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Ark. Code Ann. § 23-79-1401

Definitions

Acts 2009, No. 1179, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer in this state.

(2) “Health benefit plan” includes: Indemnity and managed care plans; and

(3) Governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2009.

(4) “Health benefit plan” does not include: Accidental injury insurance plans;

(5) Dental insurance plans;

(6) Vision insurance plans;

(7) Specified disease insurance plans;

(8) Disability income plans;

(9) Credit insurance plans;

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

(11) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners' insurance plans;

(12) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;

(13) Insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and

(14) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement; and

(15) “Hearing aid” means an instrument or device, including repair and replacement parts, that: Is designed and offered for the purpose of aiding persons with or compensating for impaired hearing;

(16) Is worn in or on the body; and

(17) Is generally not useful to a person in the absence of a hearing impairment.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.