Arizona Laws 36-550.03. Statewide plan implementation; contract requirements; exception
A. On establishment of the statewide plan for a community residential treatment system as required in Section 36-550.01, the director shall provide for the delivery of such programs and services, utilizing all monies identified and available for the seriously mentally ill, in the following manner:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-550.03
- Administration: means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. See Arizona Laws 36-550
- Community residential treatment system: means a statewide system of community-based residential treatment programs for the seriously mentally ill that provides a wide range of services as alternatives to institutionalization and in the least restrictive setting. See Arizona Laws 36-550
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Director: means the director of the administration. See Arizona Laws 36-550
- Seriously mentally ill: means persons who as a result of a mental disorder as defined in section 36-501 exhibit emotional or behavioral functioning that is so impaired as to interfere substantially with their capacity to remain in the community without supportive treatment or services of a long-term or indefinite duration. See Arizona Laws 36-550
1. Provide such programs and services directly through the administration or by contract with other public or private agencies.
2. Contract with individual counties to provide programs and services directly or by contract with other public or private agencies.
3. Provide for programs and services by any combination of service delivery mechanisms as prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection.
B. The director may use any monies available to the administration for the purposes of this article to provide for the establishment and maintenance of community residential treatment programs and services. If the director contracts with a county as prescribed in subsection A of this section, the director may require not more than a twenty-five percent match of local or other monies. The matching requirement for local or other monies may be provided by either direct funding or by in-kind services.
C. If the programs and services prescribed in subsection A of this section are provided through a contract with a private agency, the director shall not require matching monies as a condition for a contract to provide services.