Add State Oversight by Ombudsman

This page explains a proposed amendment to Arizona Revised Statutes that will implement statistical oversight of county Ombudsman Citizens' Aide agencies, which will be reported annually in the Arizona Ombudsman Citizens' Aide Agency.

Contents

• Proposed Deletion of A.R.S. 11-1608. Complaints; procedures
• Proposed Change to Existing A.R.S.
• 11-1608. Complaints; procedures

Proposed Changes to 41-1376.01, Paragraph B

41-1376.01, Paragraph B currently explains the required contents of the Arizona Ombudsman Citizens' Aide agency's annual report. The contents are being revised to perform a statistical analysis of the annual performance of the county Ombudsman Citizens' Aide agencies from the following counties:

1. Apache County
2. Cochise County
3. Coconino County
4. Gila County
5. Graham County
6. Greenlee County
7. La Paz County
8. Maricopa County
9. Mohave County
10. Navajo County
11. Pima County
12. Pinal County
13. Santa Cruz County
14. Yavapai County
15. Yuma County

Proposed Change to Existing A.R.S.

• Title 41- State
  • Chapter 8- Agencies of the Legislative Department
    • Article 5 - Arizona Ombudsman Citizens' Aide

41-1376.01 - Additional powers and duties; definitions, Paragraph B

B. The annual report of the ombudsman-citizens aide shall include the following information about public access:

1. The number of inquiries that are received from the public, the media and government agencies.

2. The number of inquiries that are received about state agencies, county agencies, city or town agencies, school districts and other local jurisdictions.

3. The number of requests that are received concerning public records and public meetings.

4. The number of investigations that are conducted and the results of the investigations.

5. Statistical evaluation of each county's annual report of their county Ombudsman Citizens' Aide complaints and investigation to identify crosscutting issues potentially in need of Arizona Legislative intervention.