HB2816 Summary

• Amends chiropractic license renewal requirements to change the annual renewal deadline from January 1 to the last day of the licensee's birth month and increases the renewal fee cap to $225.

• Expands Arizona Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility from 200% to 225% of federal poverty level beginning October 1, 2023, subject to federal approval.

• Establishes competitive grant program through the Department of Administration for fiscal year 2023-2024 to fund interoperability software technology solutions for rural hospitals and health care providers to improve care coordination and reduce costs.

• Creates collaborative care uptake fund in the Department of Health Services to award grants to primary care physicians with 50 or fewer employees for establishing behavioral health integration services through the collaborative care model.

• Establishes dementia services program in the Department of Health Services as lead agency for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, with requirement to develop and update an Alzheimer's disease state plan by July 1, 2024.

• Authorizes Department of Health Services to award competitive research grants for whole mushroom psilocybin clinical trials to treat conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain, with grant recipients and employees protected from prosecution.

• Sets county contributions to Arizona long-term care system and acute care for fiscal year 2023-2024, with specific dollar amounts allocated to each county.