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AZ SB1600

Bill

Status

Vetoed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Frank Carroll

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Establishes patients' rights to receive health care services from health professionals in Arizona by adding a new chapter to Title 1, Arizona Revised Statutes.

  • Requires health professionals to act only in the patient's best interest and to do no harm.

  • Mandates that all medical decisions, proposed diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, or courses of action require informed consent from the patient, except in emergency situations.

  • Defines "health professional" according to section 32-3201 and "patient" as a human being.

Legislative Description

Patient rights; health care services

Definitions

Last Action

Governor Vetoed

5/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/19/2025
Appropriations3/13/2025
Rules2/10/2025
Health and Human Services2/10/2025

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