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SB1124 • 2026
health boards; evaluations; notice
SB1124 - health boards; evaluations; notice
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Vetoed
The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.
- Sponsor
- Carine Werner, Matt Gress
- Last action
- 2026-06-19
- Official status
- Governor vetoed
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
The source text specifies these rules apply only to psychological or psychiatric evaluations, not physical evaluations mentioned in keywords.
SB1124: Rules for Health Professional Evaluations and Notices
This bill requires health boards in Arizona to give notice, allow responses, share results, and pay costs if no action is taken when ordering psychological or psychiatric evaluations of licensed professionals.
What This Bill Does
- Requires a board vote before requiring an evaluation for a professional suspected of unsafe practice based on probable cause.
- Mandates that boards send written notice at least fourteen days before voting to require such an evaluation, including a summary of the complaint or action.
- Allows professionals to submit a written response and appear at a hearing to testify about the matter before the board votes.
- Requires boards to give the professional a copy of the completed psychological or psychiatric evaluation if one is ordered.
- Orders boards to reimburse the professional for costs incurred in obtaining the evaluation if no disciplinary or non-disciplinary action follows.
Who It Names or Affects
- Health profession regulatory boards
- Licensed health professionals facing potential evaluations
Terms To Know
- Probable cause
- A determination by the board that there is reason to believe a professional may not be able to practice safely or competently.
- Psychological evaluation
- An assessment of mental health required by the board under this bill.
- Reimbursement
- Payment made to cover costs a professional paid for an evaluation if no action is taken against them.
Limits and Unknowns
- This section does not change the board's authority to immediately suspend a license in emergency situations.
- The official status shows this bill was vetoed by the governor, so it did not become law unless lawmakers overrode that decision.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: This amendment requires health boards to vote before ordering an evaluation of a professional and limits the notice rules for those evaluations only to mental health cases.
- Health profession regulatory boards must now hold a formal vote if they have probable cause that a professional cannot practice safely or competently, deciding whether to require an evaluation.
- The requirement to give at least fourteen days of written notice before ordering an evaluation applies only to psychological and psychiatric evaluations, not physical ones.
- Health professionals are guaranteed the right to submit a written response and appear in person for a hearing regarding these mental health evaluations.
- The amendment clarifies that boards can still immediately suspend licenses under existing laws but does not explain how those immediate suspensions work.
- While the text mentions reimbursement if no disciplinary action is taken, it does not specify exactly which costs are covered or how much money will be paid.
Bill History
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2026-06-10
V
Governor vetoed
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2026-06-09
Senate
Transmitted to Senate
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2026-06-09
House
House third read passed
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2026-04-14
House
House committee of the whole
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2026-03-31
House
House minority caucus
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2026-03-31
House
House majority caucus
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2026-03-30
House
House consent calendar
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2026-03-04
House
House second read
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2026-03-03
House
House Rules: C&P
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2026-03-03
House
House Health & Human Services: DP
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2026-03-03
House
House first read
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2026-02-27
House
Transmitted to House
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2026-02-26
Senate
Senate third read passed
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2026-02-26
Senate
Senate committee of the whole
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2026-02-25
Senate
Senate committee of the whole
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2026-01-27
Senate
Senate minority caucus
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2026-01-27
Senate
Senate majority caucus
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2026-01-26
Senate
Senate consent calendar
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2026-01-20
Senate
Senate second read
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2026-01-15
Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
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2026-01-15
Senate
Senate Health and Human Services: DP
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2026-01-15
Senate
Senate first read
Official Summary Text
SB1124 - health boards; evaluations; notice
Current Bill Text
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SB1124 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
health boards;
evaluations; notice
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1124
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.
Evaluations; notice; hearing; results; reimbursement
A.
If a health
profession regulatory board determines that there is probable cause to believe
that a health professional may not be able to practice safely or competently,
the health profession regulatory board shall vote on whether to require an
evaluation of the health professional as prescribed in this section.� At least
fourteen days before a health profession regulatory board meets to vote to
require a psychological
or psychiatric evaluation of a
health professional, the health profession regulatory board shall provide a
notice to the health professional that includes a summary of the action or
complaint that prompted the health profession regulatory board to consider
requiring the evaluation.
B. The health professional may
provide a written response to the notice required by subsection a of this
section.� The health profession regulatory board shall consider any written
response by the health professional when determining whether to require a
psychological
or psychiatric evaluation.� The health
professional has the right to appear at a hearing and testify before the health
profession regulatory board regarding the matter that is the subject of the
notice required by subsection a of this section.
C. If the health profession
regulatory board votes to require a psychological
or psychiatric
evaluation of a health professional, the health profession regulatory board
shall provide the health professional with a copy of the completed evaluation.
If the health profession regulatory board does not take any disciplinary or
nondisciplinary action as a result of the evaluation, the health profession
regulatory board shall reimburse the health professional for any costs the
health professional incurred in obtaining the evaluation.
D. This section does not supersede a
health profession regulatory board's authority to summarily suspend a license
pursuant to section 41-1064.
END_STATUTE