Bill Text: AZ SB1113 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hospitals; admission of pediatric patients

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Referred to Senate HHS Committee [SB1113 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-SB1113-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: hospitals; admission of pediatric patients

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty‑first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

SB 1113

 

Introduced by

Senators Ward: Crandell, Griffin, Lopez, McComish, Meza, Tovar; Representatives Borrelli, Gray

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-415; 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 36-415, to read:

START_STATUTE36-415.  Hospitals without pediatric units; admission of pediatric patients

A hospital in this state may admit a pediatric patient on request of the child's physician even if the hospital does not have a pediatric unit. END_STATUTE