Arizona SB 1146: schools; seizure management; treatment plans

Bill Text

SB1146 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 DCS; periodic review 
 hearing; report

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1146

AN 
ACT

amending section 8-847, arizona 
revised statutes; relating to dependent children.

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 8-847, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE8-847. Periodic review hearings

A. After the disposition hearing, the court shall 
hold periodic review hearings at least once every six months as required by 
federal law.

B. At a proceeding to review the disposition orders 
of the court, the court shall provide the following persons notice of the 
review and the right to participate in the proceeding:

1. The authorized agency charged with the child's 
care and custody.

2. Any foster parents in whose home the child 
resided within the last six months or resides at present, except for those 
foster parents who maintain a receiving foster home where the child has resided 
for ten days or less.� The petitioner shall provide the court with the names 
and addresses of all foster parents who are entitled to notice pursuant to 
statute.

3. A shelter care facility or receiving foster home 
where the child resides or has resided within the last six months for more than 
ten days.� The petitioner shall provide the court with the names and addresses 
of all shelter care facilities and receiving foster homes that are entitled to 
notice pursuant to this paragraph.

4. The child's parent or guardian unless the 
parental rights of that parent or guardian have been terminated by court action 
or unless the parent has relinquished rights to the child to an agency or has 
consented to the adoption of the child as provided in section 8-107.

5. The child, if twelve years of age or older.

6. The child's relative, as defined in section 8-501, 
if that relative files a written notice of right of participation with the 
court.

7. A person permitted by the court to intervene as a 
party in the dependency proceeding.

8. A physical custodian of the child within the 
preceding six months.

9. Any person who has filed a petition to adopt or 
who has physical custody pursuant to a court order in a foster-adoptive 
placement. 

10. Any other person as the court may direct.

C. At least fifteen days before any 
periodic review hearing, the department shall file a fact-based report 
with the court and provide a copy of the report to all of the parties.� If the 
department's report contains advocacy or recommendations, the court shall view 
the report in the light most favorable to the parties that have not filed the 
report.� The report shall contain all of the following information:

1. The placement of the child.

2. The services being provided to the 
child and the child's family, including the child's educational needs.

3. The progress made in achieving the 
child's case plan goals.

4. Whether the child continues to be 
dependent.

C. D. At 
the first periodic review hearing, the court shall consider whether a parent of 
a child who is under three years of age has substantially neglected or wilfully 
refused to participate in reunification services offered by the department.

D. E. At 
any periodic review hearing, the court shall consider the health and safety of 
the child as a paramount concern.

E. F. At 
any periodic review hearing the court shall determine:

1. Whether the department has identified and 
assessed placement of the child with a relative or person who has a significant 
relationship with the child.

2. Whether the parent or guardian has complied with 
the court order pursuant to section 8-824, subsection D 
E, paragraph 6 7 
or provided the information described in section 
8-842, subsection B, paragraph 1. 

F. G. If 
the court finds that a child is no longer dependent, before it dismisses the proceeding 
the court shall provide notice of the sibling information exchange program 
established pursuant to section 8-543 to the following:

1. An adult who is the former dependent child in the 
proceeding for whom the periodic review hearing is held.

2. A parent or guardian with legal custody of the 
former dependent child for whom the periodic review hearing is held. END_STATUTE