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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2520
community health centers; graduate education
Purpose
Removes the specification that monies distributed by the Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System (AHCCCS) to qualifying community health centers and rural health clinics
be for the costs associated with primary care graduate medical education (GME) programs and
instead requires the monies to be distributed for direct and indirect costs.
Background
Subject to the availability of monies, AHCCCS must enter into an intergovernmental
agreement with the Department of Health Services to contract with qualifying community health
centers to provide primary health care services to indigent or uninsured Arizonans. AHCCCS
annually distributes monies appropriated for GME to reimburse qualifying community health
centers and rural health clinics that have an approved primary care GME program for the direct or
indirect costs of the programs.
A qualifying community health center is a community-based primary care facility that
provides medical care in medically underserved areas as prescribed through the employment of
physicians, professional nurses, physician assistants or other health care technical and
paraprofessional personnel (A.R.S. ยง 36-2907.06).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires AHCCCS, beginning October 1, 2024, to annually distribute monies appropriated for
primary care GME services to qualifying community health centers and rural health clinics for
direct and indirect costs, rather than for the costs of primary care GME programs.
2. Makes technical and conforming changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
March 1, 2024
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