blood donations; patient notification

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates the bill passed both chambers, but no effective date is provided in the source material.

HB2247: Rules for Telling Patients About Blood Donation Options

This law requires physicians in Arizona to tell patients before surgery that they can donate their own blood or have a compatible family member or friend donate blood specifically for them.

What This Bill Does

• Requires physicians to inform each patient about the option to donate their own blood before having surgery.
• Requires physicians to inform patients that a compatible family member or friend can make a directed donation for them.
• Mandates that doctors contact a blood bank if a patient wants to arrange either type of donation.
• Directs physicians to complete the necessary paperwork from the blood bank in a timely manner.

Who It Names or Affects

• Physicians licensed under Arizona Revised Statutes chapter 13 or 17
• Patients scheduled for surgery

Terms To Know

Autologous blood donation

A patient donating their own blood before a procedure so it can be used during or after the surgery.

Directed blood donation

Blood donated by a specific person, such as a compatible family member or friend, for use by one particular patient.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify what happens if a physician fails to provide this notification.
• The text does not state which blood banks must be contacted or how long 'timely manner' takes.
• The effective date of the law is not listed in the provided source material.

Official Summary Text

HB2247 - blood donations; patient notification

Current 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.
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