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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
electronic monitoring; long-term care
Purpose
Requires, by December 1, 2026, or on initial licensure, assisted living facilities and nursing care institutions to disclose to Department of Health Services (DHS) whether the facility allows residents to install an electronic monitoring device in the resident's room or personal space and to notify DHS of any subsequent updates to the facility's electronic monitoring device policy.
Background
DHS licenses and regulates long-term care facilities, including assisted living facilities, in Arizona. Long-term care facilities provide a variety of services, including medical and personal care, to individuals who are unable to live independently. This may include: 1) assisted living facilities, which are residential care institutions, including adult foster care homes, that provide or contract to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services on a continuous basis; and 2) nursing care institutions, which are healthcare institutions that provide inpatient or resident beds and nursing services to persons who need continuous nursing services but do not require hospital care or direct daily care from a physician (A.R.S. § 36-401).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
2. Requires assisted living facility and nursing care institution licensees to ensure that DHS is notified of any changes in a facility's electronic monitoring device policy.
3. Requires DHS to post each facility's electronic monitoring status on its public website.
4. Defines electronic monitoring as the use of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident of a nursing care institution or assisted living facility to record or transmit sounds or activity to or for the resident, the resident's authorized representative or an authorized third party, including the tapes or recordings from the electronic monitoring device.
5. Defines electronic monitoring device as any device or technology that has a placed, fixed or otherwise installed location that captures, records or broadcasts audio or video, or both, and is used for electronic monitoring.
6. Defines resident as a person who resides in an assisted living facility or nursing care institution.
7. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
1. Requires licensed assisted living facilities and nursing care institutions to disclose the facility's electronic monitoring device policy to DHS by December 1, 2026.
2. Replaces the requirement that licensed assisted living facilities and nursing care institutions disclose the facility’s electronic monitoring device policy upon license renewal with a requirement that licensees notify DHS of any changes to the policy after initial disclosure.
3.
Requires disclosure of facility electronic monitoring device policies to
be submitted in a
DHS-approved format.
Senate Action
HHS 2/18/2026 DPA 7-0-0
Prepared by Senate Research
February 20, 2026
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