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Arizona’s 2017 Legislative Session

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11 vetoed

1,054

bills

342 bills signed

25 resolutions & referrals

1,153

proposals

introduced

15

memorials


Lowest number of bills introduced since 2003

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Special Education

SB 1037: special education; audit; cost study

Requires the Arizona Auditor General to audit a sample of 60

special education programs in Arizona district and charter schools

to evaluate costs, funding, and utilization & cost trends for IEPs

A total of $600,000 is appropriated to the Auditor General for the

audits


Bills

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Special Education

SB 1317: schools; specially designed instruction

Allows a certified general education teacher to provide specially

designed instruction if the instruction is aligned with a student’s

IEP, ensures access to general education curriculum, and involves

certified special education personnel in the process

Requires the SBE to amend rules to clarify relevant procedures


Bills

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Special Education

SB 1040: Arizona teachers; student loan problem

Renames the Math, Science, and Special Education (MSSE)

Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program to be the Arizona Teacher

Student Loan Program, and allocates 40% of the funding to those

who will teach in a low-income or rural public school or a school

on an Indian reservation

Continues the program in statute until 2025


Bills

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Empowerment Scholarship Accounts

SB 1431: empowerment scholarships; expansion; phase-in

Phases in an expansion of ESAs to all Arizona public school

students – continues statutory caps on enrollment

Removes statute that allows students with a disability to receive

ESA funding until the age of 22, and allows all ESA students to

receive ESA benefits until they graduate or turn 22


Bills

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AzDA Compliance

SB 1406: public accommodations; exemptions;

enforcement; sanctions

Allows only an aggrieved person subject to discrimination for an

AzDA violation to pursue civil action relief

Exempts websites from the AzDA

Requires a 30- to 60-day “cure period” for a business to comply

with AzDA requirements before legal action can proceed


Bills

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ADA Compliance

HB 2214: income tax subtraction; ADA retrofits

Creates individual and corporate income tax deductions for

expenses of retrofitting property to comply with ADA accessibility

requirements

$1.3 million appropriated in state budget to fund the new tax

deduction


Bills

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Disability Parking

SB 1239: parking violation; disabilities; access aisles

Prohibits motorists from stopping in the access aisle of parking

spaces designated for persons with disabilities


Bills

HB 2408: disability parking; wheelchair users

Designates van accessible parking as “wheelchair only” spaces

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Public Benefits

HB 2372: public benefits; fee waivers; requirements

Extends TANF benefits from 12 to 24 months under many conditions,

reporting, and fraud prevention measures


Bills

HB 2091: TANF; SNAP; finger imaging; repeal

Repeals statute requiring finger-imaging to apply for TANF and SNAP

programs

SB 1108: cash assistance; children

Expands cash assistance for dependent children to more cases and to

unrelated adults caring for children in foster care

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AHCCCS

SB 1030: AHCCCS; covered services; occupational

therapy

Expands AHCCCS coverage to include occupational therapy

SB 1031: dangerous; incompetent defendants; study committee

Recreates a Study Committee on Incompetent, Nonrestorable and

Dangerous Defendants, including a person with expertise in

developmental disabilities, to evaluate treatment and supervision


Bills

Criminal Justice

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Constitutional Convention

HCR 2010: application; Article V convention

HCR 2013: convention; balanced federal budget

HCR 2022: balanced budget convention; delegates

The proposals call for a constitutional convention to amend the U.S.

Constitution to:

Limit federal spending to federal revenues

Enact term limits for members of Congress


Bills

Restrict federal power, jurisdiction, and fiscal authority

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StateBudget

Fiscal Year 2018 Budget

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Up to $1,000 in

emergency dental care for

adult AHCCCS members

$2 million to DES to

provide evaluations to

children 3 and under who

may have developmental

delays

$2 million each year to

meet demands from

caseload growth

$1.5 million $700,000

Early Intervention

$2 million

Adult Protective Services

Adult Dental


$2 million

State budget includes funding for health and welfare priorities, including:

Services for the Elderly

A one-year extension of

funding for Area Agencies

on Aging funding, to

provide home and

community-based

services to adults 65 and

over


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2% increase for all

Arizona public school

teachers within two years

Completion grants

available to high school

graduates

Funding available for

schools whose students

are at least 80% homeless

or have special needs, or

schools outside urban

areas

Teacher Funding

$68 million $3 million

JTEDs

$1 million

Rural/ Special Needs

$2.6 million


Budget includes new funding for K-12 education priorities, including:

Rural Broadband

State funds will bring as

much as $10 million in

federal grant funding

Expanding broadband to

high-need, rural, and tribal

schools


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$6.8 million $500,000 $2.7 million $1 million


Tax Cuts

Other major budget priorities include:

Personal tax exemption

aligned with inflation

Public Health Emergency

Funding available from a

special state fund in case

of public health

emergencies like Zika or

other global health

diseases

TANF

Restore two-year TANF

benefit, which was cut to

one year in last year’s

budget

DCS Family Stipend

Provides more funding for

all family members caring

for a child in foster care, not

just grandparents


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$8.1 million $33 million $9.7 million $200,000


Immediate Aid

Proposition 206

Current fiscal year funding

for DES

DES

Funding for minimum

wage cost impacts to DES

programs

AHCCCS

Funding for minimum

wage cost impacts to

AHCCCS programs

Ongoing Study

AHCCCS charged with

evaluating impact of Prop.

206 implementation on

adequacy of ALTCS

provider network

Report due February 2018

Factors Impacting State Finances

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$

$

$

$38 million predicted balance

$

$

$

Proposition 206

Costs will increase for providers of

developmental disability care, schools, and

state healthcare programs

State Revenues

State revenues are growing, but still

can be unpredictable. Previously

enacted tax cuts continue to grow

each year, further reducing state

resources

Federal Healthcare Changes

Details are unknown, but federal

actions could cost the state between

$100 million and $1.4 billion

Retirement Systems

Court challenges and underfunded

retirement systems could cost millions

Litigation

Challenge to the rental

car surcharge could cost

$150 million

Litigation

Challenge to the Medicaid restoration

could cost between $100 million and

$250 million, and impact 400,000

Arizonans


Federal Advocacy

Achieving A Better Life Experience

“ABLE Act”

In 2016, HB 2388 established Arizona’s ABLE Program to allow individuals with disabilities to pay for disability-related expenses without

losing federal benefits.

• Department of Economic Security must develop and administer the Program

• The ABLE Act Oversight Committee appointed to oversee implementation

• First meeting held earlier this year

• The first annual report is due December 31, 2017

Federal Advocacy

Federal Advocacy

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Approximately 20 million Americans have gained

coverage through the ACA. To repeal it, or eliminate it

without replacing it with a plan that maintains or improves

existing coverage and protections, puts consumers’

health at risk.

Affordable Care Act

Expansions of health coverage

Comprehensive Coverage

Non-Discrimination

Insurance Improvement

Federal Advocacy

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Congress should not repeal the ACA without replacing it with a law that maintains or improves coverage and protections in the ACA

Congress should continue Medicaid expansion provisions, including enhanced payments to states, and should not cut or restructure Medicaid with federal caps or block grants to help pay for an ACA repeal

Congress should maintain critical nondiscrimination and health insurance improvements that enable people with disabilities and chronic health conditions to benefit from health insurance

Congress should ensure that health insurance benefits are comprehensive and affordable

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