HB 2198 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 23-1066 regarding workers' compensation proceedings involving minors or incapacitated persons.

• Changes terminology from "incompetent" to "incapacitated" person throughout the statute.

• Removes the option for the commission to appoint a "trustee or" guardian ad litem, requiring appointment of a guardian ad litem only.

• Updates procedural language to clarify that the guardian ad litem represents "the best interests of the" minor or incapacitated person in accordance with commission rules and statutory requirements.

• Updates pronoun references from singular masculine ("he") to gender-neutral terminology ("the guardian ad litem") for clarity.