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HB2082 • 2026

childhood cancer research; commission

HB2082 - childhood cancer research; commission

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Selina Bliss
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Senate minority caucus
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific information about the collection of funds through special license plates.

Childhood Cancer Research Commission

This bill establishes a commission in Arizona to oversee funding for pediatric cancer and rare childhood disease research through grants.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission, which will manage funds from the Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Fund.
  • Sets up rules for who can be on the commission, including survivors of childhood cancer or caregivers, health professionals specializing in pediatric oncology, and representatives from nationwide pediatric cancer advocacy nonprofits.
  • Requires the commission to review grant applications and ensure that all meetings are open to public testimony.
  • Specifies that nonprofit organizations receiving funds must use them for research grants related to pediatric cancer or rare childhood diseases.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Arizona health care providers and research institutions working on pediatric cancer or rare childhood diseases
  • Survivors of childhood cancer and their caregivers
  • Health professionals specializing in pediatric oncology
  • Advocacy organizations focused on pediatric cancer

Terms To Know

Clinical trials
Medical research studies that test new treatments or interventions.
Nonprofit organization
An organization that does not distribute its profits to owners or shareholders and is dedicated to a particular cause.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be in the fund each year.
  • It is unclear what happens if the commission cannot meet due to conflicts of interest.
  • There are no details on how public testimony at meetings will be handled or recorded.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Plain English: A GRAHAM 2/24/2026 (602) 926-3848 ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff HB 2082: childhood cancer research; commission BLISS FLOOR AMENDMENT 1.

  • A GRAHAM 2/24/2026 (602) 926-3848 ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff HB 2082: childhood cancer research; commission BLISS FLOOR AMENDMENT 1.
  • Requires the Commission to award grants to health care providers and research institutions that are nonprofit organizations engaged in any clinical trials, rather than only phase 1 clinical trials, relating to research on pediatric cancer or other pediatric diseases.
  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Bliss Second Regular Session H.B.
  • 2082 BLISS FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Health and Human Services Second Regular Session H.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Health and Human Services Second Regular Session H.B.
  • 2082 PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
  • 2082 (Reference to House engrossed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Section 36-121, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to 2 read: 3 36-121.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Plain English: Fifty-seventh Legislature Health and Human Services Second Regular Session H.B.

  • Fifty-seventh Legislature Health and Human Services Second Regular Session H.B.
  • 2082 COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
  • 2082 (Reference to House engrossed bill) The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 Section 1.
  • Section 36-121, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to 2 read: 3 36-121.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  2. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  3. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate second read

  4. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  5. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Senate Health and Human Services: DPA

  6. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Senate first read

  7. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Transmitted to Senate

  8. 2026-02-25 House

    House third read passed

  9. 2026-02-24 House

    House committee of the whole

  10. 2026-02-17 House

    House minority caucus

  11. 2026-02-17 House

    House majority caucus

  12. 2026-02-16 House

    House consent calendar

  13. 2026-01-13 House

    House second read

  14. 2026-01-12 House

    House Rules: C&P

  15. 2026-01-12 House

    House Health & Human Services: DP

  16. 2026-01-12 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2082 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
h.b. 2082

childhood
cancer research; commission

Purpose

Establishes the
Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission (Commission)
consisting of monies allocated from the Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease
Research Fund (Fund). Outlines Commission grant qualifications and membership.

Background

The Fund
consists of monies received from fees collected from the issuance of Childhood
Cancer Research special plates and is administered by the Director of the
Department of Health Services (DHS). Monies in the Fund are continuously
appropriated and annually distributed. The Director of DHS must allocate monies
from the Fund to Arizona health care providers and research institutions that
are engaged in phase I clinical trials relating to research on pediatric cancer
or other rare pediatric diseases. Allocated monies may be used in a
collaborative study or research program with other, out-of-state facilities.
Nonprofit organizations receiving money from the Fund must use the monies for
the prescribed purposes, even if the monies are aggregated with other monies.
Monies in the Fund are exempt from lapsing (
A.R.S.
� 36-121
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Establishes
the Commission, consisting of members appointed by the Director of DHS, including
at least the following:

a)

one member who is a survivor of childhood cancer or a caregiver to
individuals who have childhood cancer;

b)

one member who is a survivor of a rare childhood disease or the
caregiver to individuals who have rare childhood diseases;

c)

four health professionals who practice in the field of pediatric cancer
or rare childhood diseases; and

d)

one
representative of a nationwide pediatric cancer advocacy nonprofit
organization.

2.

Requires Commission members to serve five-year terms and annually elect
a chairperson from the membership.

3.

Specifies that Commission members are not eligible to receive
compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses.

4.

Requires
the Commission to:

a)

establish criteria for the clinical trials that qualify to receive
grants;

b)

oversee the application process and review applications for the clinical
trial research grants to assist the Director of DHS in selecting the most
credible clinical trials to be awarded grants; and

c)

ensure
that all Commission meetings are open to the public and allow for public
testimony.

5.

Requires the Director of DHS to award grants to Arizona nonprofit health
care providers and research institutions that are engaged in clinical trials
relating to research on pediatric cancer or other rare pediatric diseases.

6.

Allows monies awarded by grants to be used in a collaborative study or
research program with other, out-of-state facilities.

7.

Requires nonprofit organizations that receive grant monies to use the
monies for the outlined purposes, even if the monies are aggregated with other
monies.

8.

Requires Commission members to recuse themselves from discussing and
voting on any matter in which the members have a conflict of interest.

9.

Allows the Director of DHS and other Director-appointed DHS staff
members to act as members of the Commission on any grant application if grant
member recusals due to conflicts of interest cause the Commission to lack
quorum to take official action.

