SB 1021 Summary

• Repeals the existing sunrise review process in Section 32-3106 that required health professional groups proposing new regulations or scope expansions to submit written reports to the legislature before the legislative session.

• Creates a new Section 32-3106 establishing four factors the legislature must consider when evaluating proposed legislation to increase health profession scope of practice: adequate education and training, improved patient access to safe and affordable care, advancement of health and safety, and regulatory burden on the state.

• Requires health professional groups to notify the relevant regulatory entity within ten days after introducing proposed legislation or amendments to increase scope of practice.

• Removes language defining "increase the scope of practice" from the definitions section and adds it to the new Section 32-3106, defining it as conduct beyond the authority currently granted to a health profession by law.

• Includes legislative intent stating that if eliminating the sunrise review process demonstrably reduces healthcare quality for Arizonans, the legislature reserves the right to reinstate it.