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AZ Rev Stat § 36-550.03 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-550.03 - Statewide plan implementation; contract requirements; exception

36-550.03.  Statewide plan implementation;  contract requirements;  exception A. On establishment of the statewide plan for a community residential treatment system as required in section 36-550.01,  the director shall provide for the delivery of such programs and services,  utilizing all monies identified and available for the seriously mentally ill,  in the following manner: 1. Provide such programs and services directly through the administration or by contract with other public or private agencies. 2. Contract with individual counties to provide programs and services directly or by contract with other public or private agencies. 3. Provide for programs and services by any combination of service delivery mechanisms as prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection. B. The director may use any monies available to the administration for the purposes of this article to provide for the establishment and maintenance of community residential treatment programs and services. If the director contracts with a county as prescribed in subsection A of this section,  the director may require not more than a twenty-five percent match of local or other monies. The matching requirement for local or other monies may be provided by either direct funding or by in-kind services. C. If the programs and services prescribed in subsection A of this section are provided through a contract with a private agency,  the director shall not require matching monies as a condition for a contract to provide services.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-550.04 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-550.04 - Evaluation system; contract requirements

36-550.04.  Evaluation system;  contract requirements A. The director shall develop and implement an evaluation system that includes program planning and development,  fiscal and data management and contract administration. B. A county that desires to contract with the administration to deliver programs and services as provided by this article may initiate such a contract on a majority vote of the county's board of supervisors. The contract may be implemented directly by the county or indirectly by contract with other public or private nonprofit agencies. C. Any county contracting with the administration shall meet the evaluation requirements established by the director pursuant to subsection A of this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-550.06 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-550.06 - Client eligibility

36-550.06.  Client eligibility A. The seriously mentally ill are eligible for services under this article if they comply with the eligibility screening and application process prescribed in section 36-3408,  and under any of the following circumstances: 1. They voluntarily seek the services.  2. The regional behavioral health authority receives a request for these services from a guardian who is authorized to consent to inpatient treatment pursuant to section 14-5312.01. 3. A court orders that they receive the services.  4. The chief medical officer of the Arizona state hospital recommends they receive such services. B. Programs and services identified in section 36-550.05 may include purchase of care support payments to persons to supplement social security,  supplemental security income or United States department of veterans affairs disability payments,  and client fees when available.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-550.07 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-550.07 - Community residential treatment system planning grants

36-550.07.  Community residential treatment system planning grants A. The director may award grants to counties to facilitate the planning of community residential treatment systems for the seriously mentally ill at the local level. The grants shall be used to compensate personnel for the preparation of a written plan that includes the following information: 1. An estimate of the need for residential treatment services in the area. 2. A survey of all existing residential treatment and day or socialization programs in the area to be served by the system. 3. An identification of those residential treatment programs needed to provide the continuum of residential treatment programs described in this article and strategy to encourage their development. 4. A statement on the relationship of the proposed services to the long-range behavioral health development plans. 5. A financial estimate of the costs for system planning,  development and operation. 6. An estimate of the availability of resources,  including health manpower and management personnel. 7. An analysis of the availability of alternative,  less costly or more effective methods to provide the services. B. The director shall establish criteria for determining the eligibility of county applicants for community residential treatment system planning grants. The criteria may include requiring each county applicant to provide local matching monies for community residential treatment system planning. If local matching monies are required,  the matching requirement for state monies is seventy-five percent state and twenty-five percent from local or other sources.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-550.08 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-550.08 - Clients' rights

36-550.08.  Clients' rights Clients receiving treatment pursuant to this article are entitled to all the rights enumerated in this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-552 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-552 - Developmental disabilities function; expenditure limitation

36-552.  Developmental disabilities function;  expenditure limitation A. The department shall function as the developmental disabilities authority for the state of Arizona.  B. No provisions of this chapter shall be construed to give the department control of lawful activities of other governmental agencies or of activities of the universities or colleges of this state in the field of developmental disabilities,  unless by specific contract or agreement therefor. C. Subject to annual legislative appropriation and other available funding,  the department shall provide a wide variety of developmental disability programs and services throughout the state in response to the wide range of developmental disability conditions,  the capabilities of persons with developmental disabilities and the presence of other disabling conditions for persons with developmental disabilities. D. The department may contract with other state agencies and with private agencies to provide the developmental disabilities program or service.  E. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by the department for developmental disabilities services pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173 for that purpose. This chapter shall not be construed to impose a duty on an officer,  agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or to create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-555 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-555 - Coordination of programs by department with special education programs

