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AZ SB1413

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2020

Primary Sponsor

David Farnsworth

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Limits cost sharing for prescription insulin drugs to a maximum of $100 per 30-day supply across all health insurance plans (including medical service corporations, health care services organizations, disability insurers, blanket disability insurers, and accountable health plans).

  • Defines "prescription insulin drug" as any prescription medication prescribed by a health care professional to treat diabetes that contains insulin.

  • Applies the $100 cap regardless of the amount or type of insulin required to fill a subscriber's or enrollee's prescription.

  • Preserves insurers' ability to impose deductibles, coinsurance, and other cost sharing for diabetes equipment and supplies, with the insulin cost limit as the sole exception.

  • Amends six sections of Arizona Revised Statutes (20-826, 20-1057, 20-1342, 20-1402, 20-1404, and 20-2325) to implement consistent insulin cost-sharing restrictions across all health insurance product types.

Legislative Description

Insulin drugs; cost sharing limit.

Prescription Drugs

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/30/2020

Full Bill Text

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