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23-79-1302. Definitions.
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23-79-1302. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by an insurer, health maintenance organization, hospital medical service corporation, or self-insured governmental or church plan in this state.
(B) “Health benefit plan” includes:
(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and
(ii) Governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2009.
(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:
(i) Accidental injury insurance plans;
(ii) Dental insurance plans;
(iii) Vision insurance plans;
(iv) Specified disease insurance plans;
(v) Disability income plans;
(vi) Credit insurance plans;
(vii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
(viii) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners' insurance plans;
(ix) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;
(x) Insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and
(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2) “National Comprehensive Cancer Network” means:
(A) A not-for-profit alliance of twenty-one (21) of the world's leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer; and
(B) With the primary goal of improving the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of oncology practice so that patients may live better lives; and
(3) “Prematur
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23-79-1302. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by an insurer, health maintenance organization, hospital medical service corporation, or self-insured governmental or church plan in this state.
(B) “Health benefit plan” includes:
(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and
(ii) Governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2009.
(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:
(i) Accidental injury insurance plans;
(ii) Dental insurance plans;
(iii) Vision insurance plans;
(iv) Specified disease insurance plans;
(v) Disability income plans;
(vi) Credit insurance plans;
(vii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
(viii) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners' insurance plans;
(ix) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;
(x) Insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and
(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement;
(2) “National Comprehensive Cancer Network” means:
(A) A not-for-profit alliance of twenty-one (21) of the world's leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer; and
(B) With the primary goal of improving the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of oncology practice so that patients may live better lives; and
(3) “Premature death” means a death that occurs before sixty-five (65) years of age.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The terms “employee welfare benefit plan” and “welfare plan” mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that such plan, fund, or program was established or is maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment, or vacation benefits, apprenticeship or other training programs, or day care centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal services, or (B) any benefit described in [section 186(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section186/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than pensions on retirement or death, and insurance to provide such pensions).
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the terms “employee pension benefit plan” and “pension plan” mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances such plan, fund, or program—
(i) provides retirement income to employees, or
(ii) results in a deferral of income by employees for periods extending to the termination of covered employment or beyond,
regardless of the method of calculating the contributions made to the plan, the method of calculating the benefits under the plan or the method of distributing benefits from the plan. A distribution from a plan, fund, or program shall not be treated as made
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 1002
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 1, 1986, with certain exceptions,
see section 11019 of Pub. L. 99–272, set out as an Effec-
tive Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 1341 of
this title.
§ 1002. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The terms ‘‘employee welfare benefit plan’’
and ‘‘welfare plan’’ mean any plan, fund, or pro-
gram which was heretofore or is hereafter estab-
lished or maintained by an employer or by an
employee organization, or by both, to the extent
that such plan, fund, or program was established
or is maintained for the purpose of providing for
its participants or their beneficiaries, through
the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) med-
ical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or
benefits in the event of sickness, accident, dis-
ability, death or unemployment, or vacation
benefits, apprenticeship or other training pro-
grams, or day care centers, scholarship funds, or
prepaid legal services, or (B) any benefit de-
scribed in section 186(c) of this title (other than
pensions on retirement or death, and insurance
to provide such pensions).
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the terms ‘‘employee pension benefit plan’’ and
‘‘pension plan’’ mean any plan, fund, or program
which was heretofore or is hereafter established
or maintained by an employer or by an em-
ployee organization, or by both, to the extent
that by its express terms or as a result of sur-
rounding circumstances such plan, fund, or pro-
gram—
(i) provides retirement income to employees,
or
(ii) results in a deferral of income by em-
ployees for periods extending to the termi-
nation of covered employment or beyond,
regardless of the method of calculating
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
11-9-101. Title — Purpose.
(a) This chapter shall be cited as the “Workers' Compensation Law”.
(b) The primary purposes of the workers' compensation laws are to pay timely temporary and permanent disability benefits to all legitimately injured workers who suffer an injury or disease arising out of and in the course of their employment, to pay reasonable and necessary medical expenses resulting therefrom, and then to return the worker to the work force; to improve workplace safety through safety programs; to improve health care delivery through use of managed care concepts; to encourage the return to work of injured workers; to deter and punish frauds of agents, brokers, solicitors, employers, and employees relating to procurement of workers' compensation coverage or the provision or denial of benefits; to curtail the rise in medical costs associated with the provision of workers' compensation benefits; and to emphasize that the workers' compensation system in this state must be returned to a state of economic viability.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 11-9-101
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21-5-601. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-5-601
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