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SB1564 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1564
electronic
monitoring; long-term care
Purpose
Requires, by
December 1, 2026, or on initial licensure, assisted living facilities and
nursing care institutions to disclose to the Department of Health Services
(DHS) the facility's policies regarding the use of electronic monitoring
devices and other monitoring technology in resident rooms, personal spaces and
common areas and to notify DHS of any subsequent policy updates.
Background
DHS licenses and
regulates long-term care facilities, including assisted living facilities, in
Arizona. Long-term care facilities provide a variety of services, including
medical and personal care, to individuals who are unable to live independently.
This may include: 1) assisted living facilities, which are residential care
institutions, including adult foster care homes, that provide or contract to
provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care
services on a continuous basis; and 2) nursing care institutions, which are
healthcare institutions that provide inpatient or resident beds and nursing
services to persons who need continuous nursing services but do not require
hospital care or direct daily care from a physician (
A.R.S.
� 36-401
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Requires, by December 1, 2026, or on initial licensure, assisted living
facilities and nursing care institutions to disclose to DHS, in a DHS-approved
format, whether the facility
:
a)
allows residents to install an electronic monitoring device in the
resident's room or personal space;
b)
uses electronic monitoring devices in the common spaces of the facility;
and
c)
uses
a technology solution that allows the facility to monitor and identify who
enters and exits a resident's room and the movement or activity of the person
while in the resident's room.
2.
Requires
assisted living facility and nursing care institution licensees to ensure that
DHS is notified of any changes to a facility's:
a)
policy on electronic monitoring devices in a resident's room or personal
space; or
b)
use
of electronic monitoring or another technology solution.
3.
Requires DHS to post each facility's electronic monitoring status on its
public website.
4.
Defines
electronic monitoring
as the use of an electronic
monitoring device in the room of a resident of a nursing care institution or
assisted living facility to record or transmit sounds or activity to or for the
resident, the resident's authorized representative or an authorized third
party, including the tapes or recordings from the electronic monitoring device.
5.
Defines
electronic monitoring device
as any device or technology
that has a placed, fixed or otherwise installed location that captures, records
or broadcasts audio or video, or both, and is used for electronic monitoring.
6.
Defines
resident
as a person who resides in an assisted living
facility or nursing care institution.
7.
Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by
Committee
1.
Requires licensed assisted living facilities and nursing care
institutions to disclose the facility's electronic monitoring device policy to DHS
by December 1, 2026.
2.
Replaces the requirement that licensed assisted living facilities and
nursing care institutions disclose the facility�s electronic monitoring device
policy upon license renewal with a requirement that licensees notify DHS of any
changes to the policy after initial disclosure.
3.
Requires disclosure of facility electronic monitoring device policies to
be submitted in a
DHS-approved format.
Amendments Adopted by
Committee of the Whole
1.
Expands
the electronic monitoring information that assisted living facilities and
nursing care institutions must submit to DHS to include whether the facility
uses:
a)
electronic monitoring devices in the common spaces of the facility; and
b)
a
technology solution that allows the facility to monitor and identify who enters
and exits a resident's room and the movement or activity of the person while in
the resident's room.
2.
Requires assisted living facilities and nursing care institutions to
notify DHS of any changes to the facility's use of electronic monitoring or a
technology solution.
3.
Makes technical and conforming changes.
Senate Action
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SB1564 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
electronic
monitoring; long-term care
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1564
AN
ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-420.06; relating to health care
institutions.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-420.06, to read:
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36-420.06.
Electronic monitoring; disclosure; posting; definitions
A. On
or before
December 1, 2026 or on initial licensure, each assisted living facility and
nursing care institution shall disclose to the department
in a department-APPROVED format whether the assisted living
facility or nursing care institution:
1. allows residents to install an
electronic monitoring device in the resident's room or personal space.
2. Uses electronic monitoring devices
in the common spaces of the assisted living facility or nursing care
institution.
3. Uses a technology solution that
allows the assisted living facility or nursing care institution to monitor and
identify who enters and exits a resident's room and the movement or activity of
the person while in the resident's room.
B.
a licensee
for an assisted living facility or nursing care institution shall ensure that
the department is notified in a department-approved format of any changes
with respect to whether the assisted living facility or nursing care
institution allows residents to install an electronic monitoring device in the
resident's room or personal space or changes its use of electronic monitoring
or a technology solution pursuant to subsection A of this section
.
C. The DEPARTMENT shall make
information it receives pursuant to this section available on the department's
public website.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Electronic monitoring":
(
a
) Means the
use of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident of a nursing
care institution or assisted living facility to record or transmit sounds or
activity to or for the resident, the resident's authorized representative or an
authorized third party.
(
b
) Includes
the tapes or recordings from the electronic monitoring device.
2. "Electronic monitoring
device" means any device or technology that has a placed, fixed or
otherwise installed location, that captures, records or broadcasts audio or
video, or both, and that is used for electronic monitoring.
3. "Resident" means a
person who resides in an assisted living facility or nursing care institution.
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