vaccination status; unprofessional conduct; policies

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2005: Rules Against Denying Care Based on Vaccination Status

This law makes it unprofessional conduct for health professionals and institutions to deny care or provide lower-quality treatment based on a person's vaccination status.

What This Bill Does

• Defines denying health care as unprofessional conduct if done because of a patient's vaccination status.
• Defines providing less than the standard of care as unprofessional conduct if done because of a patient's vaccination status.
• Prohibits health care institutions from adopting policies that allow staff to deny or lower the quality of care based on vaccination status.

Who It Names or Affects

• Health professionals in Arizona
• Health care institutions in Arizona

Terms To Know

Unprofessional conduct

Actions by a licensed health professional that break rules, such as denying or lowering the quality of care based on vaccination status.

Standard of care

The level and type of treatment expected from a reasonably skilled professional in similar situations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The provided text does not list specific penalties for breaking these rules.
• The effective date is not included in the source material.

Official Summary Text

HB2005 - vaccination status; unprofessional conduct; policies

Current Bill Text

HB2005 - 572R - I Ver

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vaccination status; unprofessional conduct; policies

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2005

Introduced by

Representative
Kupper

AN
ACT

amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3230.03; amending title
36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-420.06;
relating to health care services.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 32, chapter 32, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3230.03, to read:

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32-3230.03.

Vaccination status; unprofessional conduct

It is an act of unprofessional conduct for a
health professional to deny health care or to provide health care that is less
than the standard of care to a person based on the person's vaccination status.

END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-420.06, to read:

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36-420.06.

Health care institutions; vaccination status; discriminatory
policies; prohibition

A health care institution may not adopt a policy
that allows a health professional to deny health care or to provide health care
that is less than the standard of care to a person based on the person's
vaccination status.

END_STATUTE