Bill Text: AZ HB2163 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hospitals; charge limit; drugs; devices

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-23 - Introduced in House and read first time [HB2163 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2022-HB2163-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: hospitals; charge limit; drugs; devices

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

 

 

 

HB 2163

 

Introduced by

Representative Kaiser

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-438; relating to health care institutions.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-438, to read:

START_STATUTE36-438. Hospitals; charges for prescription drugs and devices; limit; definitions

A. A hospital may not charge more than the medicare part B reimbursement rate, or ten percent over the hospital's acquisition cost if there is no applicable medicare part B reimbursement rate, for prescription medication or a prescription-only device.

B. For the purposes of this section, "prescription medication" and "prescription-only device" have the same meanings prescribed in section 32-1901. END_STATUTE