AHCCCS; personal health information
This Arizona bill strengthens protections for individuals with serious mental illness by ensuring they receive a thirty-day supply of necessary medications when transferring or leaving a care facility. It also restricts the sharing of personal health information among housing program contractors and mandates specific training for peer specialists to address conditions like psychosis. Additionally, the legislation requires the state health agency to study and report on the costs of implementing an automated system for collecting patient feedback on care quality.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 5, 2024
Signed May 29, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2024 · House Apr 24, 2024
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 30
Mar 7, 2024
D
Democratic14
78% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
0
Amendments
4
May 29, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
DPA
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
DPA
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
DPA/SE
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Justine Wadsack
RRepublican
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