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AZ HB2302

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/1/2022

Primary Sponsor

Andrea Dalessandro

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Requires health insurance subscription contracts to provide prosthetic and orthotic device coverage equivalent to Medicare (Title XVIII of Social Security Act) with no less favorable terms than other medical benefits.

  • Mandates coverage for the most medically necessary device selected by treating physician, all related services and supplies (design, fabrication, fitting, instruction), and repair or replacement for activities of daily living or job-related activities.

  • Requires reimbursement rates at least equivalent to Medicare rates and comparable to internal restorative devices within the same policy.

  • Prohibits insurers from imposing different deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, benefit maximums, waiting periods, or annual/lifetime limits on prosthetic and orthotic coverage than on other medical benefits.

  • Applies the same requirements to health maintenance organization evidence of coverage, disability insurance policies, and group/blanket disability insurance policies; excludes limited benefit coverage.

Legislative Description

Insurance coverage; prosthetics; orthotics

Insurance Coverage

Last Action

House read second time

2/2/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules2/1/2022
Health and Human Services2/1/2022
Commerce2/1/2022

Full Bill Text

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