SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services - Arizona

Senate Engrossed Version → Chaptered Version · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was finalized by the House and includes technical formatting updates, such as changing the version header from Senate to House and reorganizing section headers. Substantive changes include a minor rewording of a reporting requirement and a slight adjustment to the repeal date for a specific housing statute from 2030 to 2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text continues to govern developmental disabilities group homes, housing trust funds, and drug testing for TANF recipients.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header and version labels to reflect that the bill is now the House Engrossed Version and Chaptered Version.

Adjusted the formatting of several section headers and text blocks to align with standard chaptered bill conventions.

REQUIREMENT

Revised the phrasing of a quarterly reporting requirement to remove the word 'subsection' before 'paragraph 3'.

TIMELINE

Changed the repeal date for a specific housing statute from December 31, 2030, to December 31, 2027.

House Engrossed Version → Senate Engrossed Version · 4 edits · Jun 27, 2025

MODERATE

This bill primarily involves technical formatting corrections and minor text adjustments across multiple sections of Arizona housing and social services statutes. The most substantive change is the extension of a repeal date from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2030 for certain housing provisions, allowing those rules to remain in effect for three additional years. Several sections show formatting inconsistencies that were corrected between the House and Senate versions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Arizona housing and social services administration, with no substantive changes to program eligibility, funding amounts, or core requirements.

TIMELINE

Extended the repeal date for Section 36-595.03 from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2030, keeping the developmental disabilities group home monitoring program in effect for three more years.

TECHNICAL

Corrected formatting inconsistencies in section headers and text spacing throughout the bill to align House and Senate versions.

Standardized capitalization and punctuation in various statutory definitions and requirements.

Adjusted section numbering formatting in several places where House and Senate versions differed.

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version · 8 edits · Jun 27, 2025

MODERATE

This bill significantly rewrites Arizona's human services legislation, adding new extended foster care programs for young adults, updating group home monitoring requirements, and restructuring housing fund administration. The changes expand support services for aging out youth while tightening oversight of group homes and housing programs.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of human services to include new extended foster care success coaching programs and modifies several housing-related statutes to improve oversight and reporting requirements.

REQUIREMENT

New extended foster care success coaching program requiring weekly engagement, life skills training, and mental/physical health support for young adults ages 17.5 to 21.

Group home monitoring pilot program dates changed from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2026, with expedited referral system establishment deadline also updated.

New comprehensive performance measurement system requiring annual goals, quarterly reporting to legislature, and secure wire transfer protocols for fraud prevention.

TIMELINE

Extended foster care quality review committee must be established within 150 days of effective date, with annual reports due by November 1.

Department of Housing termination date set for July 1, 2027, with related chapter repeal scheduled for January 1, 2028.

Delayed repeal dates adjusted for several sections, with some provisions now expiring December 31, 2026 or June 30, 2027 instead of earlier dates.

FISCAL

Veterans donations fund administrative costs increased to $150,000 annually with two full-time equivalent positions authorized.

ELIGIBILITY

Out-of-school time grant program eligibility expanded to children ages 5-12 from households earning $150,000 or less per year.

2025-2026; human services

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