1-271. Sovereign authority; affordable care act; definition
A. Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, this state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with the affordable care act by:
1. Funding or implementing a state-based health care exchange or marketplace.
2. Limiting the availability of self-funded health insurance programs or the reinsurance or other products that are traditionally used with self-funded health insurance programs.
3. Funding or aiding in the prosecution of any entity for a violation of the act, except as necessary to maintain the program integrity of the Arizona health care cost containment system.
4. Funding or administering any program or provision of the act except for regulatory activities that:
(a) Are associated with section 20-238 and title 20, chapter 2, article 3.4.
(b) Are administered under sections 36-2901.08 and 36-2901.09.
(c) Involve the Arizona health care cost containment system.
(d) Are associated with initiatives, grants or other funding related to public health treatment, preparedness, education or prevention programs authorized by the affordable care act, provided that the funding does not impose unrelated requirements on this state or its political subdivisions that are outside the scope of the specific program.
B. This state and all political subdivisions of this state may use personnel or financial resources to provide employee health insurance benefits, and such employee health insurance benefits may be in compliance with all provisions of the act.
C. For the purposes of this section, " act" or " affordable care act" means the patient protection and affordable care act (P.L. 111-148) as amended by the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152) and any rules adopted pursuant to those acts.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 1-101 - Designation and citation
§ 1-104 - Effect of repealing clause and construction of act
§ 1-105 - Effect of repeal on prior offenses and punishments
§ 1-106 - Supplements as part of Revised Statutes
§ 1-201 - Adoption of common law; exceptions
§ 1-202 - Private and corporate seals or scrolls; effect
§ 1-211 - Rules of construction and definitions
§ 1-212 - Section headings; source notes; reviser's notes; cross references; exception
§ 1-214 - Words of tense, number and gender
§ 1-216 - Joint authority of public officers; quorum of board or commission
§ 1-217 - Definitions of certain words when used in pleadings
§ 1-218 - Filing by mail; date of filing
§ 1-219 - Interpretation of laws; unborn child; definition
§ 1-241 - Time statutes take effect
§ 1-244 - Retroactivity of statutes
§ 1-245 - Subsequent statute as superseding former law
§ 1-246 - Penalty altered by subsequent law; effect
§ 1-247 - Repeal of law and substitution of penalty; effect
§ 1-248 - Repealing acts; certain laws not affected
§ 1-249 - Repealing act; effect on pending action or accrued right
§ 1-250 - Change of limitation; effect
§ 1-251 - Act abolishing office; effect on tenure
§ 1-252 - Repeal of repealing statute; effect
§ 1-253 - Effect of penal laws on civil remedies, forfeitures, military laws and contempts
§ 1-254 - Limitation on duty of statutory implementation; legislative appropriation requirement
§ 1-255 - Adopting statute by reference; subsequent amendments
§ 1-271 - Sovereign authority; affordable care act; definition
§ 1-272 - Sovereign authority; right of the people to keep and bear arms
§ 1-302 - Closing of offices and courts; transaction of certain judicial business
§ 1-303 - Last day for performance of act a holiday; effect
§ 1-304 - Arbor day; proclamation
§ 1-305 - National day of the cowboy
§ 1-306 - Korean war veterans' day
§ 1-307 - Prisoners of war remembrance day
§ 1-308 - Dr. Cesar Estrada Chavez day
§ 1-309 - Boy Scouts of America day
§ 1-310 - Girl Scouts of the United States of America day
§ 1-311 - Tuskegee airmen commemoration day
§ 1-312 - Vietnam veterans' day
§ 1-313 - Navajo code talkers' day
§ 1-314 - Arizona first responders' day of gratitude and remembrance
§ 1-317 - Beirut marine barracks bombing remembrance day
§ 1-319 - Sandra Day O'Connor civics celebration day; observation
§ 1-320 - Fred Korematsu day of civil liberties and the constitution
§ 1-321 - 9/11 education day; observation
§ 1-322 - Asian American and Pacific Islander month
§ 1-401 - Common problem resolution
§ 1-402 - Reports on common problem resolution
§ 1-601 - Parents' rights protected
§ 1-602 - Parents' bill of rights; governmental interference restricted; burden of proof; definition
§ 1-611 - Mask and face covering mandates; minors; consent of parent or guardian
§ 1-701 - Diplomas; transcripts; recognition
§ 1-801 - Maintenance operations and capital projects; noxious weeds; removal; prohibited use