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This bill appropriates $60,000,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), which is Arizona's Medicaid program, to provide a ten percent increase in reimbursement rates for behavioral health providers offering inpatient and outpatient services to Medicaid recipients. This increase is intended to be added on top of existing rates and cannot be absorbed or offset by contracted Medicaid health plans by reducing other negotiated rates, ensuring the full increase reaches the providers. The bill also specifies that these increased rates cannot exceed the maximum amounts allowed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the appropriated funds must be used exclusively for these behavioral health provider rate increases, not for other purposes.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85035