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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1272
AHCCCS; postpartum care; eligibility; appropriations
Purpose
Appropriates $2,700,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) and $6,200,000 from
federal Medicaid Expenditure Authority in FY 2023 to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
System (AHCCCS) for services to eligible women who are less than one year postpartum.
Background
AHCCCS contracts with health professionals to provide medically necessary health and
medical services to eligible members. Currently, AHCCCS contractors are required to provide:
1) inpatient hospital services; 2) outpatient health services; 3) laboratory and X-ray services;
4) prescription medications; 5) medical supplies, durable medical equipment, insulin pumps and
prosthetic devices; 6) treatment of medical conditions of the eye; 7) early and periodic health
screening and diagnostic services; 8) family planning services; 9) podiatry services;
10) nonexperimental transplants; 11) emergency dental care; 12) ambulance and nonambulance
transportation; 13) hospice care; and 14) orthotics (A.R.S. ยง 36-2907).
S.B. 1272 appropriates $2,700,000 from the state GF and $6,200,000 from federal
Medicaid Expenditure Authority in FY 2023 to AHCCCS.
Provisions
1. Expands the definition of eligible person related to AHCCCS to include a woman who is less
than one year postpartum with a family income that does not exceed 150 percent of the federal
poverty guidelines.
2. Appropriates $2,700,000 from the state GF and $6,200,000 from federal Medicaid Expenditure
Authority in FY 2023 to AHCCCS for services to eligible women who are less than one year
postpartum.
3. Conditions the enactment on AHCCCS receiving authorization, by July 1, 2023, from the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to either redetermine the eligibility of members
who are less than one year postpartum and are under 133 percent of the federal poverty level
or use another methodology that enables AHCCCS to provide coverage within the
appropriation.
4. Requires the Director of AHCCCS, by July 1, 2023, to notify the Director of Legislative
Council in writing whether the condition was met and the date it was met.
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date or later, subject to the provisions of the
conditional enactment.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 28, 2022
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