SB1212 • 2026

health insurance; reimbursement rates; vaccines

SB1212 - health insurance; reimbursement rates; vaccines

Healthcare Labor

Vetoed

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

Sponsor: Janae Shamp
Last action: 2026-06-19
Official status: Governor vetoed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was vetoed by the governor; its status as law depends on a potential legislative override which is currently unknown based on the provided text.

SB1212: Health Insurance Reimbursement and Vaccine Refusal

This bill would stop health insurers from paying doctors different amounts based on whether a patient refuses vaccines.

What This Bill Does

Requires health care insurers to pay the same rate for services regardless of vaccine refusal starting January 1, 2027.
Prohibits changing reimbursement rates if a covered individual decides not to get one or more vaccines.
Adds new section 20-243 to Arizona Revised Statutes regarding this rule.

Who It Names or Affects

Health care insurers that issue health plans in Arizona
Covered individuals who are insured, enrolled, or subscribed with a health plan
Health professionals who receive payment from insurers

Terms To Know

Reimbursement rates: The amount of money an insurer pays to a doctor for medical services.
Covered individual: An insured, enrollee, or subscriber of a health care insurer.

Limits and Unknowns

The governor vetoed this bill on June 19, 2026.
It is not clear if lawmakers will override the veto to make it law.
If the veto stands, these rules do not take effect.

Amendments

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

SENATE - Hoffman flr amend (ref Senate Engrossed Bill) adopted (Adopted)

Adopted

Plain English: This amendment changes the rule so that health insurers cannot pay doctors different rates based on whether a patient chooses to refuse vaccines, instead of just their general vaccination status.

Health insurance companies are banned from paying healthcare workers at different rates if a covered person decides not to get one or more vaccines.

Bill History

2026-06-12 V
Governor vetoed
2026-06-11 Senate
Transmitted to Senate
2026-06-11 House
House third read passed
2026-04-16 House
House committee of the whole
2026-03-31 House
House minority caucus
2026-03-31 House
House majority caucus
2026-03-30 House
House consent calendar
2026-03-17 House
House second read
2026-03-16 House
House Rules: C&P
2026-03-16 House
House Government: DP
2026-03-16 House
House Health & Human Services: W/D
2026-03-16 House
House first read
2026-03-10 House
Transmitted to House
2026-03-10 Senate
Senate third read passed
2026-03-03 Senate
Senate amended committee of the whole
2026-03-02 Senate
Senate committee of the whole
2026-02-25 Senate
Senate minority caucus
2026-02-23 Senate
Senate majority caucus
2026-02-23 Senate
Senate consent calendar
2026-01-21 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-20 Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
2026-01-20 Senate
Senate Finance: DP
2026-01-20 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1212 - health insurance; reimbursement rates; vaccines

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

SB1212 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

health insurance;
reimbursement rates; vaccines

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1212

AN
ACT

amending title 20, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 20-243; relating to health insurance.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
1. Title
20, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 20-243, to read:

START_STATUTE
20-243.

Health care insurer; covered individual; vaccine refusal;
reimbursement rates; definitions

A. Beginning January 1, 2027, a
health care insurer may not reimburse a health professional at a different rate
based on a covered individual's
decision to refuse one or
more vaccines.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Covered individual"
means an insured, enrollee or subscriber of a health care insurer.

2. "Health care insurer"
means a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability
insurer, health care services organization, hospital services corporation,
medical service corporation or hospital, medical, dental and optometric service
corporation that issues a health plan in this state.

3. "Health professional"
has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-3201.
END_STATUTE