HB2386 Summary

• Adds Arizona Revised Statutes § 36-791 requiring the Department of Health Services to establish specific requirements for any crisis standards of care plan addressing resource allocation during health care shortages.

• Mandates that allocation decisions value all life equally and prohibit discrimination based on disability, age, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or income status.

• Requires health care providers to consider only short-term survival when allocating resources and prohibits decisions based on quality of life judgments, long-term mortality, or resource intensity related to disability or age.

• Establishes patient rights including individualized assessments based on objective medical evidence, reasonable modifications for persons with disabilities and the aged, and the right to appeal triage decisions.

• Prohibits health care providers from requiring patients to sign do-not-resuscitate orders or making particular treatment decisions, and requires disability advocates and aging advocates on the state disaster medical advisory committee.