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23-79-1203. Certain activities not prohibited.
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23-79-1203. Certain activities not prohibited.
(a) This subchapter does not prohibit the issuance of policies that provide benefits greater than those required by § 23-79-1202 or more favorable to the insured than those required by § 23-79-1202.
(b) This subchapter does not prohibit the payment of different levels of benefits or from having differences in coinsurance percentages applicable to benefit levels for services provided by preferred and nonpreferred providers as otherwise authorized by law relating to preferred provider arrangements.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-1203
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.23.odt
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23-79-1203. Certain activities not prohibited.
(a) This subchapter does not prohibit the issuance of policies that provide benefits greater than those required by § 23-79-1202 or more favorable to the insured than those required by § 23-79-1202.
(b) This subchapter does not prohibit the payment of different levels of benefits or from having differences in coinsurance percentages applicable to benefit levels for services provided by preferred and nonpreferred providers as otherwise authorized by law relating to preferred provider arrangements.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-79-1202. Coverage — Applicability.
(a) A healthcare policy subject to this subchapter executed, delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after August 1, 2005, shall include colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests within the healthcare policy's coverage.
(b) The coverage shall include colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests for:
(1) Covered persons who are fifty (50) years of age or older;
(2) Covered persons who are less than fifty (50) years of age and at high risk for colorectal cancer according to American Cancer Society colorectal cancer screening guidelines as they existed on January 1, 2005; and
(3) Covered persons experiencing the following symptoms of colorectal cancer as determined by a physician licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.:
(A) Bleeding from the rectum or blood in the stool; or
(B) A change in bowel habits, such as diarrhea, constipation, or narrowing of the stool, that lasts more than five (5) days.
(c) After August 1, 2005, each employer that offers a healthcare policy to employees shall offer all eligible employees at the time of hiring or healthcare policy renewal a healthcare policy that includes colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests within the coverage of the employee's healthcare policy.
(d)(1) The colorectal screening shall involve an examination of the entire colon, including:
(A) The following examinations or laboratory tests, or both:
(i) An annual fecal occult blood test utilizing the take-home multiple sample method, or an annual fecal immunochemical test in conjunction with a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five (5) years;
(ii) A double-contrast barium enema every f
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-1202
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-79-1202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.