SB 1537 — transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure

SenateHouse Engrossed Senate Bill transitional housing;

licensure State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session CHAPTER 260 SENATE BILL 1537 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 36-414 AND 36-2061, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

(b) BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE RULES FOR LICENSURE ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 36-4202 AND 36-4204, DOES NOT INCLUDE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 36-4201.

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"DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.

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"DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.

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"TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY" MEANS A TEMPORARY LIVING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOWHO, AFTER PARTICIPATING IN A PRERELEASE TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM WHILE INCARCERATED, IS TRANSITIONING FROM INCARCERATION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING THAT PROVIDES BASIC NECESSITIES, INCLUDING JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT SERVICES, DIRECT ACCESS TO PAROLE OFFICERS, HOUSING, CLOTHING, PREPARED MEALS AND HYGIENE NECESSITIES, AT NO COST TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL IS SIMULTANEOUSLY PARTICIPATING IN A VOLUNTARY REENTRY PROGRAM THAT INCORPORATES LICENSED OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE ALL LOCATED INWITHIN THE SAME BUILDING.CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT.

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POLICIES REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF FUNCTIONING SMOKE DETECTORS, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL FIRE CODES.

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POLICIES REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF FUNCTIONING SMOKE DETECTORS, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL FIRE CODES.

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ONCE THE DIRECTOR ADOPTS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AS REQUIRED INBY SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION,SECTION AND THE RULES REQUIRED BY SECTION 36-4204, A PERSON OR ORGANIZATION MAY NOT ESTABLISH, CONDUCT OR MAINTAIN IN THIS STATE A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY UNLESS THAT PERSON OR ORGANIZATION HOLDS A CURRENT AND VALID LICENSE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

36-4203.- 3 - S.B.

1537 36-4203.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEPOSIT, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 35-146 -AND 335-147, -NINETY S.B.PERCENT OF THE FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 36-414 AND TEN PERCENT OF THE FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND.

1537 AND 35-147, NINETY PERCENT OF THE FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE HEALTH SERVICES LICENSING FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 36-414 AND TEN PERCENT OF THE FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND.

IF A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY LICENSE IS REVOKED IN THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE, THE LICENSEE OF THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY WHOSE LICENSE WAS REVOKED MAY NOT REAPPLY- FOR4 ANY- LICENSES.B. ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

1537 REAPPLY FOR ANY LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

THE DIRECTOR MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON A PERSON THAT VIOLATES THIS ARTICLE OR THE RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IN AN -AMOUNT 4OF -NOT S.B.MORE THAN $1,000 FOR EACH VIOLATION.

1537 AMOUNT OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000 FOR EACH VIOLATION.

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Transitional housing facilities;

licensure A facility that is a transitional housing facility as defined in section 36-4201, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, and that was licensed as a sober living home before the effective date of the rules for licensure adopted pursuant to sections 36-4202 and 36-4204, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, shall become licensed as a transitional housing facility not later than thirty days after the effective date of the rules for licensure adopted pursuant to sections 36-4202 and 36-4204, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JULY 1, 2025.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 1, 2025.

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