HB 2633 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-2939 to expand the definition of "allowed practitioner" to include nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and physician assistants in addition to physicians for ordering home health and related services.

• Allows nurse practitioners (certified under title 32, chapter 15), clinical nurse specialists (certified under title 32, chapter 15), and physician assistants (certified under title 32, chapter 25) to issue orders for home health, skilled home health aide, and licensed health aide services in long-term care settings.

• Updates references throughout the statute from "physician's orders" to "physician's or allowed practitioner's orders" for consistency across home and community-based services provisions.

• Includes conditional enactment language specifying that amendments take effect only if House Bill 2521 either does or does not become law, addressing potential conflicts between the two bills.

• Approved by the Governor on April 20, 2021.