Ark. Code § 23-79-2401

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.

Section 23-79-2401 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Birth mother" means the biological mother of a child;

(2) "Depression" means a mental illness classified as a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and a loss of interest;

(3)

(A) "Health benefit plan" means:

(i) An individual, blanket, or group plan or a policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer; and

(ii) Any health benefit program receiving state or federal appropriations from the State of Arkansas, including the Arkansas Medicaid Program and the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me 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, 2024.

(C) "Health benefit plan" does not include:

(i) A disability income plan;

(ii) A credit insurance plan;

(iii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;

(iv) A medical payment under automobile or homeowners insurance plans;

(v) A health benefit plan 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) A plan that provides only indemnity for hospital confinement;

(vii) An accident-only plan;

(viii) A specified disease plan;

(ix) A long-term-care-only plan;

(x) A dental-only plan; or

(xi) A vision-only plan;

(4) "Healthcare insurer" means an entity subject to the insurance laws of this state or the jurisdiction of the Insurance Commissioner that contracts or offers to contract to provide health insurance coverage, including without limitation an insurance company, a health maintenance organization, a hospital medical service corporation, a self-insured governmental or church plan in this state, or the Arkansas Medicaid Program; and

(5) "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.

Ark. Code § 23-79-2401

Added by Act 2023, No. 316,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.