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AZ SB1421

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/16/2023

Primary Sponsor

Justine Wadsack

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-551 to add Prader-Willi syndrome as a specific condition that qualifies a person for developmental disabilities services.

  • Defines Prader-Willi syndrome as a genetic disorder characterized by short stature, intellectual disability, hypotonia, abnormally small hands and feet, hypogonadism, and uncontrolled appetite leading to extreme obesity.

  • Adds Prader-Willi syndrome to the list of conditions (alongside cognitive disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, Down syndrome, and autism) that can establish a severe, chronic disability qualifying someone as having a developmental disability.

  • Renumbers subsequent definition sections in the statute to accommodate the new Prader-Willi syndrome definition.

Legislative Description

Developmental disabilities; Prader-Willi syndrome.

Definitions

Last Action

House read second time

3/21/2023

Committee Referrals

Rules3/20/2023
Appropriations3/16/2023
Health and Human Services3/16/2023
Rules2/1/2023
Health and Human Services2/1/2023
Appropriations2/1/2023

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