Bailey-Null v. ValueOptions

OPINION

SWANN, Judge.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Mikayla Bailey-Null (“Bailey-Null”) complains of services she received from ValueOptions, a state contractor engaged to provide behavioral health services to the public. We are asked to decide whether she was required to exhaust administrative remedies with the Arizona Department of Health Service’s Behavioral Health Division before seeking judicial remedies for civil claims based on the Arizona Adult Protective Services Act, the Arizonans with Disabilities Act, common law assault and battery, and medical malpractice. We hold that the exhaustion of remedies…