Bill > HB2075

This bill mandates that the director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) must annually apply for waivers or amendments to the current Section 1115 waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by March 30th, to implement specific changes to the state's Medicaid program. These proposed changes include instituting work requirements for able-bodied adults, which would require them to be employed, actively seek employment, or attend school/job training for at least 20 hours per week, with monthly verification of compliance and income changes, and potential enrollment bans for non-compliance. The bill also proposes a lifetime limit of five years of benefits for able-bodied adults, with certain exemptions such as pregnancy, sole caregiving of a young child, disability, or being a full-time student under 19. Furthermore, it seeks to allow AHCCCS to develop cost-sharing requirements to discourage non-emergency use of emergency departments and ambulance services. The director must also submit a letter confirming these waiver requests to legislative leadership by April 1st. For the purposes of this bill, "able-bodied" is defined as physically and mentally capable of working, and "adult" refers to individuals aged 19 and older. Additionally, AHCCCS is exempt from standard rulemaking procedures for one year to implement these changes.