Bill Amendment: AZ SB1321 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: DOI; report; surprise billing
Status: 2017-03-13 - House BI Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (8-0-0-0-0-0) [SB1321 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-SB1321-SENATE_-_Finance.html
Fifty-third Legislature Finance
First Regular Session S.B. 1321
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1321
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 5, after the period, insert "The director may contract with one or more entities to produce the report."
Line 9, strike "other state's"
Line 10, after "procedures" insert "of other states"
Line 15, strike "incidents" insert "incidence"
Between lines 15 and 16, insert:
"6. Root cause analysis of factors contributing to surprise billing including the following:
(a) Frequency of out-of-network charges billed at in-network hospitals.
(b) Network adequacy standards, adequacy of regulations for in-network provider coverage and in-network hospitals.
(c) Consumer education and disclosure for coverage for in-network and out-of-network services and costs and network and benefit design.
(d) Oversight of accuracy and adequacy of provider directories."
Line 19, strike "includes" insert "is a"
Line 21, after "at" strike remainder of line
Strike lines 22 and 23, insert "an in-network facility without the patient knowing the provider is out of network."
Amend title to conform
