Arizona’s publicly run psychiatric hospital will remain under the control of the state health department after an effort to create a new governing board was gutted this week. MORE ⬇️
For months, Senate Bill 1710 advanced through the legislature with near unanimous support.
“I’m really disappointed this was changed at this eleventh hour when so much work had gone into this,” said Rep. Barbara Parker in response to the change after her vote. “The system has to be completely changed and reformed.”In an email, Rep. Steve Montenegro told ABC15 why he introduced the floor amendment.
The state hospital is Arizona’s only publicly run psychiatric facility. It’s located at 24th and Van Buren streets in Phoenix and has about 300 civil and forensic patients.In recent years, ABC15 has obtained records, videos, and photos from multiple critical incidents, including a homicide, suicides, and an escape. But those incidents have not shown up in public inspection reports or resulted in deficiencies and enforcement actions.
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