The General Assembly finds that: (1) Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer in men; (2) In Arkansas, more men die from prostate cancer than women die of breast cancer, the tenth-highest death rate in the nation; (3) Even though the death rate for prostate cancer has decreased in Arkansas, there has been […]
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by an insurer, health maintenance organization, hospital medical service corporation, or self-insured governmental or church plan in this state. (B) “Health benefit plan” includes: (i) Indemnity and managed care […]
(a) (1) A health benefit plan that is offered, issued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2010, and that provides coverage to men forty (40) years of age or older in this state shall provide coverage for screening for the early detection of prostate cancer in men forty (40) years of […]
