Coverage for Farm Workers: Required

Limitations: farmworkers are not separately mentioned.

Statute: Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23-901(6) (2009)

Coverage for Undocumented Workers: Yes

Case Law: Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 23-901(6)(b) (2009) (defining employee to include "aliens . . . legally or illegally permitted to work for hire").

Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers: Undocumented worker was awarded medical, surgical, and hospital benefits and temporary compensation from the date of his injury through the date he was found to be medically stationary. Gamez v. Indus. Comm'n of Arizona, 141 P.3d 794, 795 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2006). He was denied further benefits because they were deemed medically unnecessary. Id., 141 P.3d at 796.