Bill Text: AZ SB1454 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance; cost sharing; therapy services
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-05 - Referred to Senate RULES Committee [SB1454 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1454-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: insurance; cost sharing; therapy services |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1454 |
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Introduced by Senator Farnsworth D
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AN ACT
Amending title 20, chapter 2, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 20‑464.01; amending section 20‑821, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to health insurance.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 20, chapter 2, article 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 20-464.01, to read:
20-464.01. Equal cost sharing; therapy services; definition
A. A hospital, medical, dental or optometric service corporation, health care services organization, disability insurer or blanket disability insurer may not impose as a limitation on treatment or level of coverage a copayment, coinsurance or deductible amount for services provided by a health care provider licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 8, 19, 34 or 35 that is higher than the copayment, coinsurance or deductible amount for the services of a primary care physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 for the same medically necessary treatment or condition.
B. For the purposes of this section, "primary care physician" means primary care physician as defined in the health insurance plan that is subject to this section.
Sec. 2. Section 20-821, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
20-821. Scope of article; rules; authority of director
A. Hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, dental service corporations, optometric service corporations and hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporations incorporated in this state are governed by this article and are exempt from all other provisions of this title, except as expressly provided by this article and any rule adopted by the director pursuant to section 20‑143 relating to contracts of such service corporations. No insurance law enacted after January 1, 1955 applies to such corporations unless the law specifically refers to corporations.
B. Chapter 2, article 12 of this title, sections 20‑223, 20‑234, 20‑261, 20‑261.01, 20‑261.02, 20‑261.03, 20‑261.04, 20‑464.01, 20‑1133, 20‑1377, 20‑1408, 20‑1692, 20‑1692.01, 20‑1692.02 and 20‑1692.03 and chapters 15, 17 and 20 of this title and any rules adopted to implement these provisions apply to all corporations governed by this article.
C. Chapter 21 of this title applies to a hospital service corporation, a medical service corporation or a hospital and medical service corporation.
