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HB2942 • 2026

appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

HB2942 - appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Chris Lopez, Teresa Martinez, Julie Willoughby
Last action
2026-01-29
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide details on how the money will be used within each home.

Money for Special Homes

This bill gives money to help special homes that take care of people with certain disabilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $12 million from the state's general fund and $36 million in Medicaid expenditure authority each year from fiscal years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031 to the Department of Economic Security for reimbursement rate increases for rehabilitation group homes.
  • The money is intended to help increase how much these homes are paid for taking care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who run rehabilitation group homes in Arizona
  • Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in these homes

Terms To Know

Rehabilitation Group Homes
Special places where people with certain disabilities live and get help to improve their lives.
Intellectual Disabilities
Conditions that affect how a person learns, thinks, and solves problems.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify exactly how the money will be used within each home.
  • It is unclear if there are enough rehabilitation group homes to use all of this funding.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-29 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-28 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-28 House

    House Appropriations: None

  4. 2026-01-28 House

    House Health & Human Services: None

  5. 2026-01-28 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2942 - appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

Current Bill Text

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REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2942

Introduced by

Representatives
Lopez: Martinez, Willoughby

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
economic security.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Appropriations;
department of economic security; reimbursement rate increases; rehabilitation
group homes; fiscal years 2026-2027, 2027-2028, 2028-2029, 2029-2030 and
2030-2031

The sum of $12,000,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund and $36,000,000 is appropriated in medicaid
expenditure authority in each of fiscal years 2026-2027, 2027-2028, 2028-2029,
2029-2030 and 2030-2031 to the department of economic security 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.