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REFERENCE TITLE: patients' bill of rights |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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HB 2422 |
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Introduced by Representatives Carroll: Cobb, Dunn, Nutt, Wilmeth
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 11, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 2; relating to health care services.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 11, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 2, to read:
ARTICLE 2. PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS
36-1305. Patients' bill of rights; signed receipt of copy
A. Each patient is guaranteed the freedom to:
1. Seek consultation with the physician of the patient's choice.
2. Contract with the patient's physicians on mutually agreeable terms.
3. Be treated confidentially and have access to the patient's records limited to those involved in the patient's care or designated by the patient.
4. Use the patient's own resources to purchase the care of choice.
5. Refuse medical treatment even if it is recommended by the patient's physician.
6. Be informed about the patient's medical condition, the risks and benefits of treatment and appropriate alternatives.
7. Refuse third‑party interference in the patient's medical care and be confident that the patient's actions in seeking or declining medical care will not result in third-party imposed penalties for the patient or the patient's physician.
8. Communicate with the patient's spouse and family members.
9. Receive full disclosure of the patient's health care insurance plan in plain language, including all of the following:
(a) A copy of the contract between the patient's physician and health care plan and between the patient or employer and the health care plan.
(b) Whether participating physicians are offered financial incentives to reduce treatment or ration care.
(c) The full cost of the health care plan, including copayments, coinsurance and deductibles.
(d) Benefits that are covered and excluded under the health care plan, including availability and location of twenty-four-hour emergency care.
(e) A roster and the qualifications of participating physicians.
(f) Authorization procedures for services, whether physicians need approval of a committee or any other individual, and who decides what is medically necessary.
(g) Procedures for consulting a specialist and who must authorize a referral.
(h) Grievance procedures for claim or treatment denials.
(i) Whether physicians are subject to a gag rule that prevents them from criticizing the health care plan.
B. A health care provider shall have each patient sign that the patient received a copy of the patients' bill of rights.