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23-86-203. Health insurance plans subject to this subchapter.
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23-86-203. Health insurance plans subject to this subchapter.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subchapter apply to any health benefit plan that provided coverage to two (2) or more employees of a small employer.
(b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to individual health insurance policies that are subject to policy form and premium rate approval as provided in § 23-79-109 and § 23-85-101 et seq.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-86-203
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23-86-203. Health insurance plans subject to this subchapter.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this subchapter apply to any health benefit plan that provided coverage to two (2) or more employees of a small employer.
(b) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to individual health insurance policies that are subject to policy form and premium rate approval as provided in § 23-79-109 and § 23-85-101 et seq.
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23-79-109. Filing and approval of forms — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) No basic insurance policy, or annuity contract form, or application form when written application is required and is to be made a part of the policy or contract, or printed rider or endorsement form or form of renewal certificate, shall be issued, delivered, or used as to a subject of insurance resident, located, or to be performed in this state unless the form has been filed with and approved by the Insurance Commissioner and, in the case of individual accident and health contracts, the rates have been filed with and approved by the commissioner.
(ii)(a) The commissioner may consider a nonprofit insurer's surplus levels in determining whether a proposed rate is excessive.
(b) Subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii)(a) of this section does not apply to a nonprofit insurer that offers only limited scope dental benefits.
(B) This subsection shall not apply to:
(i) Policy or coverage forms for large commercial risks, as defined in subsection (g) of this section;
(ii) Commercial umbrella policy or coverage forms;
(iii) Excess umbrella policy or coverage forms;
(iv) Excess of loss policy or coverage forms;
(v) Public officials' liability policy or coverage forms;
(vi) Fiduciary liability policy or coverage forms;
(vii) Directors' and officers' liability policy or coverage forms;
(viii) Kidnap and ransom policy or coverage forms;
(ix) Political risk policy or coverage forms;
(x) Expropriation coverage policy or coverage forms;
(xi) Mortgage pool insurance policy or coverage forms;
(xii) Railroad protective liability policy or coverage forms;
(xiii) Equity loan programs, second mortgage coverage, policy or coverage forms;
(xiv) Highly protected risk forms;
(xv) Surety bonds;
(xvi) Po
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-79-109
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 23-79-109. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-85-101. Franchise plan — Definition.
(a) Accident and health insurance on a franchise plan is declared to be that form of accident and health insurance issued to:
(1) Five (5) or more employees of any corporation, copartnership, or individual employer or any governmental corporation, agency, or department thereof; or
(2) Ten (10) or more members, employees, or employees of members of any trade or professional association or of a labor union or of any other association having had an active existence for at least two (2) years when:
(A) The association or union has a constitution or bylaws and is formed in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance; and
(B) Such persons, with or without their dependents, are issued the same form of an individual policy varying only as to amounts and kinds of coverage applied for by the persons under an arrangement whereby the premiums on the policies may be paid to the insurer periodically by:
(i) The employer, with or without payroll deductions;
(ii) The association for its members; or
(iii) Some designated person acting on behalf of the employer or association or union.
(b) As used in this section, the term “employees” may be deemed to include officers, managers, and employees and retired employees of the employer and the individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual proprietor or partnership.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-85-101
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 23-85-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.