SB1051 • 2026

hospitals; patient immigration status; reporting

SB1051 - hospitals; patient immigration status; reporting

Healthcare

Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor: Wendy Rogers
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Governor vetoed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details on the consequences of non-compliance or data usage, so these points remain speculative and have been included under 'limits_and_unknowns'.

Hospitals Reporting Patient Immigration Status

This bill requires hospitals accepting certain payments to collect patient immigration status data and submit quarterly reports.

What This Bill Does

Requires hospitals that accept specific payments to include a question about the patient's immigration status on admission forms.
States that patients' responses will not affect their care or be reported to immigration authorities.
Requires hospitals to submit quarterly reports to the department detailing admissions and emergency visits by patients based on their stated immigration status.
Allows the department to create rules for reporting formats without requiring personal identifying information.
Requires the department to annually report total hospital admissions, emergency visits, and costs related to uncompensated care for non-lawfully present aliens.

Who It Names or Affects

Hospitals that accept certain payments
Patients admitted to hospitals or visiting emergency departments

Terms To Know

Uncompensated Care: Medical care provided without payment from the patient.
Quarterly Report: A report submitted every three months.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a hospital fails to comply with reporting requirements.
It is unclear how the collected data will be used or who will have access to it.
The bill's status as vetoed means its provisions are not currently in effect.

Bill History

2026-02-17 V
Governor vetoed
2026-02-16 Senate
Transmitted to Senate
2026-02-16 House
House third read passed
2026-02-10 House
Transmitted to House
2026-02-10 Senate
Senate third read passed
2026-02-10 Senate
Senate committee of the whole
2026-02-03 Senate
Senate minority caucus
2026-02-03 Senate
Senate majority caucus
2026-02-02 Senate
Senate consent calendar
2026-01-14 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Health and Human Services: DP
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security: W/D
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1051 - hospitals; patient immigration status; reporting

Current Bill Text

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SB1051 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

hospitals; patient
immigration status; reporting

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1051

AN
ACT

Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-407.04; RElating to health care
institutions.

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

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-407.04, to read:

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36-407.04.

Hospitals; patient immigration status; data collection; reporting
requirements

A. Each hospital that accepts payment
pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title shall include a place on its
patient admission or registration form for the patient or the patient's
representative to state or indicate whether the patient is a United States
citizen or lawfully present in the United States or is not lawfully present in
the United States.� The inquiry must be followed by a statement on the form
that the patient's response will not affect the patient's care or result in a
report of the patient's immigration status to immigration authorities.

B. Each hospital shall submit a
quarterly report to the department within thirty days after the end of each
calendar quarter that states the number of hospital admissions or emergency
department visits within the previous quarter that were made by patients who
indicated that they are a citizen of the United States or lawfully present in
the United States, indicated that they are not lawfully present in the United
States or declined to answer the question.

C. The department may adopt rules
relating to the format and information to be contained in quarterly reports and
the acceptable formats for hospitals to use in requesting information regarding
a patient's immigration status on hospital admission or registration forms.�
The rules may not require the disclosure of patient names or any other personal
identifying information to the department.

D. On or before March 1 of each year,
the department shall submit a report to the governor, the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house of representatives that includes the total
number of hospital admissions and emergency department visits for the previous
calendar year for which the patient or patient's representative reported that
the patient is a citizen of the United States, is lawfully present in the
United States or is not lawfully present in the United States or declined to
answer the question.� The report must also describe information relating to the
costs of uncompensated care for aliens who are not lawfully present in the
United States, the impact of uncompensated care on the cost or ability of
hospitals to provide services to the public, hospital funding needs and other
related information.� The department shall provide a copy of the report to the
secretary of state.
END_STATUTE