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social workers; documentation; dialysis centers, the official text

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Senate Engrossed

social workers;
documentation; dialysis centers

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1446

AN
ACT

Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-423.01; relating to health care
institutions.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-423.01, to read:

START_STATUTE36-423.01. Outpatient treatment centers; dialysis services; social workers;
documentation

tHE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT REQUIRE A social worker
who is employed by an outpatient treatment center that is authorized to provide
dialysis services to document the progress of a patient who receives dialysis
services in the patient's medical record MORE FREQUENTLY
THAN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE
AND medicaid SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT.
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