Bill Text: AZ HB2555 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Potentially violent persons; reporting requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - House Committee of the Whole action: Retained on the Calendar [HB2555 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-HB2555-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: potentially violent persons; reporting requirements |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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HB 2555 |
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Introduced by Representative Kavanagh
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 8; relating to mental health reporting.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 8, to read:
ARTICLE 8. MENTAL HEALTH REPORTING
36-547.01. Potentially violent persons; reporting; immunity; definition
A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if a health professional who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 14, 15, 17, 19.1, 25 or 33, a teacher who is employed by a school district or charter school, a teacher's aide who is employed by a school district or charter school and an instructor in a postsecondary educational institution has reasonable cause to believe that a client or student is a danger to self or others, the health professional, teacher, teacher's aide or instructor must report this information to the appropriate law enforcement agency as soon as practicable.
B. A person who makes a report required pursuant to subsection a of this section in good faith is not subject to criminal or civil liability.
C. For the purposes of this section, "reasonable cause" means that the person who has a duty to report pursuant to this section either:
1. Believes, through personal observation, that a client or student is a danger to self or others.
2. Is aware that a client or student has communicated a threat of harm to self or others and has the intent and ability to carry out that threat.
