(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 pool of another state, a preexisting condition exclusion otherwise applicable to the resident eligible person:
(1) Shall be reduced by each month of coverage in which the resident eligible person was subject to a preexisting condition exclusion in the other state's qualified high-risk pool; or
(2) Does not apply if the resident eligible person was not subject to a preexisting condition exclusion in the other state's qualified high-risk pool.
(b) This section expires on the last day an individual may be enrolled into plan coverage under this subchapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Chapter 79 - Insurance Policies Generally
Subchapter 5 - Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act
§ 23-79-504. Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool
§ 23-79-505. Plan of operation
§ 23-79-508. Plan administrator
§ 23-79-510. Outline of benefits
§ 23-79-512. Collective action
§ 23-79-513. Unfair referral to plan — Prohibited practices by employers
§ 23-79-515. Orderly cessation of operations