Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Arizona SB1600: patient rights; health care services
Status: Vetoed, May 13, 2025
SB1600 - patient rights; health care services
What the bill says
An Act amending title 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 9; relating to health care services.
From the engrossed text, May 6, 2025:
An Act amending title 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 9; relating to health care services. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Title 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding chapter 9, to read: CHAPTER 9 PATIENTS' RIGHTS ARTICLE 1. PATIENTS' RIGHTS START_STATUTE1-901. Health professionals; patients; rights; definitions A. If a Patient receives health care services in this state, the patient has the right to receive health care services from a health professional who abides by the following principles: 1. To act only in the patient's best interest. 2. To DO NO harm. 3. To ensure that each medical decision, proposed diagnostic or therapeutic procedure or course of action, except in an emergency, requires informed consent. B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Health professional" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-3201. 2. "Patient" MEANS a human being. END_STATUTE
Sponsors
- Frank Carroll (R, SD-028) · primary sponsor
- Shawnna Bolick (R, SD-002)
- Timothy Dunn (R, HD-025)
- David Farnsworth (R, SD-010)
- Mark Finchem (R, SD-001)
- David Gowan (R, SD-019)
- John Kavanagh (R, SD-003)
- Leach, Venden "Vince" (R, SD-017)
- Kevin Payne (R, HD-027)
- Warren Petersen (R, SD-014)
- Wendy Rogers (R, SD-007)
- Janae Shamp (R, SD-029)
Latest actions
- : Governor Vetoed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : Passed
- : do pass amended
- : Passed
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
- : Appropriations: do pass
- : Assigned to Appropriations
Votes
- Senate - Third Reading (May 7, 2025): 17 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Senate - Concurrence (May 7, 2025): 0 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House - Third Reading (May 6, 2025): 31 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Motion Motion by Representative Way that pursuant to House Rule 12(P), SB1600 be calendared for an Additional Committee of the Whole for purposes of further amending. Motion passed v/v. (May 5, 2025): 0 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House - Committee of the Whole (DPA) (May 5, 2025): 0 yea, 0 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (April 14, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1600?
- SB1600 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)): patient rights; health care services.
- What does SB1600 do?
- In its own words: An Act amending title 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 9; relating to health care services.
- What is the status of SB1600?
- Vetoed as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Governor Vetoed (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1600?
- Frank Carroll (R, SD-028), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1600?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83052/?SessionId=129
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