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23-79-802. Definitions.
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23-79-802. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Health benefits plan” means any individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services, issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer, health maintenance organization, or hospital and medical service corporation, excluding plans, policies, or contracts providing healthcare benefits or healthcare services pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq., and the no-fault medical and hospital benefit requirements under § 23-89-202; and
(2)(A)(i) “State-mandated health benefits” means coverages for healthcare services or benefits required by state law or state rules, requiring the reimbursement or utilization related to a specific health illness, injury, or condition of the covered person or inclusion of a specific category of licensed healthcare practitioner to be provided to the covered person in a health benefits plan for a health-related condition of a covered person.
(ii) However, for the purposes of the options provided by this subchapter, state-mandated health benefits that may be excluded, in whole or in part, shall not include any healthcare services or benefits that were mandated by Acts 1971, No. 34.
(B) “State-mandated health benefits” does not mean standard provisions or rights required to be present in a health benefit plan pursuant to state law or rules unrelated to a specific health illness, injury, or condition of the insured, including, but not limited to, those related to continuation of benefits in § 23-86-114, or entitlement to a conversion policy under § 23-86-115.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-802
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23-79-802. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Health benefits plan” means any individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services, issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer, health maintenance organization, or hospital and medical service corporation, excluding plans, policies, or contracts providing healthcare benefits or healthcare services pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq., and the no-fault medical and hospital benefit requirements under § 23-89-202; and
(2)(A)(i) “State-mandated health benefits” means coverages for healthcare services or benefits required by state law or state rules, requiring the reimbursement or utilization related to a specific health illness, injury, or condition of the covered person or inclusion of a specific category of licensed healthcare practitioner to be provided to the covered person in a health benefits plan for a health-related condition of a covered person.
(ii) However, for the purposes of the options provided by this subchapter, state-mandated health benefits that may be excluded, in whole or in part, shall not include any healthcare services or benefits that were mandated by Acts 1971, No. 34.
(B) “State-mandated health benefits” does not mean standard provisions or rights required to be present in a health benefit plan pursuant to state law or rules unrelated to a specific health illness, injury, or condition of the insured, including, but not limited to, those related to continuation of benefits in § 23-86-114, or entitlement to a conversion policy under § 23-86-115.
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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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21-5-601. 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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23-86-114. Group accident and health insurance — Continuation of coverage beyond termination of employment, change in marital status, etc.
(a) Every group accident and health insurance policy, contract, or certificate providing hospital, surgical, or major medical coverage, other than accident only or specified disease policies, shall contain a provision that any certificate holder, member, or spouse whose coverage under the policy would otherwise terminate due to termination of employment or membership or a change in marital status may continue coverage under the policy for themselves and their eligible dependents as provided in this section.
(b) The continued coverage need not include benefits for dental care, vision services, or prescription drug expenses.
(c)(1) Continuation of coverage shall be available only to individuals who have been insured continuously under the group policy during the three-month period prior to the termination of employment membership or change in marital status.
(2) Continuation of coverage shall not be available to an individual who is eligible for:
(A) Federal Medicare coverage; or
(B)(i) Full coverage under any other group accident and health policy or contract.
(ii) This coverage must provide benefits for all preexisting conditions to be considered full coverage.
(iii) Accordingly, under this subdivision (c)(2), an individual may continue his or her previous group coverage until all preexisting conditions are covered or would be covered under another group policy or contract or until termination pursuant to subsection (f) of this section or pursuant to the applicable provisions of federal law.
(d) An individual who wishes to continue coverage must request continuation in writing not later than ten (10) days after the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-86-114
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23-89-202. Required first party coverage.
Every automobile liability insurance policy covering any private passenger motor vehicle issued or delivered in this state shall provide minimum medical and hospital benefits, income disability, and accidental death benefits under policy provisions and on forms approved by the Insurance Commissioner to the named insured and members of his or her family residing in the same household injured in a motor vehicle accident, to passengers injured while occupying the insured motor vehicle, and to persons other than those occupying another vehicle struck by the insured motor vehicle, without regard to fault, as follows:
(1) Medical and Hospital Benefits. All reasonable and necessary expenses for medical, hospital, nursing, dental, surgical, ambulance, funeral expenses, and prosthetic services incurred within twenty-four (24) months after the automobile accident, up to an aggregate of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per person, and may include any nonmedical remedial care and treatment rendered in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing. Expenses for hospital room charges may be limited to semiprivate accommodations;
(2) Income Disability Benefits. Seventy percent (70%) of the loss of income from work during a period commencing eight (8) days after the date of the accident, and not to exceed fifty-two (52) weeks, but subject to a maximum of one hundred forty dollars ($140) per week. In the case of a nonincome earner, the benefits shall consist of expenses not to exceed seventy dollars ($70.00) per week, or any fractional part of a week, which are reasonably incurred for essential services in lieu of those the injured person would have performed without income during a period commencing eight (8) days after the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-89-202
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 23-89-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.