Arizona § 36-774 - Medically needy account; definition
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§ 36-774. Medically needy account; definition
A. Seventy cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the medically needy account to provide health care or behavioral health care services to persons who are determined to be eligible for services pursuant to section 36-2901 or 36-2901.01 as provided by the Arizona health care cost containment system pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title, or any other statute, or any expansion of that program or any substantially equivalent or expanded successor program established by the legislature providing health care or behavioral health care services to persons who cannot afford those services and for whom there would otherwise be no coverage. These services shall include preventive care and the treatment of catastrophic illness or injury, as provided by the Arizona health care cost containment system.
B. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration or any successor shall administer the account.
C. Monies that are deposited in the medically needy account:
1. Shall only be used to supplement monies that are appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of providing levels of service that are established pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title to eligible persons as defined in section 36-2901 or any expansion of those levels of service, or for any successor program established by the legislature providing levels of service that are substantially equivalent to, or expanding, those provided pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title to eligible persons.
2. Shall not be used to supplant monies that are appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of providing levels of service established pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title.
D. For purposes of this section, "levels of service" means the provider payment methodology, eligibility criteria and covered services established pursuant to chapter 29, article 1 of this title in effect on July 1, 1993.
Source: official Arizona text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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