Arizona 2022 Regular Session

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: health insurance; requirements; essential benefits State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 SB 1687 Introduced by Senators Gonzales: Gabaldon, Hatathlie, Quezada, Steele, Tern; Representatives Dalessandro, Solorio AN ACT Repealing section 20-123, Arizona Revised Statutes; Amending title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 20-123; amending section 20-1384, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing laws 2020, chapter 80, section 2; relating to health care insurance. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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46	46	Senators Gonzales: Gabaldon, Hatathlie, Quezada, Steele, Tern; Representatives Dalessandro, Solorio
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56	56	Repealing section 20-123, Arizona Revised Statutes; Amending title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 20-123; amending section 20-1384, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing laws 2020, chapter 80, section 2; relating to health care insurance.
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66	66	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Repeal Section 20-123, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed. Sec. 2. Title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 20-123, to read: START_STATUTE20-123. Health care insurers; requirements; prohibitions; definitions A. Notwithstanding any other law, every health care insurer that offers an individual health care plan, short-term limited duration insurance or a small employer group health care plan in this state: 1. Shall: (a) Ensure that all products sold cover essential health care benefits. (b) Limit cost sharing for the coverage of essential health care benefits, including deductibles, coinsurance and copayments. (c) Provide coverage without cost sharing for preventive health care benefits recommended by the United States preventive services task force, the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States centers for disease control and prevention and the health resources and services administration of the United States department of health and human services. (d) If the health care insurer offers dependent coverage, continue to offer dependent coverage to adult children until the end of the calendar year in which the adult child attains twenty-six years of age. 2. May not: (a) Decline to offer coverage to, or deny enrollment in, a health care plan for an individual or employee of a small employer based solely on the individual's or employee's health status. (b) Impose any preexisting condition exclusion or limitation in any health care plan. (c) Cancel or refuse to renew a health care plan based solely on an individual's or employee's preexisting condition or health status. (d) Use an individual's or small employer group's health status to establish premiums. (e) Refuse to cover services that are necessary to treat a preexisting condition. (f) Impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on essential health care benefits. (g) Apply any additional deductible, copayment or coinsurance based solely on an individual's or employee's preexisting condition. (h) Unfairly discriminate against an individual or employee in establishing or adjusting premium rates based on the individual's or employee's age or sex. B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Essential health care benefits" means the items and services covered within the following ten general categories: (a) Ambulatory services. (b) Emergency services. (c) Hospitalization. (d) Maternity and newborn care. (e) Mental health and substance abuse disorder services. (f) Prescription drugs. (g) Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices. (h) Laboratory services. (i) Preventive and wellness services. (j) Pediatric services, including oral and vision care. 2. "Health care insurer" means a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability insurer, health care services organization, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or hospital and medical service corporation. 3. "Health care plan" means a policy, evidence of coverage or contract issued by a health care insurer. 4. "Preexisting condition exclusion or limitation" means an exclusion or limitation of benefits, including a denial of coverage, based on the fact that the condition was present before the date of enrollment, regardless of whether any medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment was recommended or received before that date. 5. "Short-term limited duration insurance" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20-1384. 6. "Small employer group" means an employer who employs at least two but not more than fifty eligible employees on a typical business day during any one calendar year. END_STATUTE Sec. 3. Section 20-1384, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE20-1384. Short-term limited duration insurance; notice; definitions A. All policies or certificates issued, delivered or renewed in this state for short-term limited duration insurance shall display on the policy's fact page and in any application materials provided in connection with enrollment in such coverage the following federal disclosure in at least fourteen-point type: Notice This coverage is not required to comply with certain federal market requirements for health insurance, principally those contained in the affordable care act. Be sure to check your policy carefully to make sure you are aware of any exclusions or limitations regarding coverage of preexisting conditions or health benefits (such as hospitalization, emergency services, maternity care, preventive care, prescription drugs and mental health and substance use disorder services). Your policy might also have lifetime or annual dollar limits on health benefits, or both. If this coverage expires or you lose eligibility for this coverage, you might have to wait until an open enrollment period to get other health insurance coverage. B. A health care insurer shall provide notice to the insured before expiration that the policy needs to be renewed or is expiring. C. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Health care insurer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20-1379. 2. "Short-term limited duration insurance" means health insurance coverage that is offered by a health care insurer, that is not subject to state health coverage mandates in this title, that has an expiration date specified in the contract that is less than twelve months after the original effective date of the contract and, taking into account renewals or extensions, that has a duration of not longer than thirty-six months. END_STATUTE Sec. 4. Repeal Laws 2020, chapter 80, section 2 is repealed.
