AZ SB1629

Managed care organizations must provide 90 days written notice to the administration before terminating a high-volume behavioral health service provider's contract without cause.

"High-volume service provider" is defined as a provider that delivered at least 10% of any specific service for a managed care organization in the preceding fiscal year or employs more than 10% of actively licensed behavioral health providers in Arizona.

Termination notices must include a network adequacy study documenting provider-to-enrollee ratios, appointment wait times, patient volume distribution, impact on members with disabilities, and cumulative effects of recent terminations.

The administration must review and approve the network adequacy study within 10 business days, and termination cannot proceed unless the administration confirms network adequacy standards will continue to be met.

Network adequacy studies and administration determinations must be posted publicly on the administration's website and sent to legislative health committees and the governor's office.