# Arizona HB 2944: inpatient treatment days; computation; exclusion

Arizona HB 2944, inpatient treatment days; computation; exclusion, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session House bill sponsored by Alma Hernandez (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Third Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2944-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona HB 2944
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: inpatient treatment days; computation; exclusion
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Last action: 2025-05-06, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Alma Hernandez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: computation, exclusion, inpatient treatment days, mental health services, public health and safety - title 36
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (105 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Patients keep treatment days during jail: benefit, low. For a person under a court-ordered mental health treatment order, time spent in jail or prison does not count toward available inpatient treatment days. This preserves those days for treatment but does not change the treatment-day limit.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alma Hernandez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Consuelo Hernandez (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-06 | House | THIRD: Passed | pass | 24 | 4 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | House | DP | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | House | THIRD: Passed | pass | 56 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-24 | House | C&P | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | House | DP | pass | 12 | 0 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-05-06: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-03-17: undefined: PFC (House)
- 2025-03-12: undefined: DP (House)
- 2025-02-26: Third Reading: Passed (House)
- 2025-02-25: Committee of the Whole: do pass (House)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: C&P (House)
- 2025-02-13: undefined: DP (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0214.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530450)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2944H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526031)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2944P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523874)

## Related bills

- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs (signed)
- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0214.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530450)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2944H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/526031)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2944P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/523874)

## Related
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2077-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2944-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).