10.

Requires the Commission,
beginning August 1, 2027, to submit an annual report to the Appropriations and
Health and Human Services Committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives, or their successor committees, detailing the:

a)

number, amounts and recipients of the awarded grants;

b)

resulting research; and

c)

any
other relevant information.

11.

Adds,
to the funding sources available for the Fund, legislative appropriations,
gifts, donations and federal grants.

12.

Requires
the Director of DHS, subject to a legislative appropriation, federal grants or
a combination of both totaling at least $5,000,000 to allocate monies from the
Fund for grants awarded by the Commission.

13.

Allows
the Director of DHS to use up to four percent of the amount appropriated or
granted to cover administrative costs, unless otherwise specified by the
associated federal grant contract.

14.

Requires
the Director of DHS, if DHS does not receive at least $5,000,000 in additional
legislative appropriations, federal grants or a combination thereof to allocate
monies from the Fund to health care providers and research institutions in
Arizona that are nonprofit organizations and that are engaged in clinical
trials relating to research on pediatric cancer or other rare pediatric
diseases.

15.

Allows
monies allocated by the Director of DHS to be used in a collaborative study or
research program with other, out-of-state facilities.

16.

Requires nonprofit
organizations that receive grant monies to use the monies as specified, even if
the monies are aggregated with other monies.

17.

Makes
technical and conforming changes.

18.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Committee

1.

Subjects allocations of monies from the Fund to the Commission on the
Fund receiving legislative appropriations, the award of federal grants or a
combination thereof totaling at least $5,000,000 for the purposes of childhood
cancer and rare childhood research.

2.

Specifies that the Director of DHS may use up to four percent of the
amounts appropriated or granted for administrative costs.

3.

Requires, if DHS does not meet the funding requirement, the Director of
DHS to allocate monies from the Fund to prescribed nonprofit organizations for the
outlined purposes.

4.

Outlines permissible uses for monies allocated by the Director of DHS.

5.

Requires the Director of DHS, rather than the Commission, to award
grants as outlined.

6.

Requires
the Commission to:

a)

establish
criteria for clinical trials to qualify for grants;

b)

oversee
and review applications to assist the Director in selection; and

c)

ensure
that all Commission meetings are open to the public and allow for public
testimony.

7.

Removes the requirement that the annual report include the Commission's
return on investment.

8.

Makes technical and conforming changes.

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Current Bill Text

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HB2082 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

childhood cancer
research; commission

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2082

AN
ACT

amending section 36-121, Arizona Revised
Statutes; amending title 36, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by
adding section 36-121.01; relating to the department of health services.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
1. Section
36-121, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
36-121.

Childhood cancer and rare childhood disease research fund

A. The childhood cancer and rare childhood disease
research fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section
28-2442
, legislative appropriations, gifts, donations and
federal grants
. The director shall administer the fund. Not
more than ten
per cent
percent
of
monies deposited in the fund annually shall be used for the cost of
administering the fund. The first
thirty-two thousand dollars

$32,000
received
pursuant to section
28-2442
shall be reimbursed to the person or entity that paid the
implementation fee. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The
director shall annually distribute monies in the fund.

B. The director shall allocate monies from the fund
to health care providers and research institutions that are located in
this state, that are nonprofit organizations and that are engaged in phase I
clinical trials relating to research on pediatric cancer or other rare
pediatric diseases. The monies may be used in a collaborative study or research
program with other facilities outside of this state. Nonprofit
organizations receiving monies from the fund shall use the monies for the
purposes prescribed in this subsection even if the monies are aggregated with
other monies
for the grants awarded by the childhood
cancer and rare childhood disease research commission established by section
36-121.01
.

C. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions
of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
END_STATUTE

Sec.
2.
2. Title
36, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 36-121.01, to read:

START_STATUTE
36-121.01.

Childhood cancer and rare childhood disease research commission;
membership; reimbursement; conflict of interest; annual report

A. The childhood cancer and rare
childhood disease research commission is established consisting of at least the
following members who are appointed by the director:

1. One member who is a survivor of
childhood cancer or a caregiver to individuals who have childhood cancer.

2. One member who is a survivor of a
rare childhood disease or a caregiver to individuals who have rare childhood
diseases.

3. Four health professionals who
practice in the field of either pediatric cancer or rare childhood diseases.

4. One member who represents a
nationwide pediatric cancer advocacy nonprofit organization.

B. Commission
members shall serve five-year terms and shall annually elect a
chairperson from the membership. Commission members are not eligible to receive
compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title
38, chapter 4, article 2.

C. The commission shall award grants
to health care providers and research institutions that are located in this
state, that are nonprofit organizations and that are engaged in clinical trials
relating to research on pediatric cancer or other rare pediatric diseases. �The
monies awarded may be used in a collaborative study or research program with
other facilities outside of this state. Nonprofit organizations that
receive monies from the fund shall use the monies for the purposes prescribed
in this subsection even if the monies are aggregated with other monies.

D. Commission members shall recuse
themselves from discussing and voting on any matter in which they have a
conflict of interest. �If at any time commission member recusals due to
conflicts of interest cause the commission to no longer have a quorum to take
official action, the director or the director's designee and other department
staff members appointed by the director may act as members of the commission on
any grant application at issue.

E. Not later than August 1, 2027 and
August 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the
appropriations committees and health and human service committees of the senate
and the house of representatives, or their successor committees, detailing the
number, amounts and recipients of the grants awarded pursuant to this section,
the resulting research, the return on investment and any other relevant
information.
END_STATUTE