Bill Text: AZ HB2271 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hospital information; unlawful concealment; falsification

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Referred to House JUD Committee [HB2271 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-HB2271-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: hospital information; unlawful concealment; falsification

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HB 2271

 

Introduced by

Representatives Townsend, Borrelli: Lawrence, Thorpe

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13‑3729; relating to concealed or falsified hospital information.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 37, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3729, to read:

START_STATUTE13-3729.  Unlawful concealment or falsification of hospital information; classification

A.  It is unlawful to conceal or falsify any information that is collected for placement in or contained in a hospital report or record that is related to the timing of when a patient receives care from the hospital or the number of patients who are treated at the hospital.

B.  A violation of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE