PREFILED JAN 08 2020
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REFERENCE TITLE: health care service corporations; scope |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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SB 1079 |
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Introduced by Senator Farnsworth D
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AN ACT
amending section 20‑821, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to health care service corporations.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 20-821, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
20-821. Scope of article; rules; authority of director
A. Hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, dental service corporations, optometric service corporations and hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporations incorporated in this state are governed by this article and are exempt from all other provisions of this title, except as expressly provided by this article and any rule adopted by the director pursuant to section 20‑143 relating to contracts of such service corporations. No insurance law enacted after January 1, 1955 applies to such corporations unless the law specifically refers to corporations.
B. Chapter 2, article 12 of this title, sections 20‑223, 20‑234, 20‑261, 20‑261.01, 20‑261.02, 20‑261.03, and 20‑261.04, section 20‑461, subsection B, sections 20‑1133, 20‑1377, 20‑1408, 20‑1692, 20‑1692.01, 20‑1692.02 and 20‑1692.03 and chapters 15, 17 and 20 of this title and any rules adopted to implement these provisions apply to all corporations governed by this article.
C. Chapter 21 of this title applies to a hospital service corporation, a medical service corporation or a hospital and medical service corporation.