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AZ SB1392
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/29/2020
Primary Sponsor
Heather Carter
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AI Summary
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Expands AHCCCS eligibility to include women who are less than one year postpartum with family income not exceeding 150% of federal poverty guidelines.
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Modifies the definition of "eligible person" in Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-2901 to explicitly include postpartum women in the health care cost containment system.
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Appropriates $13,000,000 from the state general fund and $900,000 from medicaid expenditure authority in fiscal year 2020-2021 to cover eligible postpartum women.
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Makes technical corrections to statutory language regarding physician and primary care practitioner definitions.
Legislative Description
AHCCCS; pregnant women; postpartum; appropriations
Ahcccs
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/30/2020
Full Bill Text
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