Bill Text: AZ SB1308 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Health care insurance navigators; registration
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-04 - Referred to Senate HHS Committee [SB1308 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-SB1308-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: health care insurance navigators; registration |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SB 1308 |
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Introduced by Senator Barto
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AN ACT
Amending title 20, chapter 2, article 3.3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 20‑333; relating to health care insurance navigators.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 20, chapter 2, article 3.3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 20‑333, to read:
20‑333. Health care insurance navigator; registration; reporting; definition
A. An individual shall not act as or hold himself out to be a health care insurance navigator in this state unless that individual registers with the department and meets all of the following requirements:
1. Submits application and registration fees in the amounts prescribed by the department.
2. Has received a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma.
3. Successfully completes all federally required training programs.
4. Submits a full set of fingerprints to the department. The department of insurance shall submit the fingerprints to the department of public safety for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41‑1750 and Public Law 92‑544. The department of insurance shall not issue the registration if the individual has been convicted of a felony offense or a misdemeanor offense involving fraud or dishonesty.
B. The department may deny or suspend the registration of a health care insurance navigator if:
1. The health care insurance navigator is charged with a felony offense.
2. The health care insurance navigator is charged with a misdemeanor offense involving fraud or dishonesty.
3. The department receives credible reports that the health care insurance navigator has provided false or fraudulent information to consumers.
4. The health care insurance navigator has engaged in intentional or negligent conduct that has resulted in the release of a consumer's personally identifiable information.
C. An organization employing a health care insurance navigator shall report to the department any event that results in the unauthorized release of a consumer's personally identifiable information. The organization shall attempt to report this unauthorized release of personally identifiable information to the affected individual whose personal information was released within twenty‑four hours after discovering the breach. The department shall submit a report on or before February 1 of each year to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate detailing the number of breaches reported to the department pursuant to this subsection and the circumstances of each breach.
D. Notwithstanding any other law, a health care insurance navigator shall not sell, solicit or negotiate insurance in this state for any class or classes of insurance when assisting individuals with enrollment or any other insurance navigator activities or duties through any health care exchange established or operating in this state, including any exchange established or operated by the United States department of health and human services.
E. The department shall maintain a website for the purpose of providing the public with a complete list of all currently registered health care insurance navigators in this state.
F. For the purposes of this section, "health care insurance navigator" means an individual who is selected to perform in this state the activities and duties identified in 42 United States Code section 18031(i) and any regulations adopted pursuant to that section and includes any individual who receives grant monies from the united states department of health and human services, this state or a health care exchange or private monies to perform any of the activities or duties identified in 42 United States Code section 18031(i).
Sec. 2. Current health care insurance navigators
An individual who is acting as a health care insurance navigator pursuant to 42 United States Code section 18031(i) on the effective date of this act shall register within ninety days after the effective date of this act with the department of insurance pursuant to section 20-333, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, in order to continue performing the duties and activities of a health care insurance navigator in this state after the effective date of this act.
Sec. 3. Emergency
This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.