36-555.  Coordination of programs by department with special education programs A. The department may conduct jointly,  directly or indirectly,  with a school district the placement evaluation of a person with a developmental disability who has applied for or is receiving developmental disability programs or services from the department and who is either enrolled or in the process of being evaluated for enrollment in a special education program or may contract with such school district to provide the evaluation for the school district or to have the school district provide the placement evaluation for the department. With consent of the parent the evaluation information may be shared by and among department of economic security and department of education personnel,  or personnel from the local education agency,  for purposes of ensuring the provision of special education and related services as required by the individuals with disabilities education act (20 United States Code sections 1400 through 1415). B. The department shall coordinate its development of an individual program plan for a person with a developmental disability who has applied for or who is receiving developmental disability programs or services provided directly or indirectly by the department with the school district in which the person with a developmental disability is enrolled with the school district's development of an individual education program plan for such person. C. When a child with a developmental disability has received developmental disabilities programs or services provided directly or indirectly by the department,  upon request of the responsible person or the school district in which the child is enrolled,  the department shall provide follow-up placement evaluation and case management services for the child with a developmental disability for a period of six months after the child has become enrolled in the school district. D. During the one-year period prior to the graduation or other termination of school attendance by a person with a developmental disability,  the department shall,  upon the request of the responsible person,  provide placement evaluation and case management services for such person. Such evaluation shall consider the person's needs for housing,  employment training,  employment and support services. E. The department of economic security shall coordinate the residential placement of all school-age persons with developmental disabilities in residential housing facilities operated or supported by the department of economic security with the school districts in which such residential facilities will be located and with the department of education in a manner which will make best use of existing programs and facilities and operational capabilities and which will not cause serious overcrowding of school facilities or programs.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-556 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-556 - Coordination with department of health services; duties of department

36-556.  Coordination with department of health services;  duties of department The department of economic security shall coordinate with the department of health services in: 1. The development of specialized programs for persons with developmental disabilities at the state hospital. 2. Planning and providing residential care services and related child,  adult and resource services for persons with developmental disabilities on their discharge from the state hospital,  in accordance with section 36-560. The department of health services shall provide the department of economic security with notice fifteen days before discharge.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-558.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-558.01 - Operation, support and supervision of child developmental homes and foster homes; duties of department

36-558.01.  Operation,  support and supervision of child developmental homes and foster homes;  duties of department A. The department shall operate directly or support and supervise child developmental homes and foster homes licensed pursuant to title 8,  chapter 4,  article 4 to provide specialized foster care to persons with developmental disabilities. Such homes shall be operated for persons placed pursuant to sections 8-514.01 and 8-845 and for appropriate placements for persons for whom an application for residential services has been made to the department. B. In furtherance of its responsibility pursuant to subsection A of this section,  the department shall recruit,  license and support such homes in accordance with this chapter,  maintain regular supervision of such homes and such placements,  conduct training programs for the staff of such homes and develop the program and service standards for persons with developmental disabilities to be placed in such homes. C. Foster homes supported by the department shall be paid for each person with a developmental disability placed in the home an amount determined by the department based on the type of developmental disability and the consequent need for programs and services of each person so placed.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-558.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-558.02 - State operated service center

36-558.02.  State operated service center The state operated service center shall provide temporary residential care and space for child and adult services. Residential care includes respite services,  crisis intervention and diagnostic evaluation.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-559 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-559 - Eligibility for developmental disabilities programs, services and facilities

36-559.  Eligibility for developmental disabilities programs,  services and facilities A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,  a person with a developmental disability is eligible to apply for developmental disabilities programs,  services and facilities operated by,  licensed and supervised by or supported by the department if such person: 1. Is a bona fide resident of the state of Arizona. 2. Is a person with a developmental disability as defined in this chapter and provides medical and psychological documentation of such developmental disability utilizing tests which are culturally appropriate and valid,  or is an infant and as a result of tests performed pursuant to section 36-694,  or other appropriate tests,  there is strongly demonstrated potential that the infant has a developmental disability or will have a developmental disability. B. After the department conducts preadmission screening pursuant to section 36-2936 and determines that a person with a developmental disability may be potentially eligible for the Arizona long-term care system pursuant to chapter 29,  article 2 of this title,  the person shall be referred to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration for an eligibility determination pursuant to section 36-2933,  if either of the following applies: 1. The person is a new applicant who is not receiving services and applies for services pursuant to this chapter. 2. The person is eligible for services pursuant to this chapter and would receive services,  other than case management,  if state funding were available. C. A person who is referred to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall first be determined eligible or ineligible for the Arizona long-term care system,  pursuant to chapter 29,  article 2 of this title,  before receiving services pursuant to this chapter. Applicants who voluntarily refuse to cooperate in the eligibility process are not eligible for services pursuant to this chapter. An applicant's or current service recipient's refusal to establish or convert an estate or trust pursuant to section 36-2934.01 shall be deemed a voluntary refusal to cooperate. A form explaining loss of benefits due to a voluntary refusal to cooperate shall be signed by the applicant or current service recipient. Voluntary refusal to cooperate shall not be construed to mean the applicant's inability to obtain documentation required for eligibility determination.  D. The department shall determine eligibility. If the person is not eligible,  the department of economic security shall refer the person to the department of health services for treatment as directed by the court to coordinate necessary and reasonable services. Services provided pursuant to this subsection are subject to the availability of funding.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-561 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-561 - Prohibiting certain treatment or drugs; use of aversive stimuli

