Arkansas Code Title 23, Subtitle 3, Chapter 99, Subchapter 5 - Arkansas Mental Health Parity Act of 2009

• § 23-99-501 - Short Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arkansas Mental Health Parity Act of 2009".
• § 23-99-502 - Legislative Findings and Intent.
  It is the intent of this state that if a health benefit plan provides insurance coverage for a mental illness or substance abuse disorder,...
• § 23-99-503 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Carve-out arrangement" means an arrangement in which a healthcare insurer contracts with a separate person or entity to...
• § 23-99-504 - Exclusions.
  This subchapter does not apply to: (1) Dental insurance plans; (2) Vision insurance plans; (3) Specified-disease insurance plans; (4) Accidental injury insurance plans; (5)...
• § 23-99-505 - Increased Cost Exemption.
  (a) (1) This subchapter does not apply to a health benefit plan during the health benefit plan's following health benefit plan year if the...
• § 23-99-506 - Parity Requirements.
  (a) Except as provided in § 23-99-504, a health benefit plan that provides benefits for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses shall provide...
• § 23-99-507 - Medical Necessity.
  (a) The criteria for medical necessity determinations for mental illness made under a health benefit plan shall be made available by the healthcare insurer...
• § 23-99-508 - Permitted Provisions.
  (a) A healthcare insurer may at the healthcare insurer's option provide coverage for a health service, such as intensive case management, community residential treatment...
• § 23-99-509 - Applicability.
  (a) On or after October 3, 2009, this subchapter shall apply to health benefit plans on the health benefit plans' anniversaries or start dates...
• § 23-99-510 - Rules and Regulations.
  The Insurance Commissioner shall enforce this subchapter and shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations for carrying out this subchapter.
• § 23-99-511 - Enforcement.
  The Insurance Commissioner shall have all the powers to enforce this subchapter as are granted to the commissioner elsewhere in the Arkansas Insurance Code.
• § 23-99-512 - Out-Of-network Providers.
  In the case of a health benefit plan that provides both medical benefits and mental illness benefits, if the health benefit plan provides coverage...

Last modified: November 15, 2016