ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: ATT DPA 10-0-0-0 | HHS DP 7-0-0-0 | Third Read 28-0-2-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1118: rural hospitals; radiation protection grants

Sponsor: Senator Werner, LD 4

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Appropriates $3,000,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in fiscal year (FY) 2027 to the Department of Health Services (DHS) to establish and administer a grant program to assist rural hospitals with the costs of installing radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization procedure rooms in which real-time x-ray imaging procedures occur.

History

DHS is required to adopt rules for radiation protection and radiation dose standards to be as nearly as possible in conformity with, and in no case inconsistent with, the standards contained in the regulations of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the standards of the United States Public Health Service. In the adoption of the standards, DHS is required consider the total occupational radiation exposure of individuals, including that from sources that are not regulated by DHS (A.R.S. § 30-654).

Health care personnel present in a procedure room using ionizing radiation are required to utilize either protective aprons or whole-body protective barriers with a minimum lead-equivalent thickness of 0.25 millimeters to reduce occupational radiation exposure. Medical personnel must wear both badge type dosimeters and direct reading dosimeters during radiographic procedures to monitor and document individual radiation dose and support compliance with applicable occupational exposure limits (A.A.C. R9-7-604; R9-7-1130).

Provisions

1.   Appropriates $3,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to DHS to establish and administer a grant program to assist rural hospitals with the costs of acquiring and installing radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization procedure rooms in which real-time x-ray imaging procedures occur. (Sec. 1)

2.   Defines radiation protection system and rural hospital. (Sec. 1)

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6.   Initials AG/LK                SB 1118

7.   3/10/2026  Page 0 Health & Human Services

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