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Ark. Code Ann. § 23-79-1501

Definitions

Acts 2013, No. 1226, § 1; 2015, No. 373, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Craniofacial anomaly” means a congenital or acquired musculoskeletal disorder that primarily affects the cranial facial tissue;

(2) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or any group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered in this state by a healthcare insurer, health maintenance organization, hospital medical service corporation, or self-insured governmental or church plan in this state.

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

(4) Plans providing health benefits to state and public school employees under § 21-5-401 et seq.

(5) “Health benefit plan” does not include: A disability income plan;

(6) A credit insurance plan;

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

(8) Medical payments under an automobile or homeowners' insurance plan;

(9) A health benefit plan 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.;

(10) A plan that provides only indemnity for hospital confinement;

(11) An accident-only plan; or

(12) A specified disease plan; and

(13) “Reconstructive surgery” means the use of surgery to alter the form and function of the cranial facial tissues due to a congenital or acquired musculoskeletal disorder.

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.