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23-79-501. Purpose.
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23-79-501. Purpose.
(a)(1) Acts 1995, No. 1339, established the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool as a state program that was intended to provide an alternate market for health insurance for certain uninsurable Arkansas residents, and further this subchapter is intended to provide for the successor entity that will provide the acceptable alternative mechanism as described in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for providing portable and accessible individual health insurance coverage for federally eligible individuals as defined in this subchapter.
(2) This subchapter further is intended to provide a health insurance coverage option for persons eligible for a federal income tax credit under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code, as created by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 or as subsequently amended.
(b) The General Assembly declares that it intends for this program to provide portable and accessible individual health insurance coverage for every individual who qualifies for coverage in accordance with § 23-79-509(b) as a federally eligible individual or as a qualified trade adjustment assistance eligible person but does not intend for every eligible person who qualifies for pool coverage in accordance with § 23-79-509 to be guaranteed a right to be issued a policy under this pool as a matter of entitlement.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-501
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23-79-501. Purpose.
(a)(1) Acts 1995, No. 1339, established the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool as a state program that was intended to provide an alternate market for health insurance for certain uninsurable Arkansas residents, and further this subchapter is intended to provide for the successor entity that will provide the acceptable alternative mechanism as described in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for providing portable and accessible individual health insurance coverage for federally eligible individuals as defined in this subchapter.
(2) This subchapter further is intended to provide a health insurance coverage option for persons eligible for a federal income tax credit under section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code, as created by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 or as subsequently amended.
(b) The General Assembly declares that it intends for this program to provide portable and accessible individual health insurance coverage for every individual who qualifies for coverage in accordance with § 23-79-509(b) as a federally eligible individual or as a qualified trade adjustment assistance eligible person but does not intend for every eligible person who qualifies for pool coverage in accordance with § 23-79-509 to be guaranteed a right to be issued a policy under this pool as a matter of entitlement.
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23-79-509. Plan eligibility.
(a) General Eligibility Requirements. The following requirements apply to a resident eligible person or a trade adjustment assistance eligible person in order for the person to be eligible for plan coverage:
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section or subsection (b) of this section, any individual person who meets the definition of resident eligible person as defined by § 23-79-503 or a trade adjustment assistance eligible person as defined by § 23-79-503 and is either a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence who continues to be a resident of this state shall be eligible for plan coverage if evidence is provided of:
(A) A notice of rejection or refusal by an insurer to issue substantially similar individual health insurance coverage by reason of the existence or history of a medical condition or upon such other evidence that the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool deems sufficient in order to verify that the applicant is unable to obtain the coverage from an insurer due to the existence or history of a medical condition;
(B)(i) A refusal by an insurer to issue individual health insurance coverage except at a rate that the board determines is substantially in excess of the applicable plan rate.
(ii) A rejection or refusal by a group health plan or insurer offering only stop-loss or excess-of-loss insurance or contracts, agreements, or other arrangements for reinsurance coverage with respect to the applicant shall not be sufficient evidence under this subsection;
(C)(i) Until September 30, 2011, a refusal by an insurer to issue individual health insurance coverage to a child under nineteen (19) years of age.
(ii) After September 3
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-509
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