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REFERENCE TITLE: medical services; purchase; premiums |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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HB 2512 |
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Introduced by Representatives Butler: Rodriguez
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑2929.01; relating to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2929.01, to read:
36-2929.01. Medical services purchase program; eligibility; premiums; director's duties; program termination
A. The medical services purchase program is established in the Arizona health care cost containment system. Beginning October 1, 2022, subject to any necessary authorization from the centers for medicare and medicaid services, the administration shall administer the medical services purchase program and provide persons who are eligible pursuant to this section with access to a medical benefits plan that includes all the medical services provided under this article, not including nonemergency transportation, for a monthly premium to pay the cost of coverage under the medical benefits plan. Medical benefits plan coverage may be purchased only as individual coverage for each member of a family.
B. A person is eligible to purchase medical benefits plan coverage pursuant to this section if the person either:
1. Has been uninsured for at least six months immediately before applying for coverage.
2. Is no longer eligible for services under this article because the person has exceeded either:
(a) The income eligibility limit.
(b) The limit on the length of eligibility.
C. A person who meets the requirements of subsection B of this section may not use an available premium tax credit to purchase the medical benefits plan. The person shall pay any required copayment and enroll in a managed care plan under the medical services purchase program.
D. The director shall:
1. Establish fees for participants of the medical services purchase program. the administration may not use state monies to administer this program.
2. Determine how premiums for the medical services purchase program will be set and paid.
3. Determine when to disenroll a medical services purchase program participant for delinquent payment or nonpayment of premiums.
4. Establish cost sharing requirements for the medical services purchase program.
5. Determine how medical services purchase program participants will be enrolled with participating contractors.
6. Adopt any rule necessary to administer the medical services purchase program.
E. The administration shall seek any authorization from the centers for medicare and medicaid services that is necessary to implement and administer the program under this section, including the authorization to pool the risk of loss of medical services purchase program participants with the risk of loss of members who are enrolled in this state's medicaid program pursuant to this article.
F. A contractor may annually elect to provide services to medical services purchase program participants.
G. The medical services purchase program established by this section ends on July 1, 2031 pursuant to section 41-3102.