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House Engrossed Senate Bill |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SENATE BILL 1404 |
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AN ACT
amending section 20-103, Arizona Revised Statutes; Amending title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 20‑123; amending section 44-1521, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 44, chapter 11, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 25; relating to direct primary care provider plans.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 20-103, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
20-103. Definition of insurance; exceptions
A. For the purposes of this title, except as otherwise provided, "insurance" is a contract by which one undertakes to indemnify another or to pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies.
B. Private ambulance service contracts or private fire protection service contracts are not insurance, and this title does not apply to those contracts.
C. Charitable gift annuities that are issued pursuant to section 20‑119 are not insurance and, except as provided in section 20‑119, this title does not apply to agreements for those annuities.
D. Collision damage waivers are not insurance, and this title does not apply to those waivers.
E. Direct primary care provider plans that are issued pursuant to title 44, chapter 11, article 25 are not insurance, and this title does not apply to those plans.
Sec. 2. Title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 20-123, to read:
20-123. Direct primary care provider; exemption from regulation; definitions
A. A direct primary care provider plan issued pursuant to title 44, chapter 11, article 25 does not constitute the transaction of insurance business or a health care services organization in this state for the purposes of regulation under this title if the plan does not assume financial risk or agree to indemnify for services provided by a third party.
B. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Direct primary care provider plan" means a primary care provider, group, entity or practice that collects on a prepaid basis fees to conduct primary health care for enrollees.
2. "Enrollee" means an individual, family or group that has enrolled in a direct primary care provider plan.
3. "Primary care provider" means a physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 and who specializes or is board certified in general practice, family medicine, internal medicine or pediatrics.
4. "Primary health care" means conducting all components of primary care that is ordered and supervised by a primary care provider, including medical visits, laboratory testing, imaging, pathology testing, prescribing and administering medication and other medical procedures that may be performed or supervised by a primary care provider with training and experience in that procedure.
Sec. 3. Section 44-1521, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
44-1521. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Advertisement" includes the attempt by publication, dissemination, solicitation or circulation, oral or written, to induce directly or indirectly any person to enter into any obligation or acquire any title or interest in any merchandise.
2. "Attorney general" means the attorney general of Arizona or his the attorney general's authorized delegate.
3. "Authorized delegate" means any attorney, investigator or administrative personnel employed by the attorney general and so designated, and, when if requested by the county attorney and authorized by the attorney general, may include similar personnel employed by the several county attorneys of this state.
4. "Examine" means the inspection, study or copying of any account, book, document, merchandise, paper or record.
5. "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estate, or services, including direct primary care provider plans as defined in section 20‑123.
6. "Person" means any natural person or his the person's legal representative, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, any company, trust, business entity, or association, any agent, employee, salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate, or trustee.
7. "Sale" means any sale, offer for sale, or attempt to sell any merchandise for any consideration, including sales, leases and rentals of any real estate subject to any form of deed restriction imposed as part of a previous sale.
Sec. 4. Title 44, chapter 11, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 25, to read:
ARTICLE 25. DIRECT PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER PLANS
44-1799.91. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Direct primary care provider plan" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20‑123.
2. "Enrollee" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20‑123.
3. "Health insurer" means a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability insurer, health care services organization, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporation holding a certificate of authority under title 20.
4. "Primary care provider" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20‑123.
5. "Primary health care" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20‑123.
6. "Provider access" means the method, manner and frequency that an enrollee may use a primary care provider under the enrollee's direct primary care provider plan.
44-1799.92. Direct primary care provider plans; requirements; notice; prohibition
A. A direct primary care provider plan may arrange for primary health care for enrollees in this state.
B. Every direct primary care provider plan must be in writing and is subject to this section. A copy of the written plan must be given to the enrollee at the time the enrollee signs the plan.
C. A direct primary care provider plan must describe the specific provider access and primary health care services that the primary care provider will provide, the enrollee's total payment obligation and the terms of cancellation, which must include cancellation terms for relocation and military duty. A direct primary care provider plan may not charge different fees for comparable services based on an enrollee's health status or sex. An enrollee may cancel a direct primary care provider plan for any reason on written notice to the plan.
D. A direct primary care provider plan must provide a written disclaimer on or accompanying all application and guideline materials distributed by or on behalf of the direct primary care provider plan that reads, in substance:
Notice: The organization facilitating the direct primary care provider plan is not an insurance company, and the direct primary care company guidelines and plan operation are not an insurance policy. Participation in the direct primary care provider plan or a subscription to any of its documents should not be considered to be a health insurance policy. Regardless of whether you receive treatment for medical issues through the direct primary care provider plan, you are always personally responsible for the payment of any additional medical expenses you may incur.
E. A primary care provider may not submit a claim for payment to any health insurer or any health insurer's contractor or subcontractor for primary health care services provided to an enrollee under a direct primary care provider plan.