On or before January 1, 2024 and each year thereafter, the department of economic security shall provide an annual report to the chairpersons of the health and human services committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or their successor committees, the directors of the Arizona health care cost containment system and the department of health services and the designated entity conducting the developmental disabilities group home monitoring pilot program pursuant to Section 36-595.03 and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. The report shall include at least the following information:

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1. The number of incident reports that were received from group homes in the preceding two years:

(a) Categorized by level of severity.

(b) That resulted in any type of contract sanction.

(c) That involved medication errors. The report shall include the total number of times medication was distributed to clients.

(d) That resulted in changes to a behavioral treatment plan.

(e) That required additional staff training mandated by the division after review of the incident report.

(f) That involved law enforcement.

(g) Aggregated by service provider and individual group home without identifying the specific location or name of the home.

2. With respect to group home contracts and expenditures:

(a) The number of group home contracts by service provider.

(b) For each group home contract, the annual amount the division paid the service provider for the group home services provided.

(c) The cost per client by service provider.

(d) The number of any type of contract sanction broken down by reason for the sanction.

(e) The number of service providers from whom the division recouped payments for group home services in the preceding year for medicaid fraud.

3. The number of medicaid fraud investigations of service providers of group home services.