36-561.  Prohibiting certain treatment or drugs;  use of aversive stimuli A. No psychosurgery,  insulin shock or electroshock treatment or experimental drugs shall be administered by the department to any client,  nor shall the department license,  approve or support any program or service which uses such treatment or drugs. B. The department shall adopt rules and regulations specifying the aversive stimuli used for any developmental disabilities program or service provided directly by,  licensed and supervised by,  or supported by the department. Copies of such rules and regulations shall be made available to all parents,  guardians,  applicants and clients participating in placement evaluations. The department shall provide at least sixty days notice to all responsible persons prior to implementing any modification to such rules and regulations. No aversive stimuli shall be used or permitted by the department in any such program or service except in accordance with the adopted rules and regulations and the client's individual program plan.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-563 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-563 - Review and appeal; hearing

36-563.  Review and appeal;  hearing A. This section governs the review and appeal procedure for decisions relating to the admission,  evaluation,  assignment to programs and services,  care and treatment,  discharge from a program or service provided through the department and contributions for residential programs or services provided through the department. B. Notice of the appeal rights provided pursuant to this section shall be given to all parties to each placement evaluation and to each interested person upon request. C. The director shall adopt rules to establish procedures for initial,  informal administrative review and redetermination by the department of the decisions specified in subsection A of this section. These rules shall specify the manner by which requests for administrative reviews are filed,  the person with whom requests are filed,  whether and under what circumstances meetings of department representatives and the person filing the request are required to be held to consider requests for review and the time periods governing requests and which govern decisions on these requests. These rules may prescribe forms to be used in initiating requests for administrative review. D. Further administrative appeals from decisions of the department subject to the procedures specified in subsection C of this section and on other contested cases are governed by title 41,  chapter 14,  article 3.  E. Services required pursuant to section 36-559,  subsection D shall be directed by the courts.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-564 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-564 - Guardianship

36-564.  Guardianship A. Guardians for clients acting under the provisions of this chapter shall be appointed pursuant to title 14,  chapter 5,  articles 1,  2,  3 and 6. B. The department shall request the appointment of a guardian for minor clients receiving services under the provisions of this chapter if no parent is willing and competent to act,  and shall request the appointment of a guardian for adult clients receiving services under the provisions of this chapter if it appears that the appointment of a guardian would be in the client's best interests in accordance with section 14-5304. C. When no person or corporation is qualified and willing to act as guardian for a client,  the department shall notify the public fiduciary of the county where the client is receiving services of the need for appointment of a guardian. D. Guardianship or conservatorship for persons with developmental disabilities shall be utilized only as is necessary to promote the well-being of the individual,  be designed to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence in the individual,  and shall be ordered only to the extent necessitated by the individual's actual mental,  physical and adaptive limitations.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-565 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-565 - Periodic evaluations of persons with developmental disabilities

36-565.  Periodic evaluations of persons with developmental disabilities A. Evaluations of the client's placement shall be made at six-month intervals after a client with a developmental disability has been enrolled in a developmental disabilities program or services operated by or supported by the department. The department,  upon such evaluation,  shall recommend to the responsible person any change in the developmental disabilities program or service for the person with a developmental disability,  in accordance with the results of such evaluations. B. If an evaluation has been conducted,  and it is determined that the client is in a program or service no longer appropriate to his individual needs or that he can be better treated and habilitated in another facility,  program or service,  the department shall transfer the client to another developmental disabilities program or service or terminate the client from the developmental disabilities program or service pursuant to this chapter or the department may recommend additional services for the client as reported by the evaluation,  and enroll the client in such additional services. C. The client,  parent and guardian shall be given thirty days' written notice of the proposed transfer,  termination or substantial change of services under this chapter. The client,  parent and guardian shall also be informed in writing of the right to an administrative review pursuant to section 36-563 for the purposes of contesting the proposed action. If an administrative review is requested,  no transfer,  termination or substantial change of services shall be made until the decision resulting from the review is issued. D. The department shall establish rules and regulations concerning the standards of placement of clients from one program setting to another.
AZ Rev Stat § 36-566 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 36 - Public Health and Safety|§ 36-566 - Request for termination from a state facility, program or service

36-566.  Request for termination from a state facility,  program or service A. Upon written request from the responsible person for termination of the client from a developmental disabilities program or service operated directly or indirectly by the department,  or when it has been determined at an evaluation that the client has the necessary independent living skills as determined by the client's individual program plan,  the department shall immediately terminate the client's programs and services. This section does not conflict with section 36-560,  subsection J or section 36-551.01,  subsection M. B. The department shall terminate a client from developmental disabilities programs and services operated by or supported by the department at the age of eighteen years unless the responsible person has filed a written application for the continuation of services or programs. C. Six months prior to the eighteenth birthday of a client,  the department shall give written and oral notice,  subject to the language and communication requirements of section 36-551.01,  subsection P,  to the client and the responsible person. This notice shall state that the department is required to terminate the client from developmental disabilities programs and services operated by or supported by the department at the age of eighteen years unless the responsible person has filed a written application for the continuation of services or programs and that a guardian may be required for the client pursuant to section 36-560,  subsection E.