Bill Text: AZ HB2135 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health insurance; assignment of benefits

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-02-12 - House COM Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0) [HB2135 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2019-HB2135-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: health insurance; assignment of benefits

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

HB 2135

 

Introduced by

Representatives Cobb: Biasiucci

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending Title 20, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 20‑241; relating to insurance business transactions.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 20, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 20-241, to read:

START_STATUTE20-241.  Assignment of benefits; signatures; definition

A.  If an insured assigns the right to receive benefits to a health care provider for care provided to the insured, any direct payment from the health care insurer to the insured shall require a signature from both the insured and the health care provider in order for the insured to receive the payment.

B.  For the purposes of this section, "health care insurer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20‑3101. END_STATUTE