SB 1212 — health insurance; reimbursement rates; vaccines

BillSenate Number:Engrossed health insurance;

S.B.reimbursement rates;

vaccines State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session SENATE BILL 1212 HoffmanAN ADDACT COWAMENDING FloorTITLE Amendment20, ReferenceCHAPTER to:2, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 20-243;

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Council1212 FLOORBe AMENDMENTit EXPLANATIONenacted 1.by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Replaces the prohibition against a health insurer reimbursing a health professional at a different rate based on a covered individual's vaccination status with a prohibition against a health insurer reimbursing a health professional at a different rate based on a covered individual's decision to refuse one or more vaccines.

Amendment explanation prepared by Molly Graver 3/3/2026 Fifty-seventh Legislature Hoffman Second Regular Session S.B.

1212 ADDITIONAL COW HOFFMAN FLOOR AMENDMENT SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

1212 (Reference to printed bill) Amendment instruction key:

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[Green underlining in brackets] indicates text added to new session law or text restoring existing law.

[GREEN STRIKEOUT IN BRACKETS] indicates new text removed from statute or previously enacted session law.

[Green strikeout in brackets] indicates text removed from existing statute, previously enacted session law or new session law.

<<Green carets>> indicate a section added to the bill.

<<Green strikeout in carets>> indicates a section removed from the bill.

The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2027, A HEALTH CARE INSURER MAY NOT REIMBURSE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AT A DIFFERENT RATE BASED ON A COVERED INDIVIDUAL'S [VACCINATIONDECISION STATUS] [DECISION TO REFUSE ONE OR MORE VACCINES].VACCINES.

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