SB1048 amends sections 36-3501, 36-3502, and 36-3503 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, focusing on the State Child Fatality Review Team (State CFR Team) and local child fatality review teams. The bill modifies the membership of the State CFR Team by removing certain positions, merging others, and replacing the public member with a local review team member. It also removes the requirement for DHS-appointed members to serve staggered three-year terms and changes the annual statistical report to include data from the past year instead of the fiscal year. The bill mandates the organization of local review teams, replaces a psychiatrist or psychologist member with a mental health specialist, and expands the chairperson's duties to include reviewing death certificates of all women who die within the team's jurisdiction.

The bill grants the chairperson of the State CFR Team or a local review team access to all information and records regarding a child fatality or near fatality under review. It allows team members or their designees to contact, interview, or obtain information from family members of a deceased child or woman within the team's jurisdiction, provided they follow a process established by the State CFR Team and are trained in trauma-informed interview techniques. The bill also requires state agencies to respond in writing to the State CFR Team's recommendations, indicating whether they can implement the recommendations within their existing authority and resources.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 36-3501, 36-3502, 36-3503, 8-807.01, 36-3506
Senate Engrossed Version: 36-3501, 36-3502, 36-3503, 8-807.01, 36-3506
House Engrossed Version: 36-3501, 36-3502, 36-3503, 8-807.01, 36-3506
Chaptered Version: 36-3501, 36-3502, 36-3503, 8-807.01, 36-3506