HB 2173
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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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