ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff
	Senate: FIN DP 4-2-1-0 | Third Read 16-13-1-0-0 House: HHS W/D | GOV DP 4-3-0-0

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SB 1212: health insurance; reimbursement rates; vaccines

Sponsor: Senator Shamp, LD 29

Caucus & COW

Overview

Prevents a health care insurer from reimbursing a health professional at a different rate based on a covered individual's decision to refuse a vaccine.

History

Title 20 regulates health insurers and the issuance of health coverage, including requirements for compliance with federal law. The Director of the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions, appointed by the governor, can conduct examinations and investigations of insurance matters to determine whether a person has violated any provision of statute regarding insurance (A.R.S. § 20-142).

Every health care insurer that offers individual health insurance coverage in the individual market in Arizona must provide guaranteed availability of coverage to an eligible individual and cannot decline to offer coverage, deny enrollment of an individual or impose any preexisting condition exclusion for such coverage (A.R.S. § 20-1379).

Provisions

1. Prohibits a health care insurer, starting on January 1, 2027, from reimbursing a health professional at a different rate based on a covered individual's decision to refuse one or more vaccines. (Sec. 1)

2. Defines covered individual, health care insurer and health professional. (Sec. 1)

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