Access to Care & Healthcare Workforce
SB 1088 Dental Care During Pregnancy (Carter) – AzPHA Position: YES
Passed the Senate 27-3. Assigned to House Health & Human Services Committee.
SB 1354 Graduate Medical Information & Student Loan Repayment (Carter) AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed Senate 28-2. Not assigned to a House Committee yet.
SB 1089Telemedicine Insurance Coverage (Carter) – AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed Senate 30-0. Assigned to House Health & Human Services Committee.
SB 1174 Tribal Area Health Education Center – AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed Senate 30-0. Assigned to Senate Education Committee.
SB 1355 Native American Dental Care – AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed Senate 25-5. Assigned to House Health & Human Services Commottee.
SB 1456 Vision Screening- AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed Senate 29-0. Assigned to Senate Education Committee.
** Kids Care: The Kids Care Reauthorization bills have all languished in their chamber of origin, however, we have good reason to believe that reauthorizing Kids Care including the appropriation needed to pay the state match (10%) will be negotiation in the state budget bills.
Injury Prevention
SB 1165 Texting and Driving Prohibition (Brophy McGee) – AzPHA Position: YES
Passed Senate 20-10. Assigned to House Transportation Committee.
Licensing & Vital Records
SB 1247 Residential Care Institutions (Brophy McGee) AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed the Senate 30-0. Assigned to House Health and Human Services Committee.
SB 1211 Intermediate Care Facilities (Carter) AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed the Senate 30-0. Assigned to House Health & Human Services Committee.
SB 1245 Vital Records- Death Certificates (Brophy McGee) AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed the Senate 30-0. Assigned to House Health and Human Services Committee.
Tobacco & Nicotine
SB 1009 Electronic Cigarettes, Tobacco Sales (Carter) – AzPHA Position: YES
Passed the Senate 30-0. Not assigned to a House Committee yet.
SB 1060 (Strike-all Amendment) Electronic Cigarettes. Smoke Free Arizona Act (Carter) – AzPHA Position: YES
Passed the Senate 28-0. Not assigned to a House Committee yet.
Surveillance & Social Determinants
HB 2125 Child Care Subsidies (Udall) – AzPHA Position: YES
Passed House 46-13. Assigned to House Health and Human Services Committee.
HB 2488 Veteran Suicide Annual Report (Lawrence) AzPHA Position: Yes
Passed House 60-0. Assigned to Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
SB 1040 Maternal Mortality Report (Brophy-McGee) – AzPHA Position: YES
Passed the Senate 30-0. Assigned to House Health and Human Services Committee.
Disappointments
HB 2718 Syringe Services Programs (Rivero) AzPHA Position: Yes
This terrific bill stalled in the House after not being heard by the Rules Committee. Perhaps it can be restored somehow in the Senate with a Strike Amendment.
