services that have already exhausted the regional behavioral health authority grievance and appeal process. In the case of individuals receiving behavioral health services by a service provider that has contracted directly with the administration instead of through a regional behavioral health authority,  the administration's grievance and appeal process is considered the primary process.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3415 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3415 - Behavioral health expenditures; annual report

36-3415.  Behavioral health expenditures;  annual report The administration shall report annually to the joint legislative budget committee on each fiscal year's medicaid and nonmedicaid behavioral health expenditures,  including behavioral health demographics that include client income,  utilization and expenditures,  medical necessity oversight practices,  tracking of high-cost beneficiaries,  mortality trends,  placement trends,  program integrity and access to services.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3416 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3416 - Contracting requirements; art therapy services; definition

36-3416.  Contracting requirements;  art therapy services;  definition A. The administration may contract for art therapy services,  directly or through a contractor,  only with an art therapist who holds an active national board certification in art therapy from the art therapy credentials board or who is a master's level graduate in art therapy under the active supervision of a board-certified art therapist to qualify for national registration or board certification with the art therapy credentials board.  B. Subsection A of this section does not require the administration to contract or reimburse for art therapy services. C. For the purposes of this section,  " art therapy"  means the interactive use of psychotherapeutic principles and methods from an individual with master's level training in art media,  the neurobiological implications of art-making and art-based assessment models to facilitate alternative modes of receptive and expressive communication and to define and implement therapeutic interventions to meet cognitive,  developmental,  behavioral and emotional needs.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3431 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3431 - Comprehensive behavioral health service system for children; administration duties

36-3431.  Comprehensive behavioral health service system for children;  administration duties A. The administration shall develop and implement a comprehensive behavioral health service system for children that includes the following: 1. Annual needs assessment and resource assessment studies. 2. Annual planning to develop policy issues,  programs and services. 3. Community education to increase public awareness of the needs of children. 4. Centralized and coordinated screening and intake. 5. Coordinated case management. 6. A continuum of treatment services,  which may include the following: (a) Home-based services. (b) Prevention and early intervention. (c) Psychological evaluation and consultation. (d) Ancillary support services. (e) Crisis intervention. (f) Outpatient counseling. (g) Independent living services. (h) Secure residential treatment services for seriously emotionally disturbed children. (i) Residential treatment services for children's substance abuse. (j) Psychiatric hospitalization services. 7. Evaluation that determines both cost effectiveness and client outcome. B. Subject to legislative appropriation,  the administration shall maintain the system identified in subsection A of this section. C. For the purposes of developing needs assessments and resource assessments and for planning,  the administration may consult and coordinate with any state agency established for that purpose.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-3432 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-3432 - System plan; annual report

36-3432.  System plan;  annual report The administration shall develop a plan for each fiscal year identifying the services,  the estimated number of clients and an appropriations request for the purposes of systematic development and implementation of the comprehensive behavioral health service system for children. The plan shall be presented to the speaker of the house of representatives,  the president of the senate and the governor on or before November 1 of each year.