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HB2111 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
A
RIZONA
S
TATE
S
ENATE
LIAM MAHER
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST
APPROPRIATIONS, TRANSPORTATION
& TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Telephone: (602) 926-3171
RESEARCH
STAFF
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Strike
everything amendment to
H.B. 2111
, relating to DES; appropriation
Purpose
����������� Appropriates
$12,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) and $36,000,000 in Medicaid
Expenditure Authority in FYs 2027 through 2031 to the Department of Economic
Security (DES) for reimbursement rate increases.
Background
The Director of
DES is responsible for developing and annually revising a statewide plan and
initiating statewide programs and services for persons with developmental
disabilities. Services include child, adult, residential and resource services.
An Arizona resident with a developmental disability, supported by medical and
psychological documentation, is eligible to apply for developmental
disabilities programs, services and facilities operated, licensed and
supervised by DES (A.R.S. ��
36-554
and
36-559
).
The Division of
Developmental Disabilities (DDD) is the division of DES that empowers
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead
self-directed, healthy and meaningful lives. DDD provides support and services
for eligible Arizonans diagnosed with any of the following developmental
disabilities: 1) autism; 2) cerebral palsy; 3) epilepsy; 4) a cognitive or
intellectual disability; 5) Down syndrome; or 6) are under the age of six and
at risk of having a developmental disability. DDD serves more than 50,000
people with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Arizona
each year (
DDD
).
����������� The strike-everything
amendment to H.B. 2111 appropriates $12,000,0000 from the state GF in FYs 2027
through 2031.
Provisions
1.
Appropriates $12,000,000 from the state GF and $36,000,000 in Medicaid
Expenditure Authority in FYs 2027 through 2031 to DES for reimbursement rate
increases for rehabilitation group homes for individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities that use the Health Care Common Procedure Coding System
code T2016.
2.
Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Current Bill Text
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HB2111 - 572R - H Ver
House Engrossed
driver license
examination; motorcycle awareness
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2111
AN
ACT
Amending section 28-3164, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to driver license examinations.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-3164, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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28-3164.
Original applicants; examination
A. The department may do any of the following:
1. Examine an applicant for an original driver
license.
2. Accept the examination conducted by an authorized
third party pursuant to chapter 13 of this title.� Beginning July 1, 2014, the
third party must be authorized pursuant to section 28-5101.01 or 28-5101.03.
3. Accept documentation of successful completion of
a driver training course approved by the department.� Beginning July 1, 2014,
for a class D or G license the documentation must be provided by a third party
authorized pursuant to section 28-5101.02.
4. Accept documentation that the applicant has
successfully completed education on special performance equipment and medically
related driving circumstances.� Beginning July 1, 2014, the documentation must
be provided by a third party authorized pursuant to section 28-5101.02.
5. Accept documentation that the applicant has
successfully completed driver education lessons provided by an instructor who
is certified by the superintendent of public instruction.
B. The examination shall include all of the
following:
1. A test of the applicant's:
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Ability to read and understand official traffic
control devices.
(c) Knowledge of safe driving practices and the
traffic laws of this state, including those practices and laws relating to
bicycles.
(d) Knowledge of the effect of using a portable wireless
communication device as defined in section 28-914 or engaging in other actions
that could distract a driver on the safe or effective operation of a motor
vehicle.
(
e
) Knowledge
of motorcycle awareness.� The test shall include at least five questions
relating to motorcycle awareness.
2. An actual demonstration of ability to exercise
ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a vehicle or vehicle
combination of the type covered by the license classification or endorsement
for which the applicant applies.
3. Other physical and mental examinations if the
department finds them necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to safely
operate a motor vehicle on the highways.
C. The department may examine an original applicant
for a class M license or a motorcycle endorsement or the department may accept
the examination conducted by an authorized third party pursuant to chapter 13,
article 1 of this title or documentation of successful completion of a
motorcycle training program approved by the department. Beginning
July 1, 2014, the documentation of successful completion of a motorcycle
training program must be provided by a third party motorcycle driver license
training provider authorized pursuant to section 28-5101.02 or a
motorcycle training program approved by the department and provided in another
state or by the United States military. The department may examine
an applicant who has a motorcycle license from another jurisdiction.� This
examination shall be the same as for all applicants, except that the department
may make modifications it finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness
to operate a motorcycle, motor driven cycle or moped on the highways.
D. The department shall examine a person who holds a
driver license issued by another country and who applies for an initial license
in this state as an original applicant, except that the department may waive an
actual demonstration of the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control
in the operation of a motor vehicle if the person applies for a class D or G
license and appears to meet the department's medical qualifications and if the
out-of-state license is not revoked or is not expired for more than
one year.
E. The department may waive the driving examination
for initial applicants for a class M license or a motorcycle endorsement if all
of the following conditions exist:
1. The applicant's current license indicates the
applicant has been specifically licensed to operate a motorcycle.
2. The applicant appears to meet the department's
medical qualifications.
3. The applicant's out-of-state license
is not revoked or is not expired for more than one year.
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