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AZ SB1475
Bill
Status
1/31/2012
Primary Sponsor
Ron Gould
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AI Summary
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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.
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Directs the Arizona legislature to adopt and enact measures necessary to prevent enforcement of these federal health care laws within the state.
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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.
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Creates a private right of action for aggrieved parties to sue anyone who violates the enforcement prohibitions in this statute.
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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