{
  "jurisdiction": "AZ",
  "name": "Arizona",
  "posture": "no_model_bulletin",
  "citation": null,
  "action_date": null,
  "date_qualifier": null,
  "amended_effective": null,
  "verbatim_vs_modified": null,
  "source_id": "legislative-research",
  "provenance": {
    "posture": "naic-adoption-map-absence"
  },
  "other_activity": [
    {
      "type": "statute",
      "citation": "HB 2175 (57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session), Chapter 165",
      "title": "claims; prior authorization; conduct",
      "subject": "Adds A.R.S. 20-3103 and 20-3407. Before a health care insurer may issue a direct denial of a prior authorization involving medical necessity, the medical director must individually review the denial, exercise independent medical judgment, and may not rely solely on recommendations from any other source.",
      "quote": "THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR SHALL INDIVIDUALLY REVIEW THE DENIAL. DURING EACH INDIVIDUAL REVIEW, THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR SHALL EXERCISE INDEPENDENT MEDICAL JUDGMENT AND MAY NOT RELY SOLELY ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.",
      "ai_specific": false,
      "scope_note": "The enrolled text does NOT contain the phrase 'artificial intelligence' anywhere. The provision is AI-relevant because 'any other source' captures an algorithmic recommendation, but this is not an AI-specific statute. Listing it as one would overstate what Arizona enacted.",
      "status": "enacted",
      "enacted": "2025-05-12",
      "effective": "2026-06-30",
      "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/HB2175S.pdf",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "verified_on": "2026-08-21",
      "correction": "Previously recorded as a 2026 law. It is 57th Legislature 1st Regular Session, signed 2025-05-12."
    }
  ],
  "_provenance": {
    "source": "Implementation of NAIC Model Bulletin: Use of AI Systems by Insurers",
    "url": "https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/legal-adoption-map-ai-model-bulletin.pdf",
    "source_as_of": "2026-08-06",
    "retrieved": "2026-08-18",
    "caveat": "Index, not authority. Confirm against the issuing regulator's own bulletin before relying on this for a compliance decision."
  }
}