---
type: "Bill"
title: "associate physicians; licensure; collaborative practice"
description: "associate physicians; licensure; collaborative practice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1271"
citation: "Arizona SB 1271 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPLICATIONS", "ASSOCIATE PHYSICIANS", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY (H)", "COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE", "COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE ARRANGEMENTS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DEFINITIONS", "DELAYED REPEAL", "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DHS)", "DHS (SEE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES)", "EMERGENCY", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "LICENSURE", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MEDICAL GRADUATE", "MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE", "OSTEOPATHIC GRADUATE", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY - TITLE 36 (H)", "REGULATION", "REPORT", "REQUIREMENTS", "RULEMAKING EXEMPTION", "RULES", "STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENT", "TRAINING (H)", "TRAINING PERMITS", "TRANSITIONAL TRAINING PERMITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Barto"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a2ea79-4b44-47bb-a2f9-6ffefa9c3cd8"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75039?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "20a0f8cff94753b0bed040503f660b9d34a7f0752ee27f9a0e2cdf4008e84e87"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1271 (55th-1st-regular) — associate physicians; licensure; collaborative practice

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0354.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1271P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Barto flr amend (ref HHS) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1271FloorBARTO.docx.htm)
4. **SENATE - Health and Human Services** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/proposed/S.1271BARTO2.DOCX.htm)
5. **SENATE - Health and Human Services - Strike Everything** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1271HHS.DOCX.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1271S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **48–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nancy Barto — primary (person)
- Alma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- César Chávez — cosponsor (person)
- Regina E. Cobb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Meza — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-21** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10** DPA/SE `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-03** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-05-04** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71a2ea79-4b44-47bb-a2f9-6ffefa9c3cd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).