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SB1525 • 2026

technical correction; AHCCCS; application process

SB1525 - technical correction; AHCCCS; application process

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Theresa Hatathlie, Mariana Sandoval
Last action
2026-06-12
Official status
Senate Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1525: Fixing AHCCCS Application Rules

This bill requires state officials to create a single application process for three specific health programs and helps members move between them if they qualify.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the director to adopt rules for one standard way to apply and check eligibility for three health programs.
  • Applies this uniform process to the premium sharing program, children's health insurance program, and healthcare group.
  • Directs the administration to coordinate checking applications for these programs together.
  • Helps members move from one of these programs to another if they qualify.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Administration
  • People who apply for the premium sharing program, children's health insurance program, or healthcare group

Terms To Know

Uniform application and eligibility process
One single set of rules used to sign up for different health programs.
Premium sharing program
A specific type of health coverage mentioned in the law that people can apply for.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not say when these new rules will start.
  • The source material only mentions changes to one section of state law and does not list other possible effects.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1525 - technical correction; AHCCCS; application process

Current Bill Text

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SB1525 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; AHCCCS; application process

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1525

Introduced by

Senator
Hatathlie: Representative Sandoval

AN
ACT

amending section 36-2903.05,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona health care cost containment
system administration.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 36-2903.05, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
36-2903.05.

Uniform application and eligibility process

A. The director shall adopt rules to prescribe a
uniform application and eligibility process for participants in
the
premium sharing program,
the children's health insurance program and
healthcare group.

B. The administration shall coordinate application
screening for the programs prescribed in subsection A and facilitate the
transfer of a member from one program to another program for which the member
qualifies.
END_STATUTE