Bill Amendment: AZ SB1451 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular
Bill Title: Patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation
Status: 2018-04-12 - Chapter 223 [SB1451 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-SB1451-SENATE_-_Barto_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html
Bill Number: S.B. 1451
Barto Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Establishes that it is unlawful for a person, health care provider, health care facility or sober living home, when providing or offering substance use disorder services, to offer, pay, solicit or receive any cash or in-kind consideration in return for referring a patient to or from a sober living home.
2. Modifies the proposed penalty structure to classify violations as felonies rather than civil penalties.
Fifty-third Legislature Barto
Second Regular Session S.B. 1451
BARTO FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1451
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 2, strike "44" insert "13"; strike "10" insert "37"
Line 3, strike "article 11" insert "section 13‑3730"
Strike line 4
Line 5, strike "44‑1581. Prohibited" insert "13‑3730. Unlawful"; strike "exceptions; civil"
Line 6, strike "penalty" insert "classification"
Line 7, after "A." insert "It is unlawful for"
Line 8, strike "structured"; strike "may not:" insert "when providing or offering substance use disorder services, to"
Line 9, strike "1."; strike the first "or" insert a comma; after "pay" strike remainder of line
Strike lines 10 through 13
Line 14, strike "2." insert a comma
Line 17, strike "(a)" insert "1."; strike "patronage" insert "clients"; strike "heaLth care"
Line 18, strike "provider, health care facility or structured"
Strike lines 19 through 45
Page 2, strike lines 1 through 17, insert:
"2. Accepting or acknowledging the enrollment of a patient or client for substance use disorder services at a sober living home."
Reletter to conform
Line 18, strike "person who violates" insert "violation of"; after "section" insert "is"
Strike lines 19 through 29, insert:
"1. A class 3 felony if the consideration has a value of one thousand dollars or more.
2. A class 4 felony if the consideration has a value of more than one hundred dollars but less than one thousand dollars.
3. A class 6 felony if the consideration has a value of one hundred dollars or less."
Page 2, line 30, strike "structured"
Strike line 31, insert "means any premises, place or building that provides alcohol-free or drug-free housing and that:
1. Promotes independent living and life skills development.
2. May provide activities that are directed primarily toward recovery from substance use disorders.
3. Provides a supervised setting to a group of unrelated individuals who are recovering from substance use disorders.
4. Does not provide any medical or clinical services or medication administration on-site, except for verification of abstinence."
Amend title to conform