36-3401. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Administration' means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. 2. ' Advisory council' means the Arizona state advisory council on the seriously mentally ill. 3. ' Children' means persons who are under the age of nineteen years or persons who are under the age of twenty-two years and enrolled in an educational facility. 4. ' Clean claim' means a claim that can be processed without obtaining additional information from the service provider or from a third party. Clean claim does not include claims under investigation for fraud or abuse or claims under review for medical necessity. 5. ' Director' means the director of the administration. 6. ' Regional behavioral health authority' means an organization under contract with the administration to coordinate the delivery of mental health services in a geographically specific service area of the state for eligible persons. 7. ' Service provider' means an organization or mental health professional that meets the criteria established by the administration and has a contract with the administration or a regional behavioral health authority.
Arizona Legal Code
§ 36.3401
Source: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/03401.htm· Version 2026