blood donations; patient notification

HB2247 - blood donations; patient notification

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Lisa Fink, Leo Biasiucci, Ralph Heap, Tony Rivero, Michael Way, David C. Farnsworth
Last action: 2026-01-20
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on enforcement and monitoring mechanisms.

Blood Donation Notification for Patients

This bill requires doctors to inform patients about the option to donate their own blood before surgery and helps arrange it if needed.

What This Bill Does

Doctors must notify patients about donating their own blood or having a compatible family member or friend donate blood for them before surgery.
If a patient wants to donate their own blood, doctors are required to help by contacting a blood bank and completing the necessary paperwork.

Who It Names or Affects

Patients who need surgery
Doctors

Terms To Know

Physician: A person licensed under chapter 13 or 17 of Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32.
Autologous blood donation: When a patient donates their own blood for use during surgery

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if patients do not want to donate their own blood or have someone else donate for them.
It is unclear how this will be enforced and monitored.

Bill History

2026-01-20 House
House second read
2026-01-15 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-15 House
House Health & Human Services: None
2026-01-15 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2247 - blood donations; patient notification

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB2247 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
blood donations; patient notification

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2247

Introduced by

Representatives
Fink: Biasiucci, Heap, Rivero, Way;� Senator Farnsworth

AN
ACT

amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3230.03; relating to
health professionals.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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:

START_STATUTE
32-3230.03.

Physicians; patient notification before surgery; self-donation of
blood; directed blood donation; definition

A. A physician shall notify each
patient before the patient has surgery of the patient's option to donate blood
for the patient's own use or to have a compatible family member or friend make
a directed blood donation for the patient's use.� If the patient would like to
make an autologous blood donation or have a directed blood donation made before
the surgery, the physician shall contact a blood bank to obtain the proper
paperwork and shall complete the paperwork in a timely manner.

B. For the purposes of this section,
"physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or
17 of this title.
END_STATUTE