§ 23-61-803. Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace
(a) The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace is created as a division within the State Insurance Department. (b) The State Insurance Department shall plan and administer the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace and employ necessary staff. (c) The State Insurance Department shall keep an accurate accounting of all activities, receipts, and expenditures on behalf of the Arkansas […]
§ 23-61-1002. Legislative intent
Notwithstanding any general or specific laws to the contrary, it is the intent of the General Assembly for the Arkansas Works Program to be a fiscally sustainable, cost-effective, and opportunity-driven program that: (1) Empowers individuals to improve their economic security and achieve self-reliance; (2) Builds on private insurance market competition and value-based insurance purchasing models; […]
§ 23-61-804. Duties of Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace
(a) The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace shall: (1) Implement procedures and criteria for the certification, recertification, and decertification of health benefit plans as qualified health plans in compliance with state and federal law; (2) Provide for the operation of a toll-free telephone hotline to respond to requests for assistance; (3) Require that a health carrier […]
§ 23-61-1003. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Cost-effective” means that the cost of covering employees who are: (A) Program participants, either individually or together within an employer health insurance coverage, is the same or less than the cost of providing comparable coverage through individual qualified health insurance plans; or (B) Eligible individuals who are not program […]
§ 23-61-805. Funding — Publication of costs
(a) (1) The General Assembly shall establish a reasonable initial assessment or user fee and reasonable increases or decreases in the amount of future assessments or user fees and penalties and interest charges for nonpayment of an assessment or user fee charged to participating health insurers for the efficient operation of the Arkansas Health Insurance […]
§ 23-61-1004. Administration of Arkansas Works Program
(a) (1) The Department of Human Services, in coordination with the State Insurance Department and other necessary state agencies, shall: (A) Provide health insurance or medical assistance under this subchapter to eligible individuals; (B) Create and administer the Arkansas Works Program; (C) Submit and apply for any federal waivers, Medicaid state plan amendments, or other […]
§ 23-61-806. Rules
(a) The Insurance Commissioner may promulgate rules to implement this subchapter. (b) Rules promulgated under this section shall not conflict with or prevent the application of regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the federal act.
§ 23-61-1005. Requirements for eligible individuals
(a) (1) To promote health, wellness, and healthcare education about appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviors, an eligible individual shall receive a wellness visit from a primary care provider within: (A) The first year of enrollment in health insurance coverage for an eligible individual who is not a program participant and is enrolled in employer health insurance coverage; […]
§ 23-61-807. Relation to other laws
(a) This subchapter is amendatory to the Arkansas Insurance Code. (b) Provisions of the Arkansas Insurance Code that are not in conflict with this subchapter are applicable to this subchapter. (c) This subchapter and actions taken by the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace under this subchapter shall not be construed to preempt or supersede the authority […]
§ 23-61-901. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015”.