State Seal2 copy            Bill Number: S.B. 1086

            Barto Floor Amendment

            Reference to: printed bill

            Amendment drafted by: Leg Council

 

 

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

 

 

·         Excludes the hospital assessment fund from being used for the purpose of providing chiropractic services.

 

Fifty-third Legislature                                                     Barto

Second Regular Session                                                  S.B. 1086

 

BARTO FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1086

(Reference to printed bill)

 

 

Page 5, between lines 4 and 5, insert:

"N.  Notwithstanding section 36‑2901.08, monies from the hospital assessment fund established by section 36‑2901.09 may not be used for the purpose of providing chiropractic services as prescribed in subsection A, paragraph 15 of this section."

Reletter to conform

After line 6, insert:

"Sec. 2.  Chiropractic services; AHCCCS; report; delayed repeal

A.  Subject to approval by the centers for medicare and medicaid services, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration and its contractors may provide medically necessary chiropractic services authorized by section 36‑2907, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act.

B.  The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall:

1.  Prescribe the qualifying conditions under which the chiropractic services prescribed by section 36‑2907, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, may be used.

2.  Prescribe provider qualifications for chiropractic services.

3.  Require contractors to report to the administration on the use of chiropractic services, including the alternative treatments that would otherwise have been used.  The administration shall use this reported information to determine whether cost savings were achieved as a result of using chiropractic services.

C.  On or before January 1, 2022, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall submit a report of its cost savings determinations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state.

D.  This section is repealed from and after June 30, 2022."

Amend title to conform

 

 

NANCY BARTO

 

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