§ 23-61-1001. Title

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Works Act of 2016”.

§ 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; […]

§ 23-61-1003. 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 […]

§ 23-61-1004. 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 […]

§ 23-61-1005. 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; […]

§ 23-61-1006. Requirements for program participants

(a) A program participant who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older shall enroll in employer health insurance coverage if the employer health insurance coverage meets the standards in § 23-61-1008(a). (b) (1) A program participant who has income of at least one hundred percent (100%) of the federal poverty level shall pay a […]

§ 23-61-1007. Insurance standards for individual qualified health insurance plans

(a) Insurance coverage for a program participant enrolled in an individual qualified health insurance plan shall be obtained through silver-level metallic plans as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 18022(d) and § 18071, as they existed on January 1, 2016, that restrict out-of-pocket costs to amounts that do not exceed applicable out-of-pocket cost limitations. (b) The […]

§ 23-61-1009. Sunset

This subchapter shall expire on December 31, 2021.