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23-79-1601. Definitions.
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23-79-1601. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Distant site” means the location of the healthcare professional delivering healthcare services through telemedicine at the time the services are provided;
(2)(A) “Health benefit plan” means:
(i) 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; and
(ii) Any health benefit program receiving state or federal appropriations from the State of Arkansas, including the Arkansas Medicaid Program, the Health Care Independence Program [expired], commonly referred to as the “Private Option”, and the Arkansas Works Program, or any successor program.
(B) “Health benefit plan” includes:
(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and
(ii) Nonfederal governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2015.
(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:
(i) Disability income plans;
(ii) Credit insurance plans;
(iii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
(iv) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners insurance plans;
(v) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., or the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;
(vi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement;
(vii) Accident-only plans;
(viii) Specified disease plans; or
(ix) Long-term-care-only plans;
(3) “Healthcare professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of t
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-1601
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23-79-1601. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Distant site” means the location of the healthcare professional delivering healthcare services through telemedicine at the time the services are provided;
(2)(A) “Health benefit plan” means:
(i) 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; and
(ii) Any health benefit program receiving state or federal appropriations from the State of Arkansas, including the Arkansas Medicaid Program, the Health Care Independence Program [expired], commonly referred to as the “Private Option”, and the Arkansas Works Program, or any successor program.
(B) “Health benefit plan” includes:
(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and
(ii) Nonfederal governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2015.
(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:
(i) Disability income plans;
(ii) Credit insurance plans;
(iii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;
(iv) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners insurance plans;
(v) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., or the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;
(vi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement;
(vii) Accident-only plans;
(viii) Specified disease plans; or
(ix) Long-term-care-only plans;
(3) “Healthcare professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession;
(4) “Originating site” means a site at which a patient is located at the time healthcare services are provided to him or her by means of telemedicine;
(5) “Remote patient monitoring” means the use of synchronous or asynchronous electronic information and communication technology to collect personal health information and medical data from a patient at an originating site that is transmitted to a healthcare professional at a distant site for use in the treatment and management of medical conditions that require frequent monitoring;
(6) “Store-and-forward technology” means the asynchronous transmission of a patient's medical information from a healthcare professional at an originating site to a healthcare professional at the distant site; and
(7)(A) “Telemedicine” means the use of electronic information and communication technology to deliver healthcare services, including without limitation the assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a patient.
(B) “Telemedicine” includes store-and-forward technology and remote patient monitoring.
(C) For the purposes of this subchapter, “telemedicine” does not include the use of:
(i) Audio-only communication, including without limitation interactive audio;
(ii) A facsimile machine;
(iii) Text messaging; or
(iv) Electronic mail systems.
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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
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 29 U.S.C. § 1002
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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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