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HB2228 - 572R - H Ver
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elder abuse;
registry; attorney general
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2228
AN
ACT
amending sections 15-245 and 46-457,
arizona revised statutes; relating to adult protective services.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-245, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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15-245.
Mandatory reporting training; materials
A. The Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory
council shall develop a statewide training curriculum on the mandatory
reporting laws of this state, including section 13-3620, for public
school personnel. Each public school shall require its personnel to
complete the training developed pursuant to this section.
B. The Arizona prosecuting attorneys'
advisory council shall develop a statewide training curriculum on the mandatory
reporting laws of this state, including section 46-454, and shall make
the training curriculum available to persons who are required to report
pursuant to section 46-454.
B.
C.
The
department of education shall provide resources and materials developed
pursuant to this section that schools may use for the purposes of providing
information on the mandatory reporting laws of this state, including section 13-3620,
to parents and students.
C.
D.
The
department shall make the training curriculum and materials developed pursuant
to this section available to public and private schools. This
section does not require private schools to offer the training developed
pursuant to this section.
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Sec. 2. Section 46-457,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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46-457.
Elder abuse central registry; mandatory reporting; release of
information
A. A person who files an action under this article
shall serve notice and one copy of the pleading with the attorney general
within thirty days after the action is filed in the superior
court. The notice shall identify the action, the person against whom
the civil complaint has been filed and that person's attorney. The
person who files an action
is responsible for submitting
shall submit
a report
on
to
the attorney general not more than two years after the initial notice is
submitted to the attorney general that indicates whether the action is ongoing
and shall submit a report that provides
the final disposition of the
case within thirty days after the final action is taken.
B. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
a state agency other than adult protective services that renders an
administrative decision that substantiates the allegation of abuse or that
files a civil action that alleges abuse, neglect or financial exploitation
pursuant to this article or title 36 shall serve notice and one copy of the
administrative decision or pleading with the attorney general within thirty
days after the administrative decision is rendered or within thirty days after
the action is filed in the superior court. The agency
is
responsible for submitting
shall submit
a report
on the final disposition of the case within thirty days after the final action
is taken.� Adult protective services shall report its findings to the registry
established pursuant to section 46-459.� The department of economic
security shall not provide the notice prescribed in this subsection for
information maintained in the adult protective services registry pursuant to
section 46-459.
C. If the victim of the offense is a vulnerable
adult, a person who files a criminal complaint or indictment involving a
violation of this article or section 13-1102, 13-1103, 13-1104,
13-1105, 13-1201, 13-1203, 13-1204, 13-1303, 13-1304,
13-1403, 13-1404, 13-1406, 13-1802, 13-1807, 13-2002,
13-2310 or 13-3623 shall submit a copy of the criminal complaint or
indictment to the attorney general within thirty days after
arraignment. Within thirty days
of
after
the date of issuance of the minute entry the court shall
endorse to the attorney general a copy of the sentencing minute entry or the
minute entry reflecting the case has been dismissed or a judgment of acquittal
has been entered. The attorney general shall develop guidelines to
implement this subsection.
D. The attorney general shall maintain a registry
containing the names of persons pursuant to subsection A, B or C of this
section with the date the action was filed with the superior court or the date
the administrative decision was rendered, the dates of the conduct set forth in
the complaint, the indictment or decision, the general nature of the complaint,
indictment or decision and the disposition of the complaint, indictment or
decision, if known.
If a report on the status and
disposition of an action is not submitted pursuant to subsection A, B or C of
this section, the attorney general shall either:
1. If the attorney general is able to
determine the status or disposition of the action, update the registry.
2. If the attorney general is unable
to determine the status or disposition of the action, delete the information
from the registry.
E. The information maintained pursuant to subsection
D of this section is available to the public on written request to the
custodian of the registry.
F. A person may submit a written statement on that
person's own behalf to the custodian of the registry. The statement
is part of the records for distribution in response to all inquiries concerning
that person.
G. A person or agency that distributes information
in the registry in good faith is not subject to civil or criminal liability.
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