Perez v. Maricopa County

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

This case raises the issue whether Maricopa County is liable for emergency medical care, in addition to hospital costs, for indigents. The court below ruled that it was not, relying on A.R.S. § 11-297.01(B). That subsection reads:

The county shall be liable for payment of all costs retroactive to the inception of treatment incurred by a private hospital or hospital operated by a university arising from emergency treatment and medical care administered at such hospital for a patient qualified for siich care and treatment under the provisions of this article.

It…