2019 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-550.06 Client eligibility
36-550.06. Client eligibility
A. The seriously mentally ill are eligible for services under this article if they comply with the eligibility screening and application process prescribed in section 36-3408, and under any of the following circumstances:
1. They voluntarily seek the services.
2. The regional behavioral health authority receives a request for these services from a guardian who is authorized to consent to inpatient treatment pursuant to section 14-5312.01.
3. A court orders that they receive the services.
4. The chief medical officer of the Arizona state hospital recommends they receive such services.
B. Programs and services identified in section 36-550.05 may include purchase of care support payments to persons to supplement social security, supplemental security income or United States department of veterans affairs disability payments, and client fees when available.
