REFERENCE TITLE: emergency rooms; surveys; malnutrition |
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HB 2594 |
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Introduced by Representatives Judd: Farley, Hobbs, Tovar
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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:
36-415. Emergency departments; required information; malnutrition
A. Every hospital emergency department in this state shall require admissions personnel to ask the following questions of each person admitted:
1. Has the person skipped a meal for the sake of a child.
2. Has the person ever gone without food for a period of time that the person felt hungry.
B. Each hospital shall report its findings on a quarterly basis to the department of economic security to assist the department to determine areas of this state with high levels of malnutrition.