HB 2022 Summary

• Repeals the portion of Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-787 that authorized the governor to mandate treatment or vaccination of persons during a state of emergency involving highly contagious and fatal diseases like smallpox or plague.

• Retains the governor's authority to mandate medical examinations, ration medicines and vaccines, and provide for transportation of medical personnel during declared health emergencies.

• Preserves isolation and quarantine authority during public health emergencies, but removes the specific mandate for treatment or vaccination orders.

• Maintains existing protections against permanent license revocation for businesses unless the state can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that willful misconduct or gross negligence caused disease transmission.

• Preserves the requirement for written notice and 30-day appeal period before any license suspension or revocation, with disputes resolved in court.