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72	72	Section 20-123, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
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74	74	Sec. 2. Title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 20-123, to read:
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76	76	START_STATUTE20-123. Health care insurers; requirements; prohibitions; definitions
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78	78	A. Notwithstanding any other law, every health care insurer that offers an individual health care plan, short-term limited duration insurance or a small employer group health care plan in this state:
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82	82	(a) Ensure that all products sold cover essential health care benefits.
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84	84	(b) Limit cost sharing for the coverage of essential health care benefits, including deductibles, coinsurance and copayments.
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86	86	(c) Provide coverage without cost sharing for preventive health care benefits recommended by the United States preventive services task force, the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States centers for disease control and prevention and the health resources and services administration of the United States department of health and human services.
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88	88	(d) If the health care insurer offers dependent coverage, continue to offer dependent coverage to adult children until the end of the calendar year in which the adult child attains twenty-six years of age.
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92	92	(a) Decline to offer coverage to, or deny enrollment in, a health care plan for an individual or employee of a small employer based solely on the individual's or employee's health status.
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96	96	(c) Cancel or refuse to renew a health care plan based solely on an individual's or employee's preexisting condition or health status.
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98	98	(d) Use an individual's or small employer group's health status to establish premiums.
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102	102	(f) Impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on essential health care benefits.
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106	106	(h) Unfairly discriminate against an individual or employee in establishing or adjusting premium rates based on the individual's or employee's age or sex.
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110	110	1. "Essential health care benefits" means the items and services covered within the following ten general categories:
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132	132	2. "Health care insurer" means a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability insurer, health care services organization, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or hospital and medical service corporation.
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134	134	3. "Health care plan" means a policy, evidence of coverage or contract issued by a health care insurer.
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136	136	4. "Preexisting condition exclusion or limitation" means an exclusion or limitation of benefits, including a denial of coverage, based on the fact that the condition was present before the date of enrollment, regardless of whether any medical advice, diagnosis, care or treatment was recommended or received before that date.
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138	138	5. "Short-term limited duration insurance" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20-1384.
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142	142	Sec. 3. Section 20-1384, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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146	146	A. All policies or certificates issued, delivered or renewed in this state for short-term limited duration insurance shall display on the policy's fact page and in any application materials provided in connection with enrollment in such coverage the following federal disclosure in at least fourteen-point type:
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150	150	This coverage is not required to comply with certain federal market requirements for health insurance, principally those contained in the affordable care act. Be sure to check your policy carefully to make sure you are aware of any exclusions or limitations regarding coverage of preexisting conditions or health benefits (such as hospitalization, emergency services, maternity care, preventive care, prescription drugs and mental health and substance use disorder services). Your policy might also have lifetime or annual dollar limits on health benefits, or both. If this coverage expires or you lose eligibility for this coverage, you might have to wait until an open enrollment period to get other health insurance coverage.
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152	152	B. A health care insurer shall provide notice to the insured before expiration that the policy needs to be renewed or is expiring.
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158	158	2. "Short-term limited duration insurance" means health insurance coverage that is offered by a health care insurer, that is not subject to state health coverage mandates in this title, that has an expiration date specified in the contract that is less than twelve months after the original effective date of the contract and, taking into account renewals or extensions, that has a duration of not longer than thirty-six months. END_STATUTE
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162	162	Laws 2020, chapter 80, section 2 is repealed.