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AZ HB2687

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ralph Heap

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Arizona Medical Board to review medical care cases involving patients who experienced life-threatening complications or death while treated by any health professional, not just physicians licensed by the board

  • Requires the board to accept public requests for case reviews; the executive director must provide a summary to the board, which then votes on whether to initiate a review

  • Mandates that other health profession regulatory boards transmit all case materials, findings, and conclusions to the Arizona Medical Board when a review is approved by majority vote

  • Directs the board to notify the appropriate regulatory board and transmit findings, materials, and regulatory recommendations if the review determines unprofessional conduct or incompetent care caused the patient harm

  • Requires the board to report findings to legislative health committee chairs and the governor if another regulatory board erred in its investigation or failed to properly regulate a health professional, while clarifying this review process does not authorize discipline of professionals outside the board's licensing jurisdiction

Legislative Description

Medical board; case reviews

Last Action

House read second time

1/21/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2026
Health and Human Services1/20/2026

Full Bill Text

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