Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36. Public Health and Safety § 36-425.06. Secure behavioral health residential facilities; license; annual report; definition

A. The department shall license secure behavioral health residential facilities to provide secure twenty-four-hour on-site supportive treatment and supervision by staff with behavioral health training for persons who have been determined to be seriously mentally ill, who are chronically resistant to treatment for a mental disorder and who are placed in the facility pursuant to a court order issued pursuant to § 36-550.09 or who have been committed pursuant to a court order issued pursuant to § 13-4521. A secure behavioral health residential facility may provide services only to persons placed in or committed to the facility pursuant to a court order issued pursuant to § 36-550.09 or 13-4521 and may not provide services to any other persons on that facility's premises. A secure behavioral health residential facility may not have more than sixteen beds.

B. On or before September 1 of each year, the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall submit a report to the governor, the legislature and the supreme court that includes all of the following information:

C. For the purposes of this section, “secure” means premises that limit a patient's egress in the least restrictive manner consistent with the patient's court-ordered treatment plan.