Fifty-first Legislature                                                      

First Regular Session                                                        

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1374

 

(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)

 


Page 1, line 22, after "PERFORMED" strike remainder of line; strike line 23, insert ", including case consultation and receipt of clinical supervision.  Indirect client service does not include the provision of psychoeducation."

Page 2, line 33, after "development" insert a period strike remainder of line; strike line 34

Page 10, line 34, strike "has" insert "have"

Page 14, line 16, strike "provided that" insert "if"

Line 18, strike "such" insert "that"

Line 19, after "BOARD" strike remainder of line; strike line 20; line 21, strike "result of unprofessional conduct" insert "review the applicant's request to withdraw the application.  In considering the request the board shall determine whether it is probable that the investigation would result in an adverse action against the applicant"

Page 20, line 11, after "make" strike remainder of line; strike line 12; line 13, strike "the investigation" insert "available to the licensee who is the subject of the investigation, or the licensee's designated representative, for inspection at the board's office the investigative file"

Page 22, line 33, strike "can" insert "may"; after the period insert "The board by rule may prescribe the number of hours required for functions related to direct client contact and indirect client service."

Page 24, line 15, strike "can" insert "may"; after the period insert "The board by rule may prescribe the number of hours required for functions related to direct client contact and indirect client service."

Page 25, line 15, strike "can" insert "may"; after the period insert "The board by rule may prescribe the number of hours required for functions related to direct client contact and indirect client service."

Page 26, line 38, strike "can" insert "may"; after the period insert "The board by rule may prescribe the number of hours required for functions related to direct client contact and indirect client service."

Page 27, line 19, strike "can" insert "may"; after the period insert "The board by rule may prescribe the number of hours required for functions related to direct client contact and indirect client service."

Strike lines 35 through 44, insert:

"Sec. 25  Board of behavioral health examiners; applications; factors for review

A.  Until January 1, 2017, notwithstanding section 32-3275, subsection A, paragraph 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, for applications submitted after the effective date of this act, the board of behavioral health examiners, if requested by the applicant, may not base a decision solely on a finding by the board that an applicant had a license refused on the grounds of unprofessional conduct or a license revoked as a result of a final order of the board that was not the result of a consent agreement or surrender of the license after July 1, 2004.  The board may conduct a de novo hearing concerning the conduct that constituted the grounds for the previous revocation or denial by the board.  The board may consider evidence presented at the time of the original denial or revocation or any new evidence presented on behalf of the board or the applicant.

B.  This section does not apply if the records of the original complaint or denial have been destroyed pursuant to title 41, chapter 1, article 2.1, Arizona Revised Statutes."

Page 28, line 10, after the second comma strike remainder of line

Strike line 11 insert ", who is"

Between lines 13 and 14, insert:

"4.  A person who is not licensed by the board of behavioral health examiners and who is employed by a health care institution as defined in section 36-401, Arizona Revised Statutes, that provides behavioral health services.  The director of the department of health services shall appoint this member."

Renumber to conform


Page 28, between lines 21 and 22, insert:

"7.  A representative of a regional behavioral health authority as defined in section 36-3401, Arizona Revised Statutes, who is appointed by the director of the department of health services."

Lines 27 and 32, after "documentation" insert ", including client records and treatment plans,"

Page 29, line 19, strike "testify before" insert "report to"; strike "budget" insert "audit"

Amend title to conform


and, as so amended, it do pass

 

                                                HEATHER CARTER

                                                Chairman

 

 

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