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23-79-1501. Definitions.
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23-79-1501. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Craniofacial anomaly” means a congenital or acquired musculoskeletal disorder that primarily affects the cranial facial tissue;
(2)(A) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or any group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered in this state by a healthcare 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) Plans providing health benefits to state and public school employees under § 21-5-401 et seq.
(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:
(i) A disability income plan;
(ii) A credit insurance plan;
(iii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
(iv) Medical payments under an automobile or homeowners' insurance plan;
(v) A health benefit plan 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.;
(vi) A plan that provides only indemnity for hospital confinement;
(vii) An accident-only plan; or
(viii) A specified disease plan; and
(3) “Reconstructive surgery” means the use of surgery to alter the form and function of the cranial facial tissues due to a congenital or acquired musculoskeletal disorder.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-1501
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23-79-1501. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Craniofacial anomaly” means a congenital or acquired musculoskeletal disorder that primarily affects the cranial facial tissue;
(2)(A) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or any group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered in this state by a healthcare 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) Plans providing health benefits to state and public school employees under § 21-5-401 et seq.
(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:
(i) A disability income plan;
(ii) A credit insurance plan;
(iii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
(iv) Medical payments under an automobile or homeowners' insurance plan;
(v) A health benefit plan 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.;
(vi) A plan that provides only indemnity for hospital confinement;
(vii) An accident-only plan; or
(viii) A specified disease plan; and
(3) “Reconstructive surgery” means the use of surgery to alter the form and function of the cranial facial tissues due to a congenital or acquired musculoskeletal disorder.
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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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21-5-401. State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program established — Legislative intent.
(a) The State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Program is established to manage life and health insurance plan options for the benefit of state employees, state employee retirees, public school employees, and public school employee retirees.
(b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to:
(1) Create a single board to administer the program and to select and offer life and health insurance plan options under the program to participants;
(2) Develop self-funded health plan options that enhance the ability to control premiums and utilize managed care capabilities if feasible and in the best interest of participants; and
(3) Enable a single board to:
(A) Set and manage policies for the program;
(B) Work in a concerted effort toward a common goal of parity between public school and state employee insurance programs;
(C) Improve the quality of healthcare services under the program;
(D) Increase participants' understanding of program features by educating state employees, state employee retirees, public school employees, and public school employee retirees on the program and plan options available under the program, including the advantages and disadvantages of each available plan option; and
(E) Slow the rate of growth of healthcare expenses under the program.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-5-401
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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
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 21-5-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.