# Arizona SB 1853: health care; 2026-2027.

Arizona SB 1853, health care; 2026-2027., is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-06-11 (Committee of the Whole: do pass); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

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- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1853
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session
- Title: health care; 2026-2027.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-06-09
- Last action: 2026-06-11, Committee of the Whole: do pass
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: 2026-2027, administrative action, advisory council, ahcccs (see also: arizona health care cost containment system), ahcccs transfer, altcs (see also: arizona long-term care system), alzheimer's disease state plan, annual report, apache county (h), applicability, appropriating monies, arizona health care cost containment system (ahcccs), arizona long-term care system (altcs), arizona rural health transformation fund, budget bills, cochise county (h), coconino county (h), competency restoration, counties, county acute care contributions, county contributions, county expenditure limitations, definition, definitions, delayed repeal, dementia services program, department duties, disproportionate share payments, duties, eligibility redetermination, exclusion, exemption, expenditure limitation, federal monies, fiscal year 2026-2027, gila county (h), graham county (h), greenlee county (h), health care, health insurance trust fund oversight board, implementation of program, intent, la paz county (h), legislative intent, limits, maricopa county (h), member eligibility information (h), members, mental health medication utilization, mohave county (h), navajo county (h), notification, opioid settlement funds agreement, opioid settlement monies, overdose and disease prevention programs, penalty reduction, pilot coverage, pima county (h), pinal county (h), posting, presumptive eligibility, prohibition, proposition 204 administration, public health and safety - title 36, public meetings, public officers and employees - title 38, report, reporting requirement, requirements, retroactivity, review of member eligibility information, risk contingency rate setting, rulemaking exemption, santa cruz county (h), special employee health insurance trust fund, standards, traditional healing services (h), traditional health services, training, urban indian organization (h), urban indian organizations, waiver requests, yavapai county (h), yuma county (h)
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (8 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: David C. Farnsworth (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-10 | Senate | Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP | pass | 8 | 2 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-06-11: Committee of the Whole: do pass (Senate)
- 2026-06-10: Senate Second Reading (Senate)
- 2026-06-10: Rules: PFC (Senate)
- 2026-06-10: Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP (Senate)
- 2026-06-09: Senate First Reading (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1853P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543519)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1853S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543768)

## Related bills

- SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness (signed)
- SB 1552: ADOT; revisions. (signed)
- SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation (signed)
- SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations (signed)
- SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight (signed)
- SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1853P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543519)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/SB1853S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/543768)

## Related
- [SB 1630: home; community-based services; mental illness](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1630-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1552: ADOT; revisions.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1552-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1563: barbering and cosmetology board; continuation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1563-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1497: classical learning; tests; examinations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1497-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1336: state land department; continuation; oversight](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1336-57th-2nd-regular)
- [SB 1215: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1215-57th-2nd-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1853-57th-2nd-regular (as of 2026-11-04).