Arizona § 36-2903.13 Inpatient psychiatric treatment; annual report

Arizona Statutes

§ 36-2903.13 — Inpatient psychiatric treatment; annual report

Arizona § 36-2903.13

Title 36Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 29ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Art. 1Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 36-2903.13 (2026).

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A.On or before January 2, 2020 and each year thereafter, the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall submit a report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on the availability of inpatient psychiatric treatment both for adults and for children and adolescents who receive services from the regional behavioral health authorities. The report shall include all of the following information:

1.The total number of inpatient psychiatric treatment beds available and the occupancy rate for those beds.

2.Expenditures on inpatient psychiatric treatment.

3.The total number of individuals in this state who are sent out of state for inpatient psychiatric treatment.

4.The prevalence of psychiatric boarding or holding psychiatric patients

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A. On or before January 2, 2020 and each year thereafter, the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall submit a report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on the availability of inpatient psychiatric treatment both for adults and for children and adolescents who receive services from the regional behavioral health authorities. The report shall include all of the following information:

1. The total number of inpatient psychiatric treatment beds available and the occupancy rate for those beds.

2. Expenditures on inpatient psychiatric treatment.

3. The total number of individuals in this state who are sent out of state for inpatient psychiatric treatment.

4. The prevalence of psychiatric boarding or holding psychiatric patients in emergency rooms for at least twenty-four hours before transferring the patients to a psychiatric facility.

B. The report shall provide the information specified in subsection A of this section separately for adults who are at least twenty-one years of age and for children and adolescents who are twenty years of age or younger.