appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

Plain English Breakdown

The bill specifies funding amounts but does not detail how DES will distribute these funds or the exact percentage of rate increases.

Funding for Rehabilitation Group Homes

This bill gives money to the Department of Economic Security to increase payment rates for group homes that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $12 million from the state general fund each year for five years, starting in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Provides $36 million in Medicaid spending authority each year for those same five years.
• Sends this money to the Department of Economic Security (DES).
• Uses these funds to increase payment rates for rehabilitation group homes that use health care code T2016.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Rehabilitation group home providers using code T2016
• Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in these specific homes

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The official act of setting aside money for a specific government purpose.

Medicaid expenditure authority

Permission to spend funds designated for health care programs like Medicaid.

Limits and Unknowns

• This funding only covers fiscal years from 2026-2027 through 2030-2031.
• The bill does not say exactly how much the payment rates will increase, only that money is available for increases.
• Only group homes using code T2016 qualify for this specific funding.

Official Summary Text

HB2942 - appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

Current Bill Text

HB2942 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2942

Introduced by

Representatives
Lopez: Martinez, Willoughby

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
economic security.

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

Section 1.
Appropriations;
department of economic security; reimbursement rate increases; rehabilitation
group homes; fiscal years 2026-2027, 2027-2028, 2028-2029, 2029-2030 and
2030-2031

The sum of $12,000,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund and $36,000,000 is appropriated in medicaid
expenditure authority in each of fiscal years 2026-2027, 2027-2028, 2028-2029,
2029-2030 and 2030-2031 to the department of economic security for
reimbursement rate increases for rehabilitation group homes for individuals
with intellectual and developmental disabilities that use the health care
common procedure coding system code T2016.