SB 1547 — appropriations; direct services; referrals.

SB1547 - 541R - S-GowanS flrVer amend  (ref  Bill)  adopted-AdoptedSenate            Engrossed Bill  Number:      State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session       SENATE BILL 1547       AN ACT   Appropriating monies to the department of health services.

S.B.    (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

1547Section 1.  Appropriation;             Gowan Floor Amendment             Reference to:

printeddepartment billof            health Amendmentservices; drafted by:

Legfamily Councilhealth  pilot  program; FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION   1.    Makes a onetime appropriation of $2,500,000 in FY 2020, rather than an annual appropriation of $2,500,000 in the next three FYs.

2.   quarterly Requiresreport A.  The sum of $2,500,000 is appropriated from the nonprofitstate organizationgeneral tofund submitas a quarterlyonetime reportappropriation in fiscal year 2019‑2020 to the department of providedhealth services andfor referrals.a family health pilot program.

3.   B.  The Outlinesdepartment additionalof informationhealth thatservices shall distribute the monies appropriated pursuant to subsection A of this section for the family health pilot program to a nonprofit organization to implement a statewide system to provide direct services, support services, social services case management and referrals to the biological or adoptive parents of children under two years of age, including unborn children.  The purpose of the statewide system is to encourage healthy childbirth, support childbirth as an alternative to abortion, promote family formation, aid successful parenting and increase families' economic self‑sufficiency.  The statewide system services must be includedavailable to all residents of this state in both urban and rural areas.  Monies may not be used for abortion referral services or distributed to entities that promote, refer or perform abortions.  The nonprofit organization that receives the report.monies must demonstrate both of the following:

4.   1.  Experience Makesin conformingmarketing changes.and serving the eligible patient population.

 2.  That  the Fifty-fourthorganization Legislature                                                   can Gowanbegin Firstserving Regularclients Session                                                  statewide S.B.within sixty days after receiving monies pursuant to this section.

1547C.  The  nonprofit GOWANorganization FLOORshall AMENDMENTsubmit SENATEto AMENDMENTSthe TOdepartment S.B.of health services on a form prescribed by the department a quarterly report of the services and referrals provided by the nonprofit organization.

1547 (Reference to printed bill)     Page 1, line 2, strike "Appropriations" insert "Appropriation" Line 3, after "program" insert ";

quarterly report" Line 5, after "fund" insert "as a onetime appropriation";

strike "each of";

strike "years" insert "year";

strike ", 2020‑2021 and 2021‑2022" Line 8, strike "in each fiscal year" After line 24, insert:

"C.  The nonprofit organization shall submit to the department of health services on a form prescribed by the department a quarterly report of the services and referrals provided by the nonprofit organization.

D.  The report submitted pursuant to subsection C of this section shall include aggregate client demographic information, including age, marital status, county of residence, ethnicity, sex and number of current children.children.  The report may not identify any individual client by name or include any other personally identifying information or an identifier that would make it possible to identify a client, in any manner or under any circumstances.

The report may not identify any individual client by name or include any other personally identifying information or an identifier that would make it possible to identify a client, in any manner or under any circumstances." Amend title to conform     DAVID GOWAN   1547FloorGOWAN 05/23/2019 05:11 PM C:

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