appropriation; Arizona state hospital

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the exact amount of funding or specific facilities to be added in the new wing.

Money for New Wing at State Hospital

This bill gives money from the state's budget in fiscal year 2027 to build a new wing with additional facilities at the Arizona State Hospital.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates an unspecified amount of money from the state General Fund for construction of a new wing with additional facilities at the Arizona State Hospital (ASH) in fiscal year 2026-2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who work at or are treated at the Arizona State Hospital
• Taxpayers in Arizona because the money comes from the state's general fund

Terms To Know

Arizona State Hospital (ASH)

A hospital that provides long-term mental health care for people who need it most and are ordered by a court to receive treatment.

Department of Health Services (DHS)

The state agency responsible for managing the Arizona State Hospital and other healthcare programs in Arizona.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money will be given to build the new wing.
• It is unclear what specific facilities or rooms will be added with this construction.

Official Summary Text

SB1132 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1132

appropriation;
Arizona state hospital

Purpose

Appropriates an
unspecified amount in FY 2027 from the state General Fund (state GF) to the
Department of Health Services (DHS) to construct a new wing for additional
facilities at the Arizona State Hospital (ASH).

Background

ASH is a 260-bed
facility, operated and regulated by DHS, that provides long-term inpatient
psychiatric care to individuals with mental illnesses, personality disorders or
emotional conditions who are under a court order to receive treatment.
Treatment at ASH is considered the highest and most restrictive level of mental
health care in Arizona. Patients are admitted as a result of an inability to be
treated in a community facility or due to the patients' legal status.

The ASH Civil
Adult Rehabilitation Program includes 116 beds within six treatment units
specializing in providing services to adults who are civilly committed as a
danger to self or others, are gravely disabled or persistently and acutely
disabled and have completed a mandatory 25 days of treatment in a community
inpatient setting prior to admission.

The ASH Forensic
Adult Program includes 143 beds for patients who are court-ordered for pre- or
post-trial treatment as a result of involvement with the criminal justice
system due to a mental health issue (
DHS
).

S.B. 1132
appropriates an unspecified amount in FY 2027 from the state GF to DHS.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates an unspecified amount in FY 2027 from the state GF to DHS
for construction of a new wing for additional facilities at ASH.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

January 23, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1132 - 572R - I Ver

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REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; Arizona state hospital

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1132

Introduced by

Senator
Gowan

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
health services.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of health services; Arizona state hospital; additional facilities

The sum of $______ is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
health services for construction of a new wing for additional facilities at the
Arizona state hospital established pursuant to section 36-202, Arizona
Revised Statutes.