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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
Senate: HHS DPA 7-0-0-0 |Third Read 25-3-2-0-0 |
SB 1564: electronic monitoring; long-term care
Sponsor: Senator Dunn, LD 25
Committee on Health & Human Services
Overview
Requires disclosure to the Department of Health Services (DHS) for assistive living facilities (facility) and nursing care institutions (institution) that implement electronic monitoring devices.
History
Assistive living facilities are residential care institutions, including an adult foster care home, that provides or contracts to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services on a continuous basis. Nursing care institutions are health care institutions that provide inpatient beds or resident beds and nursing services to persons who need continuous nursing services but who do not require hospital care or direct daily care from a physician (A.R.S. § 36-401).
Under current law, DHS is responsible for the licensure and regulation of Arizona health care institutions. These institutions are defined as every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, that provides facilities with medical, nursing, behavioral health, health screening, supervisory care, personal care, directed care or any other health-related services, including home health agencies, outdoor behavioral health care programs and hospice service agencies (A.R.S. § 36- 401).
Provisions
1. Requires, by December 1, 2026, or on initial licensure, each facility and institution to disclose to DHS, in a DHS-approved format, whether:
a. the facility or institution allows residents to install an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room or personal space;
b. the facility or institution uses electronic monitoring devices in common spaces; or
c. the facility or institution uses a technology solution that allows it to monitor and identify a person who enters and exits a resident's room and track their activity while in the resident's room. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires each licensee for a facility or institution to ensure that DHS is notified in a DHS-approved format of any changes with respect to whether the facility or institution:
a. allows residents to install an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room or personal space; or
b. changes its use of electronic monitoring or technology solution. (Sec. 1)
3. Requires DHS to make information it receives regarding a facility or institution's electronic monitoring status available on its public website. (Sec. 1)
4. Defines terms. (Sec. 1)
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