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AZ SB1191

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2024

Primary Sponsor

Justine Wadsack

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 36-551 to add "Prader-Willi syndrome" as a recognized developmental disability alongside existing conditions like cognitive disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and Down syndrome.

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

  • Expands the definition of "developmental disability" to include conditions caused by "other pathogenic genetic mutation associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities" in addition to the specifically named conditions.

  • Renumbers subsequent definition sections in the statute from 38-45 to accommodate the new Prader-Willi syndrome definition as definition 38.

Legislative Description

Developmental disabilities; Prader-Willi syndrome

Definitions

Last Action

House read second time

3/13/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules3/12/2024
Appropriations3/6/2024
Health and Human Services3/6/2024
Rules1/24/2024
Appropriations1/24/2024
Health and Human Services1/24/2024

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