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23-99-801. Application and intent.
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23-99-801. Application and intent.
(a) The state's any willing provider laws shall not be construed:
(1) To require all physicians or a percentage of physicians in the state or a locale to participate in the provision of services for a health maintenance organization; or
(2) To take away the authority of health maintenance organizations that provide coverage of physician services to set the terms and conditions for participation by physicians, though health maintenance organizations shall apply the terms and conditions in a nondiscriminatory manner.
(b)(1) The state's any willing provider laws shall apply to:
(A) All health insurers, regardless of whether they are providing insurance, including prepaid coverage, or administering or contracting to provide provider networks; and
(B) All multiple-employer welfare arrangements and multiple-employer trusts.
(2) This subsection shall apply only to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.
(c)(1) The state's any willing provider laws shall be construed to include within their provider definitions all those providers of the same class or classes who are:
(A) Practicing or operating within a border city in an adjoining state; and
(B) Licensed or authorized to practice or operate by the adjoining state, regardless of whether the provider is licensed or otherwise authorized to operate in Arkansas.
(2) As used in this section, “border city” means a city in a state adjoining Arkansas which adjoins the Arkansas state line and is not separated from an Arkansas city only by a navigable river.
(d)(1) As clarification, nothing in the state's any willing provider laws shall be construed to cover or regulate healthcare provider networks offered
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-99-801
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23-99-801. Application and intent.
(a) The state's any willing provider laws shall not be construed:
(1) To require all physicians or a percentage of physicians in the state or a locale to participate in the provision of services for a health maintenance organization; or
(2) To take away the authority of health maintenance organizations that provide coverage of physician services to set the terms and conditions for participation by physicians, though health maintenance organizations shall apply the terms and conditions in a nondiscriminatory manner.
(b)(1) The state's any willing provider laws shall apply to:
(A) All health insurers, regardless of whether they are providing insurance, including prepaid coverage, or administering or contracting to provide provider networks; and
(B) All multiple-employer welfare arrangements and multiple-employer trusts.
(2) This subsection shall apply only to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.
(c)(1) The state's any willing provider laws shall be construed to include within their provider definitions all those providers of the same class or classes who are:
(A) Practicing or operating within a border city in an adjoining state; and
(B) Licensed or authorized to practice or operate by the adjoining state, regardless of whether the provider is licensed or otherwise authorized to operate in Arkansas.
(2) As used in this section, “border city” means a city in a state adjoining Arkansas which adjoins the Arkansas state line and is not separated from an Arkansas city only by a navigable river.
(d)(1) As clarification, nothing in the state's any willing provider laws shall be construed to cover or regulate healthcare provider networks offered by noninsurers.
(2) If an employer sponsoring a self-insured health benefit plan contracts directly with providers or contracts for a healthcare provider network through a noninsurer, then the any willing provider law does not apply.
(3) If a health insurer subcontracts with a noninsurer whose healthcare network does not meet the requirements of the any willing provider law, then the noninsurer may create a separate healthcare provider network that meets the requirements of the any willing provider law.
(4) If the noninsurer chooses not to create the separate healthcare provider network, then the responsibility for compliance with the any willing provider law is the obligation of the health insurer to the extent permitted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the Patient Protection Act of 1995, § 23-99-201 et seq., and this subchapter apply to a health benefit plan provided by the State of Arkansas to state employees and public school personnel under § 21-5-401 et seq., whether self-funded or insured.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Benefit plans as affecting interstate commerce and the Federal taxing power** The Congress finds that the growth in size, scope, and numbers of employee benefit plans in recent years has been rapid and substantial; that the operational scope and economic impact of such plans is increasingly interstate; that the continued well-being and security of millions of employees and their dependents are directly affected by these plans; that they are affected with a national public interest; that they have become an important factor affecting the stability of employment and the successful development of industrial relations; that they have become an important factor in commerce because of the interstate character of their activities, and of the activities of their participants, and the employers, employee organizations, and other entities by which they are established or maintained; that a large volume of the activities of such plans are carried on by means of the mails and instrumentalities of interstate commerce; that owing to the lack of employee information and adequate safeguards concerning their operation, it is desirable in the interests of employees and their beneficiaries, and to provide for the general welfare and the free flow of commerce, that disclosure be made and safeguards be provided with respect to the establishment, operation, and administration of such plans; that they substantially affect the revenues of the United States because they are afforded preferential Federal tax treatment; that despite the enormous growth in such plans many employees with long years of employment are losing anticipated retirement benefits owing to the lack of vesting provisions in such plans; that owing to the inadequacy of current minimum standards, the soundness and stabilit
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 1001
Sec.
1365.
Annual report of plan administrator.
1366.
Annual notification to substantial employers.
1367.
Recovery of liability for plan termination.
1368.
Lien for liability.
1369.
Treatment of transactions to evade liability;
effect of corporate reorganization.
1370.
Enforcement authority relating to termi-
nations of single-employer plans.
1371.
Penalty for failure to timely provide required
information.
SUBTITLE E—SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR MULTIEMPLOYER
PLANS
PART 1—EMPLOYER WITHDRAWALS
1381.
Withdrawal liability established; criteria and
definitions.
1382.
Determination and collection of liability; no-
tification of employer.
1383.
Complete withdrawal.
1384.
Sale of assets.
1385.
Partial withdrawals.
1386.
Adjustment for partial withdrawal; deter-
mination of amount; reduction for partial
withdrawal liability; procedures applicable.
1387.
Reduction or waiver of complete withdrawal
liability; procedures and standards applica-
ble.
1388.
Reduction of partial withdrawal liability.
1389.
De minimis rule.
1390.
Nonapplicability of withdrawal liability for
certain temporary contribution obligation
periods; exception.
1391.
Methods for computing withdrawal liability.
1392.
Obligation to contribute.
1393.
Actuarial assumptions.
1394.
Application of plan amendments; exception.
1395.
Plan notification to corporation of poten-
tially significant withdrawals.
1396.
Special rules for plans under section 404(c) of
title 26.
1397.
Application of part in case of certain pre-1980
withdrawals; adjustment of covered plan.
1398.
Withdrawal not to occur because of change in
business form or suspension of contribu-
tions during labor dispute.
1399.
Notice, collection, etc., of withdrawal liabil-
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
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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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-99-201. Short title.
This subchapter may be cited as the “Patient Protection Act of 1995”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-99-201
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