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Items in this category apply to the ADHS Licensing Division. ADHS is required to license medical, long term care and behavioral health treatment facilities. ADHS also licenses Child Care Facilities and Homes, as well as a few special professions. ADHS licenses emergency medical personnel as well, but that is through Preparedness.

Empower Program Stepping it Up- Nationally

By azdhs-admin| 2011-06-24T13:36:34-07:00 June 24th, 2011|Licensing, Prevention|

This is a story about making great-tasting sugar free lemonade from lemons. About a year and a half ago the legislature passed a bill that eliminated our general funds for licensing (nursing homes, assisted living, hospitals, behavioral health, child care etc.). In exchange, the Bill included a provision that gave us “exempt” rulemaking authority to collect [...]

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By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:43-07:00 June 24th, 2011|Behavioral Health, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

We've been operating on several fronts all week for the Monument Fire. Licensing made sure that facilities in the area had executable evacuation plans and knew who to contact if they needed to evacuate. They also made sure that the facilities that remained open had enough staff. Fifteen facilities relocated patients and residents this week. Most are ready to go back, and our licensing team has 8 reopening inspections [...]

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Monument & Wallow Wildfire Responses

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:44-07:00 June 17th, 2011|Licensing, Preparedness|

The center of gravity for the public health responses to the fires shifted South this week toward the new Monument fire. Early this week folks were allowed to go back to Springerville and Eagar, which meant that it was show-time for Licensing again. We sent a team of surveyors to re-open the licensed facilities that were evacuated last week. [...]

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Behavioral Health Facility Rules Overhaul: Step 1

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:44-07:00 June 15th, 2011|Behavioral Health, Licensing|

We kicked off Step 1 of our long-awaited overhaul of the behavioral health facility licensing requirements this week. A new law passed last legislative session charges us with facilitating “licensure of integrated health programs that provide both behavioral and physical health services." The new law tells us to adopt rules relating to construction, equipment, sanitation, [...]

Small Childcare Group Home Rules

By azdhs-admin| 2011-06-09T11:35:05-07:00 June 9th, 2011|Licensing|

We successfully overhauled our operating rules for Child Care Facilities last year, and now we’re well on our way toward doing the same for the smaller child care homes. We’ve published our Draft Rules for public comment on our rules website, and we’re asking folks to provide input before we finalize the rules. After reviewing [...]

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New Laws Related to Our Mission II

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:47-07:00 May 9th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Legislature completed the Regular Session a couple of weeks ago, and Monday marked the deadline for the Governor to make her decision about each bill that came to her desk: sign the bill into law, veto the bill, or do nothing and let the bill become law. Last week I summarized the new laws [...]

Early Childhood Home Visitation Program Guidance

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:48-07:00 May 5th, 2011|Licensing|

A new issue brief from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) offers states suggestions on how to better coordinate and integrate home visitation programs to improve early childhood initiatives. Maximizing the Impact of State Early Childhood Home Visitation Programs examines how states can better integrate home visiting programs into an effective [...]

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Assisted Living Technical Assistance

By azdhs-admin| 2011-05-03T10:37:00-07:00 May 3rd, 2011|Licensing|

Residents in our licensed Assisted Living facilities are supposed to have a “service plan” that identifies their care needs and provides information about how the facility intends to meet those needs. We’ve found that good service plans are crucial in providing quality service, but that facilities sometimes struggle to develop effective plans for all their [...]

New Laws Related to our Mission

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:49-07:00 April 25th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Legislature completed the Regular Session last week. They've passed numerous bills. The Governor has signed many of them, but some are still waiting for her consideration and signature. Below are the new laws that have been signed by the Governor that are related to our mission: HB 2585: Controlled Substances; Marijuana; Monitoring This law requires [...]

Adjusting Licensing to Accommodate Integration

By azdhs-admin| 2011-04-13T08:29:37-07:00 April 13th, 2011|Licensing|

I’ve written often over the last few weeks about our priority over the next couple of years to better integrate primary healthcare and psychiatric care in AZ, and that last week HHS approved the Health Homes Planning Grant which will focus on improving coordination of care and increasing access to primary care and prevention services, [...]

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