appropriation; Arizona state hospital

Plain English Breakdown

The exact dollar amount is left blank ($______) in the official bill text and remains unspecified.

Funding for New Wing at Arizona State Hospital

This bill sets aside an unspecified amount of money from the state 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 fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Sends these funds to the Department of Health Services (DHS).
• Requires DHS to use the money to construct a new wing with additional facilities at the Arizona State Hospital.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Health Services, which operates and regulates the hospital.
• Individuals under court orders for long-term inpatient psychiatric care due to mental illnesses or emotional conditions who cannot be treated in community facilities.

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The official act of setting aside money from the state budget for a specific purpose.

General Fund

The main account where Arizona keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for government services.

Fiscal Year 2026-2027

The state's budget year that runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact dollar amount of money being provided.
• The text does not list a specific date when construction must begin or end.
• Details about how many beds will be added in the new wing are not included.

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

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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.

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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.