20-2541 - Arizona Statutes

20-2541. Health care insurer fee The director of the department of insurance may assess each health care insurer that is authorized to transact insurance: 1. A single fee of not more than two hundred dollars per insurer. 2. Up to two hundred dollars each year for the costs of performing the responsibilities relating to the procurement of independent review organizations as prescribed in sections 20-2537 and 20-2538 and for implementing and maintaining the external independent review process, including processing and paying claims through the health care appeals fund established by section 20-2540. The department of insurance is authorized one full-time equivalent position to perform these responsibilities.