appropriation; senior facilities; tribal nations

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1733: Funding for Tribal Senior Facilities

This bill gives $20 million from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to help tribal nations build and run centers for older adults.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $20,000,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Sends money to the Department of Economic Security to manage as grants.
• Uses funds for surveying, designing, planning, building, and running senior citizen centers, senior assisted living centers, and home care facilities.
• Allocates 25% of the total amount specifically to the Navajo Nation.
• Allocates 25% of the total amount specifically to the Hopi Tribe.
• Gives the remaining 50% to the other twenty federally recognized tribal nations in Arizona.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Economic Security
• The Navajo Nation
• The Hopi Tribe
• Other federally recognized tribal nations in Arizona

Terms To Know

Appropriation

An official act by the legislature to set aside money for a specific purpose.

Fiscal Year

A one-year period used for budgeting and accounting, here running from 2026 to 2027.

Federally Recognized Tribal Nations

Native American tribes that the U.S. government officially acknowledges as having a special relationship with it.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not list specific dates when construction or operations must begin.
• It is unclear how the Department of Economic Security will select which projects receive grants within each tribe's share.
• The text does not define exact standards for what counts as a senior assisted living center.

Official Summary Text

SB1733 - appropriation; senior facilities; tribal nations

Current Bill Text

SB1733 - 572R - I Ver

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appropriation; senior facilities; tribal nations

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1733

Introduced by

Senators
Hatathlie: Gonzales, Kuby

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
economic security.

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of economic security; senior facilities; tribal nations; exemption

A. The sum of $20,000,000
is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the
department of economic security to distribute as grants to the following
entities for surveying, designing, planning, constructing and operating senior
citizen centers, senior assisted living centers and home care facilities:

1. Twenty-five
percent of the amount appropriated in this subsection to the Navajo Nation.

2. Twenty-five
percent of the amount appropriated in this subsection to the Hopi Tribe.

3. Fifty percent of the
amount appropriated in this subsection to the remaining twenty federally
recognized tribal nations in this state.

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.