Bill to allow clergy to visit LTC patients advances in second chamber
Eli Kirshbaum | Mar 21, 2022 | Arizona
5 Things Arizona: Health bills, Workforce shortages, HCBS spending plan
Eli Kirshbaum | Feb 3, 2022 | Arizona
Effort to cover chiropractic services through AHCCCS reenters legislature
Eli Kirshbaum | Jan 24, 2022 | Arizona
Controversial abortion bill revived in Arizona Senate
Eli Kirshbaum | Apr 20, 2021 | Arizona
Ducey signs Arizona's first health bills of the year into law
Eli Kirshbaum | Feb 15, 2021 | Arizona
Governor Doug Ducey signed several health bills into law on Friday, the first health care-related bills to be made law this session. Three of the bills originated in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and were sponsored by committee Chairwoman Nancy Barto. Senate Bill 1054 was first introduced in
5 Things Arizona: Legislators on session, Emily Jenkins, Future of AHCCCS
DJ Wilson | May 14, 2019 | Arizona
We are excited to host our 2019 Arizona State of Reform Health Policy Conference coming up on May 23rd, just next week! And, because our agenda is full of topics that we're watching in Arizona health care, we are devoting this edition to some of the sessions and speakers you'll see with
Arizona Clinical Nurse Specialists one step closer to prescribing authority
Sara Gentzler | Feb 4, 2019 | Arizona
Arizona’s House Health & Human Services Committee unanimously passed a bill out of committee last week that would give Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) prescribing authority if they meet educational and training requirements and hold a national certification. The bill, which we’ve previously listed as one of the healthcare-related bills we’ll
Q&A: Rep. Nancy Barto, Chair of Arizona's House Health and Human Services Committee
Sara Gentzler | Jan 23, 2019 | Arizona
Rep. Nancy Barto represents Arizona's 15th Legislative District, which covers a piece of Northeastern Maricopa County. Barto served in Arizona's House of Representatives for five years before being elected to the State Senate in 2010 -- now, she's back in the House. She chairs the House Health and Human Services;