health care services; patient rights

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2061: Patient Rights for Health Care Services

This bill adds a new chapter to Arizona law stating that patients have the right to receive care from health professionals who act in their best interest, do no harm, and obtain informed consent.

What This Bill Does

• Adds Chapter 9 to Title 1 of the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding patient rights.
• States that a patient has the right to receive services from a health professional who acts only in the patient's best interest.
• States that a patient has the right to receive services from a health professional who follows the principle of doing no harm.
• Requires informed consent for each medical decision or procedure, except during emergencies.

Who It Names or Affects

• Patients receiving health care services in Arizona
• Health professionals providing care to patients

Terms To Know

Patient

A human being, including an unborn child.

Unborn child

Defined by section 36-2151 of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Health professional

Has the same meaning as in section 32-3201 of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text provided does not list an effective date.
• The specific definition of 'health professional' is found in a different statute (section 32-3201).

Official Summary Text

HB2061 - health care services; patient rights

Current Bill Text

HB2061 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� DEC 15 2025

REFERENCE TITLE:
health care services; patient rights

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2061

Introduced by

Representative
Keshel

AN
ACT

amending title 1, Arizona Revised
Statutes, by adding chapter 9; relating to health care services.

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

Section 1. Title 1, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding chapter 9, to read:

CHAPTER 9

PATIENTS' RIGHTS

ARTICLE 1. PATIENTS' RIGHTS

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1-901.

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 informed consent is
received for each medical decision,
proposed diagnostic
or therapeutic procedure or course of action, except in an emergency.

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, including an unborn child.

3. "Unborn child" has the
same meaning prescribed in section 36-2151.

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