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AZ HB2312

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2022

Primary Sponsor

Jennifer Jermaine

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Amends section 36-2901, Arizona Revised Statutes to expand Medicaid eligibility to include women who are less than one year postpartum with family income not exceeding 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.

  • Appropriates $13,000,000 from the state general fund and $900,000 from Medicaid expenditure authority in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Administration to provide coverage for eligible postpartum women.

  • Makes technical corrections to definitions in section 36-2901 regarding physician and primary care practitioner qualifications.

Legislative Description

AHCCCS; postpartum care; appropriations

Appropriations

Last Action

House read second time

1/24/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2022
Appropriations1/20/2022
Health and Human Services1/20/2022

Full Bill Text

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