Arizona health experts are celebrating the passage of legislation that will increase the expenditure authority for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
Senate Bill 1096 passed through the Arizona State Senate and House of Representatives earlier this month. The bill increased AHCCCS’s federal expenditure authority from $2.4 billion to $3 billion, which will ensure continued access to care for Medicaid members across Arizona as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed it into law on March 18.
“These federal funds, already allocated for Arizona, are critical to the safety net and necessary to ensure continued access to care for our most vulnerable populations,” said Bettina Nava, interim executive director for the Arizona for Better Medicaid coalition. “Nobody should have to worry about their health care in a pandemic.”
