Arizona Laws 20-3503. Enforcement and oversight
A. The department shall enforce this chapter.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 20-3503
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
- Health care insurer: means a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability insurer, health care services organization, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporation that issues a health plan in this state. See Arizona Laws 20-3501
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Mental health parity and addiction equity act: means the mental health parity and addiction equity act of 2008 (42 United States Code § 300gg-26) and implementing regulations. See Arizona Laws 20-3501
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. On or before January 1, 2021, the department shall develop a web page that provides the following information in nontechnical and readily understandable language:
1. Consumer-friendly information concerning the scope and applicability of the mental health parity and addiction equity act and the mental health parity requirements that apply to health care insurers that issue health plans in this state.
2. A step-by-step guide with supporting information that explains how consumers can file an appeal or complaint with the department concerning an alleged violation of this chapter. The guide must also prominently display a link to the United States department of labor’s website, or a related website, that provides information on appeals or complaints by consumers who are covered by self-insured plans that are regulated by the employee retirement income security act of 1974 (P.L. 93-406; 88 Stat. 829).
C. On or before January 1, 2023, the department shall post to the web page prescribed in subsection B of this section an aggregated summary of its analysis of the reports filed by health care insurers pursuant to section 20-3502, subsection B, including any conclusions regarding industry compliance with the mental health parity and addiction equity act. The department may not post any information that:
1. Contains any proprietary or confidential information of a health care insurer.
2. Enables a person to determine the identity of a health care insurer.
D. Beginning in 2022, the department shall include in its annual report a summary of all stakeholder outreach and regulatory activity related to the implementation, oversight and enforcement of the mental health parity and addiction equity act and the requirements of this chapter.