Arkansas Code Title 23, Subtitle 3, Chapter 79, Subchapter 5 - Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act
- § 23-79-501 - Purpose.
(a) (1) Acts 1995, No. 1339, established the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool as a state program that was intended to provide an alternate...
- § 23-79-502 - Short Title.
This subchapter may be cited as the "Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act", and is amendatory to the Arkansas Insurance Code and the provisions of...
- § 23-79-503 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) "Agent" means any person who is licensed to sell health insurance in this state; (2) "Board" means the...
- § 23-79-504 - Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool.
(a) There is created a nonprofit legal entity to be known as the "Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool" as the successor entity to the...
- § 23-79-505 - Plan of Operation.
(a) (1) The Board of Directors of the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool shall adopt a plan of operation pursuant to this subchapter and...
- § 23-79-506 - Powers.
(a) (1) The Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool shall have the general powers and authority granted under the laws of the State of Arkansas...
- § 23-79-507 - Funding of Pool.
(a) Premiums. (1) (A) The Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool shall establish premium rates for plan coverage as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this...
- § 23-79-508 - Plan Administrator.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool shall select an insurer through a competitive bidding process to administer the...
- § 23-79-509 - Plan Eligibility.
(a) General Eligibility Requirements. The following requirements apply to a resident eligible person or a trade adjustment assistance eligible person in order for the...
- § 23-79-510 - Outline of Benefits.
(a) (1) Subject to the contractual policy form language adopted by the Board of Directors of the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool, expenses for...
- § 23-79-511 - Confidentiality.
(a) (1) All steps necessary under state and federal law to protect confidentiality of applicants and covered persons shall be undertaken by the Board...
- § 23-79-512 - Collective Action.
Neither the participation in the plan as insurers, the establishment of rates, forms, or procedures nor any other joint or collective action required by...
- § 23-79-513 - Unfair Referral to Plan -- Prohibited Practices by Employers.
(a) It shall constitute an unfair trade practice under the Trade Practices Act, § 23-66-201 et seq., for an insurer, agent, broker, or third-party...
- § 23-79-514 - [Repealed.]
- § 23-79-515 - Orderly Cessation of Operations.
(a) (1) The Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool shall cease enrollment and coverage under the plan on and after January 1, 2014, as required...
- § 23-79-516 - Statute of Limitations and Repose.
Because winding up the operations of the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool requires the expeditious determination of its outstanding liabilities, a cause of action...
- § 23-79-517 - Individuals Moving to Arkansas and Previously Covered by Another Qualified High-Risk Pool.
(a) Notwithstanding § 23-79-510(f), if a resident eligible person is eligible for plan coverage because the person previously was covered under a qualified high-risk...
Last modified: November 15, 2016