After years of repeated issues, state lawmakers are advancing a proposal that will remove the Arizona State Hospital from health department control and create a new governing board for the facility. MORE ⬇️
PHOENIX — After years of repeated issues and critical incidents, state lawmakers are advancing a proposed law that will remove the Arizona State Hospital from the control of the health department and create a new governing board to run the facility.
“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that you shouldn’t be regulating the same place that you’re running,” said Will Humble, a former ADHS director who now runs the Arizona Public Health Association, during testimony given at a Senate hearing in February. “It’s the easiest thing in the world for someone in that position to decide to go easy because they don’t want things to look bad. They don’t want to have a bad inspection report.
“I think that’s exactly what we’re getting at,” said Josh Mozell, an attorney who has represented dozens of patients at the state hospital. “These things continue to happen and we have the fox guarding the henhouse.” ABC15 obtained incident records and photos, which show that a patient was provided sharp scissors and then let into a bathroom.“Since 2021, there have been more deaths, more suicides, and more attempted escapes,” she said.
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