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People with health insurance

4 items, most far-reaching first.

Affects many Arizonans 2

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This health budget law sets new eligibility checks for AHCCCS (Arizona's Medicaid program), creates a board that must approve the state employee health plan's benefits and rates, bars cities, towns and counties from using opioid settlement money for safer smoking equipment, and sets public meeting rules before federal rural health money is spent.

State government employeesLocal governmentsPeople with health insuranceOlder adultsHealth insurance HB4160Applies retroactively from June 30, 2026 (and 12 more dates)

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Starting with health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, the state-regulated insurers named in this law may not charge deductibles, copays or coinsurance for screening mammograms or for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams needed to complete screening, with a narrower rule for high deductible plans.

People with health insuranceInsurersHealth insuranceCancer screening SB1165In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

Affects specific groups 2

Arizona law now treats air ambulances (certain federally certificated aircraft) separately from ground and water ambulances, sets staffing for air ambulance transfers between facilities, and extends many existing ambulance rules and legal protections to air ambulances and their medical crews.

People with health insuranceAviation usersHealth insuranceLawsuitsTransportation HB2179In effect since September 12, 2026

Health care providers, health care institutions and drug manufacturers may not pay patients' health insurance premiums (unless federal law expressly allows it), and doctors, nurses and licensed health care institutions may not advise patients to join or leave a specific insurer's plan unless the person advising is a licensed insurance producer.

People with health insuranceInsurersBusiness ownersHealth insuranceFraudCourts SB1494In effect since September 12, 2026