SB 1347 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

AHCCCS; comprehensive dental care

SB 1347 amends Arizona's AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System) to add comprehensive dental care as a covered service for eligible adults. It specifically provides emergency dental care and extractions with an annual limit of $1,000 per member for individuals aged 21 and older. This expansion directly affects AHCCCS enrollees who previously had limited or no dental coverage under the program. The bill modifies existing coverage rules to include this dental benefit while maintaining other existing service limits and exclusions.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Version Senate Engrossed Version · 9 edits · Mar 10, 2025
MAJOR
The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate engrossed version, incorporating substantive policy changes to Arizona's AHCCCS dental coverage and healthcare rules. Key changes include expanding diabetes self-management training eligibility, clarifying family planning service exceptions, and reorganizing exclusions for services like bariatric surgery and hearing aids.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on amending Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-2907 regarding AHCCCS covered services, but eligibility criteria and service definitions were modified.
ELIGIBILITY

Diabetes outpatient self-management training now covers members with a new diagnosis or those with a change in diagnosis/condition/treatment regimen who are not meeting clinical outcomes.

Family planning service exceptions were clarified to allow the administration to contract directly with other providers if a contractor opts out of providing these services.

REQUIREMENT

Exclusions for prosthetic devices were updated to explicitly list hearing aids, dentures, bone-anchored hearing aids, and cochlear implants, with a $12,500 annual limit on other prosthetic devices.

Bariatric surgery procedures, including gastric bypass and restrictive procedures, are now explicitly excluded from covered services.

Speech therapy is now explicitly excluded from outpatient health services for eligible persons aged 21 and older.

Durable medical equipment coverage is now limited to items covered by Medicare.

Nonexperimental transplants now explicitly exclude pancreas-only transplants.

Percussive vests are now explicitly excluded from covered health and medical services.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reorganized with new subsections (B through O) to clarify limits, exclusions, and administrative rules.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025

How they voted

243
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
Mar 10, 2025
D Democratic13
10 Yea 3
76% Yea
R Republican17
14 Yea 3 Nay
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of T.J. Shope
T.J. Shope
RRepublican
AZ
16