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 services to persons who
are determined to be eligible for services pursuant to section 36-2901.01 or 36-2901.04
as provided by the Arizona health care cost containment system pursuant to chapter 29,
article 1 of this title or any expansion of that program or any substantially equivalent
or expanded successor program established by the legislature providing 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.
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