Tomorrow is opening day for the 56th Arizona Legislature. As often is the case after redistricting, there’s a ton of turnover among legislators. In fact, more than half of the legislators are new this session! There are 30 new members in the House and 16 new members in the Senate.
Governor Katie Hobbs will also deliver her first State of the State address to a joint session of the Arizona House and Senate tomorrow morning.
The Senate Health committee is meeting on Tuesday at 2pm. They’ll be hearing a bill that would require AHCCCS to pay for medically necessary cochlear implants for their members (SB 1716). We have signed up in support of that bill (we’re the 1st organization to sign up in support!). In the committee comments we suggested they amend the bill to include a restoration of the bone anchored hearing aid benefit (which was eliminated by AHCCCS in 2010).
The House Health Committee isn’t meeting next week. They’ll be meeting on Monday mornings once they start work.
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DATE: Tuesday, January 10, 2023, TIME: 2:00 P.M. ROOM: SHR 1
SENATORS: Borrelli, Hatathlie, Shamp (Vice-Chairman), Burch, Wadsack, Shope (Chair), Gonzales
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Monday, January 9, 2023, ROOM HHR 4 NOT MEETING THIS WEEK (future times TBD)
Members: Bliss, Hernandez, Shah, Contreras, Mathis, Parker B (Vice-Chair), Gress Pingerelli, Montenegro (Chair)
