PREFILED JAN 13 2020

REFERENCE TITLE: AHCCCS; dental services; Native Americans

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

 

 

 

HB 2244

 

Introduced by

Representative Shope

 

 

AN ACT

 

Requiring the Arizona health care cost containment system administration to seek federal authorization to reimburse Indian and tribal health providers.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  AHCCCS; federal authorization; adult dental services

The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall seek federal authorization to reimburse the Indian health services and tribal facilities to cover the cost of adult dental services that are eligible for a federal medical assistance percentage of one hundred percent, that are in excess of the limits prescribed in sections 36‑2907 and 36‑2939, Arizona Revised Statutes, and that are received through these entities.