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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriation; coordinated reentry program
Purpose
Appropriates $20,000,000 in FY 2027 from the Consumer Restitution Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund (Revolving Fund) to the Attorney General (AG) to distribute coordinated reentry panning services program (reentry program) grants to participating counties.
Background
A county may
establish a reentry program within a county jail for the purpose of screening
and assessing persons who are booked into the county jail and connecting those
persons with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers
at the earliest possible stage in the criminal justice process. A reentry
program must: 1) allow entities to access and use a
cross-system recidivism tracking database using outlined data; 2) allow entities
to work in conjunction with counties, cities, towns and other political
subdivisions of the state and with superior courts to establish an information
exchange mechanism that includes reentry planning efforts; 3) allow county and
community-wide collaborative efforts to be established and maintained for jail
reentry planning services that include treatment, peer support, housing,
transportation and employment services and all branches of the criminal justice
and court systems by developing a new coalition or extending an existing
coalition; 4) establish working agreements with coalition partners to use the
cross-system recidivism tracking database to record post-release treatment
engagement; and 5) use the cross-system recidivism tracking database to record
baseline and ongoing statistics for identified needs, referrals and future
recidivism of reentry coordination participants (A.R.S.
§ 11-392).
The Consumer Restitution Subaccount of the Revolving Fund is administered by the AG and consists of monies collected or received by the AG as the result of a court order or as the result of a settlement or compromise for economic loss resulting from violations or alleged violations of consumer protection laws. Consumer Restitution Subaccount monies are continuously appropriated and are exempt from lapsing. The AG may distribute any unexpended monies in the Consumer Restitution Subaccount to the Consumer Protection-Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund (A.R.S. § 44-151.02).
S.B. 1317 appropriates $20,000,000 in FY 2027 from the Consumer Restitution Subaccount of the Revolving Fund to the AG.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $20,000,000 in FY 2027 from the Consumer Restitution Subaccount of the Revolving Fund to the AG to distribute grants to counties to establish or continue a reentry program.
2. Requires the AG to use the appropriation to:
a) award grants on a two-year cycle;
b) allocate up to $2,000,000 to any individual grant recipient over the two-year cycle; and
c) make up to $2,000,000 available over the two-year grant cycle for a statewide database to accommodate additional counties participating in a reentry program.
3. Requires grantees to demonstrate the following after the end of the two-year grant cycle:
a) the establishment of a formal coalition with a workgroup dedicated to establishing the reentry program's policies and procedures;
b) a dedicated reentry program staff that are available inside the jail;
c) the installation of a statewide cross-system recidivism tracking database;
d) the establishment of data sharing agreements;
e) the incorporation of screening and assessment tools; and
f) a commitment to local contribution to the reentry program.
4. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2026
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