SB 1813

Senate Engrossed
state
  hospital; governing board
(now: state
  hospital; bed availability)
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1813
AN
ACT
amending section 36-202, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state hospital.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 36-202, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE36-202. Arizona state hospital; purpose; facilities and equipment
A. A state hospital shall be maintained for the to care for and
treatment of treat persons with
mental disorders and persons with other personality disorders or emotional
conditions who will benefit from care and treatment. Admissions to
the state hospital shall be in accordance with law.� The state
hospital shall admit patients based on clinical need for treatment and shall
not place any limit on admission based on a patient's county of residence. �The
hospital shall be called the Arizona state hospital.
B. Subject to legislative appropriation, the state
hospital may provide services to persons who are suffering
from alcoholism and to persons suffering from drug abuse.
C. The state hospital shall have adequate facilities
and equipment for enlightened and scientific treatment of nervous and mental
diseases in accordance with approved methods of mental
therapeutics. The facilities shall include, among other things:
1. Facilities for medical and psychiatric treatment
with special attention to occupational therapy and other special therapies.
2. Facilities for proper segregation and care of
child patients.
3. Facilities for recreation and physical training.
4. An institutional library for the use of patients.
5. A properly equipped dental department.
6. A properly equipped laboratory and x-ray
department.
7. A patient tracking system approved by the
director that monitors individual progress on an inpatient basis and ensures
suitable aftercare placement.
D. The state hospital shall be under the charge and
control of the director of the department of health services, pursuant to this
article.END_STATUTE