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AZ SB1475

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2012

Primary Sponsor

Ron Gould

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Origin

Senate

Fiftieth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2012)

AI Summary

  • Declares the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) invalid, void, and of no effect in Arizona.

  • Directs the Arizona legislature to adopt and enact measures necessary to prevent enforcement of these federal health care laws within the state.

  • Makes it a Class 4 felony for federal officials or employees of federal contractors who enforce these acts in violation of this law, and a Class 1 misdemeanor for Arizona state officials or employees who do so.

  • Creates a private right of action for aggrieved parties to sue anyone who violates the enforcement prohibitions in this statute.

  • Based the law on Tenth Amendment principles, asserting that federal health care regulation exceeds constitutional authority and infringes on state sovereignty.

Legislative Description

Federal health care; nullification

Last Action

Referred to Senate HMLR Committee

2/1/2012

Full Bill Text

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