SB1526 • 2026

technical correction; AHCCCS; capitation rates

SB1526 - technical correction; AHCCCS; capitation rates

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
Official status
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how inflation and service use adjustments will be made, leaving this as an unknown.

Technical Fix for AHCCCS Capitation Rates

This bill makes a small change to how Arizona's health care system sets rates for paying providers.

What This Bill Does

Changes the wording in an existing law about capitation rate adjustments.

Who It Names or Affects

The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
Health care providers in Arizona

Terms To Know

Capitation rates: A fixed amount of money paid to a health care provider for each person they treat.
AHCCCS: Arizona's Medicaid program that provides health insurance to low-income residents and others who qualify.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how capitation rates should be adjusted for inflation or changes in service use.
It is unclear what specific policy changes might trigger a need for new legislation beyond the current law's requirements.

Bill History

No action history is stored for this bill yet.

Official Summary Text

SB1526 - technical correction; AHCCCS; capitation rates

Current Bill Text

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SB1526 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; AHCCCS; capitation rates

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1526

Introduced by

Senator
Hatathlie: Representative Sandoval

AN
ACT

amending section 36-2901.06,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the arizona health care cost containment
system.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 36-2901.06, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
36-2901.06.

Capitation rate adjustments; limitation

Capitation rate adjustments
shall be

are
limited to utilization of existing services and inflation
unless policy changes, including creation or expansion of programs, have been
approved by the legislature or are specifically required by federal law or
court mandate.
END_STATUTE