HB2509 Summary

• Adopts the Interstate Health Care Freedom Compact, authorizing Arizona to enter into an agreement with other states to protect residents' rights to pay directly for health care services and participate or decline participation in health care plans and systems.

• Prohibits governmental agents from depriving or penalizing residents of party states for exercising health care freedoms guaranteed under their respective state's health care freedom laws.

• Requires party states to cooperate in preventing crimes and prosecuting violations of each state's health care freedom criminal laws, with enforcement led by each state's chief law enforcement officer.

• Establishes that party states shall give full faith and credit to other party states' health care freedom laws and criminal laws, and designates each governor or designee as the compact administrator to maintain lists and facilitate information exchange.

• Permits states to withdraw from the compact four years after it becomes effective by joint resolution, with the compact becoming effective when at least two states deliver notice of confirmation to federal officials and each other.