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AZ SB1390

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2024

Primary Sponsor

Lela Alston

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • Removes cochlear implants from the exclusion list of prosthetic devices for AHCCCS members age 21 and older, making them a covered medical service.

  • Specifies that monies from the hospital assessment fund cannot be used to pay for cochlear implants for eligible persons age 21 and older.

  • Maintains existing exclusions for hearing aids, dentures, and bone-anchored hearing aids as non-covered prosthetic devices for adults.

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-2907 governing covered health and medical services under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.

Legislative Description

AHCCCS; cochlear implants

Rules

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/1/2024

Committee Referrals

Rules1/31/2024
Appropriations1/31/2024
Health and Human Services1/31/2024

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