Arizona Laws 36-545.05. Treatment by agencies under administration contract; charges; voluntary evaluations; prepetition screenings; court-ordered evaluations; prohibitions
A. When a person is given a prepetition screening, or a court-ordered evaluation by a screening agency or evaluation agency pursuant to article 4 of this chapter, the person shall not be charged.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-545.05
- Evaluation: means :
(a) A professional multidisciplinary analysis that may include firsthand observations or remote observations by interactive audiovisual media and that is based on data describing the person's identity, biography and medical, psychological and social conditions carried out by a group of persons consisting of at least the following:
(i) Two licensed physicians who are qualified psychiatrists, if possible, or at least experienced in psychiatric matters, who shall examine and report their findings independently. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Evaluation agency: means either of the following:
(a) A health care agency that is licensed by the department and that has been approved pursuant to this title to provide the services required of that agency by this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Patient: means any person who is undergoing examination, evaluation or behavioral or mental health treatment under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Prepetition screening: means the review of each application requesting court-ordered evaluation, including an investigation of facts alleged in the application, an interview with each applicant and an interview, if possible, with the proposed patient. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Proposed patient: means a person for whom an application for evaluation has been made or a petition for court-ordered evaluation has been filed. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Screening agency: means a health care agency that is licensed by the department and that provides those services required of the agency by this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-501
- Voluntary evaluation: means the ongoing collection and analysis of a person's medical, psychological, psychiatric and social conditions in order to initially determine if a health disorder exists and if there is a need for behavioral health services and, on an ongoing basis, to ensure that the person's service plan is designed to meet the person's and the person's family's current needs and long-term goals. See Arizona Laws 36-501
B. When a person is given a voluntary evaluation pursuant to section 36-522, the person shall pay all or such portion of the established charges as the person can afford. If the person is indigent, charges may not be made against the person.
C. When a patient is given voluntary treatment pursuant to article 3 of this chapter or court-ordered treatment pursuant to article 5 of this chapter, the patient or proposed patient shall pay all or such portion of the established charges as the patient can afford. If the patient is indigent, no charges shall be made against the patient.