JULIA PAULUS

ASSISTANT RESEARCH ANALYST

CHERIE STONE

LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

Telephone: (602) 926-3171

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

RESEARCH STAFF

TO:                  MEMBERS OF THE SENATE

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

DATE:            March 22, 2021

SUBJECT:      Strike everything amendment to H.B. 2633, relating to home health care services

Purpose

            Authorizes specified allowed practitioners to order home health services.

Background

            Under the Arizona Long Term Care System, program contactors must provide institutional services, including home and community-based services provided in a member's home, at an alternative residential setting or at other licensed behavioral health alternative residential facilities (A.R.S. § 36-2939).

Home health is the provision of nursing services, skilled home health aide services, licensed health aide services, home health aide services or medical supplies, equipment and appliances provided on a part-time or intermittent basis by a licensed home health agency within a member's residence based on a physician's orders in accordance with federal law (A.R.S.
§ 36-2939).

            There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1. Authorizes an allowed practitioner to order home health services.

2. Defines allowed practitioner as a certified nurse practitioner, certified clinical nurse specialist or certified physician assistant.

3. Makes conforming changes.

4. Contains a conditional enactment in order to conform to changes made by H.B. 2521, which was transmitted to the Governor on March 17, 2021.

5. Becomes effective on the general effective date, subject to the provisions of the conditional enactment.