Arizona § 36-209 - Reports by superintendent and director

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§ 36-209. Reports by superintendent and director

A. At such time as the director designates, the superintendent shall submit to the director a report of the activities of the state hospital during the preceding fiscal year, including:

1. The number of patients received, conditionally discharged and discharged and voluntary patients treated.

2. Methods of treatment used and the results.

3. The total number, including the number of such persons who were committed on a voluntary and involuntary basis, of seriously mentally ill patients as defined in section 36-550 and the place to which each person was discharged.

4. Census data for treatment programs pursuant to sections  13-3992, 13-4512, 36-202.01 and 36-503.03.

5. A complete employment and personnel record.

6. The condition of existing equipment.

7. Recommendations for improvement of the institution.

8. Other matters required by the director or deemed advisable by the superintendent to present a complete description of the condition and activities of the hospital.

B. Not later than the fifteenth day of each month, the director shall prepare in duplicate a financial statement of the affairs of the state hospital, including:

1. The amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year for operation, maintenance and improvement.

2. The amount expended during the preceding calendar month.

3. The balance on hand.

4. The estimated expenditures for the current month.

5. An inventory report.

C. The original report and statements required by this section shall be filed with and retained as records of the director and duplicates filed with the director of the department of administration.

D. At such time as the director designates, the superintendent shall submit to the director a financial statement of the affairs of the state hospital during the preceding fiscal year in a form prescribed by the director of the department of administration.

E. By October 1 of each year, the director shall submit to the governor a comprehensive report of the activities of the state hospital during the preceding fiscal year, which shall include the annual reports of the superintendent, and shall contain:

1. An account of the work done.

2. Recommendations for improvements.

3. Financial statements that clearly reflect the origin and disposition of all monies that have come into the hands of the director or an employee through appropriations or otherwise.

F. The director shall make such supplemental reports as the governor or the legislature requests.

G. The annual report prescribed by subsection E of this section shall be published for the information of the public and five copies shall be delivered to the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate, respectively, who shall keep them on file for the use of the members of each house.

Source: official Arizona text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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