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AZ SB1030
Bill
Status
2/9/2017
Primary Sponsor
Nancy Barto
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-2907 to add occupational therapy as a covered outpatient health service for all eligible persons under AHCCCS.
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Removes the exclusion of occupational therapy from outpatient health services for eligible persons age 21 and older by striking language that prohibited coverage for this population.
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Occupational therapy services must be ordered by a physician or primary care practitioner to be covered under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
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Maintains existing limitations and exclusions for other health and medical services under AHCCCS while expanding coverage to include occupational therapy for adult beneficiaries.
Legislative Description
AHCCCS; covered services; occupational therapy
Public Health And Safety
Last Action
House Committee of the Whole action: Retained on the Calendar
5/8/2017