Bill Text: AZ SB1345 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health insurance; exemption

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - Referred to Senate RULES Committee [SB1345 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-SB1345-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: health insurance; exemption

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

SB 1345

 

Introduced by

Senator Melvin

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 20‑103, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to insurance.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 20-103, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE20-103.  Definition of insurance; exceptions

A.  For the purposes of this title, except as otherwise provided, "insurance" is a contract by which one undertakes to indemnify another or to pay a specified amount upon determinable contingencies.

B.  Private ambulance service contracts or private fire protection service contracts are not insurance, and this title does not apply to those contracts.

C.  Charitable gift annuities that are issued pursuant to section 20‑119 are not insurance and, except as provided in section 20‑119, this title does not apply to agreements for those annuities.

D.  Collision damage waivers are not insurance, and this title does not apply to those waivers.

E.  Contracts entered into by an employer or a group with health care professionals or medical facilities to provide employees or members of the group pricing for health care services are not insurance if the employer or group does not guarantee the payment of or directly pay any portion of the cost of the health care services, and this title does not apply to those contracts. END_STATUTE