ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

HB 2173: mental health inquiry; prohibition

Sponsor: Representative Willoughby, LD 13

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Prohibits a health profession regulatory board or licensing authority from including any question on an application for a license, permit, certificate, registration or endorsement that requests information about whether the applicant has sought mental health assistance or received a mental health diagnosis or treatment.

History

To practice or perform a regulated profession or occupation in Arizona, a person must meet certain qualifications and apply to the designated board or agency for the license, certificate or authorization. The laws and rules regarding qualifications, applications, renewal and expiration of each authorization to practice vary across the professions and occupations (A.R.S. Title 32).

Provisions

1. Prohibits a health profession regulatory board or licensing authority from including any question on an application for a license, permit, certificate, registration or endorsement that requests information about whether the applicant has sought mental health assistance or received a mental health diagnosis or treatment. (Sec. 1-2)

2. Allows a health profession regulatory board or licensing authority to ask if the applicant is currently under a regulatory entity's order in another state for the monitoring of a health condition, including substance abuse. (Sec. 1-2)

3. States that an applicant is not required to respond if the monitoring is part of a confidential program. (Sec. 1-2)

4. Defines health profession regulatory board and licensing authority. (Sec. 1-2)

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