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HB2828 - 572R - I Ver
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nurse home visitor grant program
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HB 2828
Introduced by
Representatives
Lopez: Pe�a
AN
ACT
amending title 8, chapter 4, article 1,
arizona revised statutes, by adding section 8-469.03; appropriating
monies; relating to the department of child safety.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 8, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 8-469.03, to read:
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8-469.03.
Nurse home visitor grant program; eligible organization;
requirements; annual report
A. The department shall establish a
nurse home visitor grant program. The department shall administer
the grant program.� The grant program is established to do all of THE
following:
1. Prevent child maltreatment and
neglect.
2. improve maternal and child health
and child development.
3. promote a family's economic
mobility.
B. The department shall award monies
from the grant program at least annually to one eligible organization.� The
eligible organization shall use grant monies to provide voluntary, evidence-based
nurse home visitor services for three years to low-income pregnant women
who voluntarily enroll in the program.� The grant program shall be available
through the second birthday of a CHILD who is born to a woman who is enrolled
in the program.� The eligible organization shall provide all of the following:
1. Assessments and screenings.
2. Care coordination.
3. Case management.
4. preventative education and
counseling.
5. Interventions and referrals to
health and human services providers.
6. Educational or job development
resources.
C. Organizations that are eligible to
receive grant monies pursuant to subsection B of this section include:
1. Public and private entities.
2. Nonprofit organizations.
3. Municipal and county
organizations.
4. Tribal nations.
D. IN awarding grant monies, the
department shall give preference to organizations that:
1. Provide services in this state.
2. Provide services that are
delivered by a registered nurse.
3. Provide services that meet the
criteria established by the United States department of health and human
services for an evidence-based early childhood home VISITING service
delivery model that has demonstrated, as of January 1, 2026, favorable results
for reduction in child maltreatment.� The model shall be ranked as a well-supported
service in the title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse to prevent
foster care placements and provide enhanced support to children and families
through an in-home parenting skills-based service.
4. Can demonstrate either the ability
to provide services on the receipt of grant monies or the ability to deliver
services within ninety days after receiving grant monies.
5. Can provide services in the
program participant's home, via telehealth services or at another location that
is selected by the program participant.
e. An organization that receives
grant monies PURSUANT to this section shall submit to the department data as
prescribed by the children's health bureau title IV-E prevention program
data elements to the extent the data is collected as a standard practice of the
delivery of the grant program services.� the organization shall submit The data
for the PURPOSE of evaluating successful delivery of grant program services.�
F. On or before August 31, 2027,
2028, 2029 and 2030, the department shall publish a report that includes all of
the FOLLOWING information for the previous fiscal year:
1. The number of grants awarded by
the grant program.
2. The name of the organizations that
received grant monies.
3. The number of grant program
participants who were served.
4. The number of unduplicated
participants who enrolled DURING the reporting period for each organization
that was awarded monies by the grant program.
5. The total number of hours that
were spent providing nurse home visitor services.
6. Data and information that are
deemed necessary by the department and that measure the health and well-being
of grant program participants and their children to the extend that the data
and information are collected and reported as a standard practice in the course
of the delivery of the grant program.
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Sec. 2.
Delayed repeal
Section 8-469.03, Arizona
Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after December 31,
2030.
Sec. 3.
Appropriations;
nursing home visitor grant program; exemption
A. The sum of $6,000,000
and five FTE positions are appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal
year 2026-2027 to the department of child safety for the nurse home
visitor grant program established pursuant to section 8-469.03, Arizona Revised
Statutes, as added by this act. The department may use up to
$382,500 of the monies appropriated in each of fiscal years 2026-2027,
2027-2028 and 2028-2029 to administer the program.
B. The appropriation made
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until
December 31, 2030.
Sec. 4.
Legislative findings
The
legislature finds and declares that:
1. Pregnant
women, to adequately care for a newborn or young child, often benefit from
voluntarily receiving professional assistance and information.
2. Without this assistance
and information, a pregnant woman may develop habits or practices that are
detrimental to her health and well-being and the health and well-being
of her child.
3. Inadequate prenatal care
and inadequate care in infancy and early childhood often inhibit a child's
ability to learn and develop throughout childhood and may have lasting, adverse
effects on the child's ability to function as an adult.
4. The implementation of an
evidence-based nurse home visitor program that has been ranked, as of
January 1, 2026, by the United States department of health and human services
as a well-supported service in the title IV-E prevention services
clearinghouse to prevent foster care placements and provide enhanced support to
children and families through an in-home parenting skills-based
service that demonstrates favorable results for reduction in child maltreatment
and that provides educational, health and other resources for women from
pregnancy through the first two years of a child's life has been proven to
significantly reduce the risk of premature birth, drug use, including nicotine
and alcohol abuse, criminal activity that is committed by a woman or the
woman's child who is under fifteen years of age and the reported number of
incidents of child abuse and neglect.
5. Receiving professional
assistance and information has been proven to reduce a woman's need for other
forms of public assistance and to increase a woman's educational and employment
opportunities.