REFERENCE TITLE: assisted living centers; occupants

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1247

Introduced by

Senator Petersen

AN ACT

Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-407.04; relating to health care institutions.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-407.04, to read:

START_STATUTE36-407.04. Assisted living centers; occupants; prohibitions

Notwithstanding section 36-407, subsection A and if allowed by an assisted living center, an individual who does not receive supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services may live with a resident in the assisted living center in the resident's unit or may live in any other unit within the assisted living center.  The department may not:

1. place any requirement on that individual with which a resident would not need to comply.

2. Require that individual to have a service plan or to receive supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services. END_STATUTE