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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 23-61-101. State Insurance Department — Continuation — Assignment of space - (a) (1) There is created the State Insurance Department. (2)...
§ 23-61-102. Insurance Commissioner - (a) The head of the State Insurance Department shall be...
§ 23-61-103. Insurance Commissioner — Powers and duties - (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall enforce the provisions of the...
§ 23-61-104. Deputies, assistants, and other employees — Appointment — Duties - (a) The Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of...
§ 23-61-105. Insurance Commissioner, deputies, assistants, and other employees — Expense allowance - (a) In addition to compensation for their services, the Insurance...
§ 23-61-106. Insurance Commissioner, deputies, assistants, and other employees — Financial interest prohibited — Exception - (a) The Insurance Commissioner, any deputy, examiner, assistant, or employee...
§ 23-61-107. Records - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner shall enter, in permanent form,...
§ 23-61-108. Rules - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary...
§ 23-61-109. Orders and notices - (a) Orders and notices of the Insurance Commissioner shall be...
§ 23-61-110. Enforcement generally - (a) (1) (A) The Insurance Commissioner may institute such suits...
§ 23-61-111. Enforcement — Foreign decrees - (a) As used in this section and § 23-61-110: (1)...
§ 23-61-112. Annual report - (a) As early in the calendar year as reasonably possible,...
§ 23-61-113. Disclosure of nonpublic personal information - (a) A person shall not disclose any nonpublic personal information...
§ 23-61-115. Policyholder's Bill of Rights - (a) The principles expressed in subsection (b) of this section...
§ 23-61-116. Annual report on health insurance fraud - Annually on or before March 1, the Insurance Commissioner shall...
§ 23-61-117. Risk-based provider organizations - (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall regulate the licensing and financial...
Subchapter 2 - Examination of Insurers, Etc.
§ 23-61-201. Examination of insurers required - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner shall examine the affairs, transactions,...
§ 23-61-202. Examination of managers and promoters required - For the purposes of completing an examination of any company...
§ 23-61-203. Examiners - (a) Upon determining that an examination should be conducted, the...
§ 23-61-204. Examination — Records and appraisals - (a) (1) Every company or person from whom information is...
§ 23-61-205. Examination reports - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner or his or her examiner...
§ 23-61-206. Examination expense - (a) (1) Each person examined shall pay to the State...
§ 23-61-207. Confidentiality of ancillary information - All working papers, recorded information, documents, and copies produced by,...
§ 23-61-208. Immunity from liability - (a) No cause of action shall arise nor shall any...
Subchapter 3 - Proceedings
§ 23-61-301. Examination, investigation, or hearing — Witnesses and evidence - (a) With respect to the subject of any examination, investigation,...
§ 23-61-302. Examination, investigation, or hearing — Testimony compelled - (a) (1) An individual may execute, acknowledge, and file in...
§ 23-61-303. Hearing — Generally - (a) The Insurance Commissioner may hold hearings for any purpose...
§ 23-61-304. Hearing — Notice - (a) Not less than ten (10) days in advance, the...
§ 23-61-305. Hearing — Procedures - (a) Hearings may be closed to the public at the...
§ 23-61-306. Hearing — Order - (a) In the conduct of any hearing under the Arkansas...
§ 23-61-307. Hearing — Appeal - (a) An appeal from the Insurance Commissioner shall be taken...
Subchapter 4 - Fees
§ 23-61-401. License and miscellaneous fees - The Insurance Commissioner shall collect annually or biennially as prescribed...
§ 23-61-402. Disposition - (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall deposit all fees collected under...
Subchapter 5 - Jurisdiction Over Health Benefit Providers
§ 23-61-501. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Enable the...
§ 23-61-502. Exempt health care plans - The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to those...
§ 23-61-503. Jurisdiction of State Insurance Department — Application of Arkansas Insurance Code - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as...
§ 23-61-504. Examination required — Exception - Any person, entity, or other provider described in § 23-61-503...
§ 23-61-508. Rules - The Insurance Commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules which may...
Subchapter 6 - Risk Management Act
§ 23-61-601. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Risk Management Act”.
§ 23-61-602. Purpose - (a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to reduce...
§ 23-61-603. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 23-61-604. Risk Management Division — Creation - There is created a Risk Management Division within the State...
§ 23-61-605. Risk manager — Appointment — Authority - (a) (1) The Administrator of the Risk Management Division will...
§ 23-61-606. Procurement of insurance or surety bonding - (a) The State Procurement Director shall procure insurance or surety...
§ 23-61-607. Rules - (a) The Administrator of the Risk Management Division shall have...
§ 23-61-608. Advice and assistance for certain political subdivisions - (a) At the request of any municipality, county, school district,...
§ 23-61-609. Reports by state agencies - State agencies shall report to the Administrator of the Risk...
§ 23-61-610. Annual report - The Administrator of the Risk Management Division shall report annually...
Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act
§ 23-61-701. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “State Insurance Department...
§ 23-61-702. State Insurance Department Trust Fund — Creation - (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer...
§ 23-61-703. Insurers' administrative and financial regulation fees - (a) Notwithstanding § 26-57-602 and other provisions of Arkansas law,...
§ 23-61-704. Insurers' payment extensions — Penalties for noncompliance — Commissioner's waiver for impaired or insolvent insurers - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner may grant any licensed insurer...
§ 23-61-705. Insurers' regulation fees — Deposit into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues - The Insurance Commissioner shall deposit all administrative and financial regulation...
§ 23-61-706. Administrative and regulatory fees — Other licensees - (a) In addition to and notwithstanding all other current and...
§ 23-61-707. Fees payable by agents on inactive license status - (a) Effective on and after July 1, 1999, the Insurance...
§ 23-61-708. Fees for various other departmental services and products - (a) (1) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subchapter and notwithstanding...
§ 23-61-709. Insurance Commissioner's authority, powers, and duties - (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall be duly authorized to promulgate...
§ 23-61-710. Trust fund — State Insurance Department vouchers and Auditor of State - (a) All fees, license fees, and additional or increased license...
§ 23-61-711. Fees additional to all others currently payable — Exception - The fees assessed or imposed by this subchapter upon insurers,...
Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Act
§ 23-61-801. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 23-61-802. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Federal act” means the...
§ 23-61-803. Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace - (a) The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace is created as a...
§ 23-61-804. Duties of Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace - (a) The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace shall: (1) Implement procedures...
§ 23-61-805. Funding — Publication of costs - (a) (1) The General Assembly shall establish a reasonable initial...
§ 23-61-806. Rules - (a) The Insurance Commissioner may promulgate rules to implement this...
§ 23-61-807. Relation to other laws - (a) This subchapter is amendatory to the Arkansas Insurance Code....
Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015
§ 23-61-901. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 23-61-902. Legislative intent and purpose - (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to...
§ 23-61-903. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative”...
§ 23-61-904. Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative - (a) The Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative is established with the...
§ 23-61-905. Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Board — Membership — Duties - (a) (1) There is created the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative...
§ 23-61-906. Data submission - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...
§ 23-61-907. Data release - (a) Data in the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative shall: (1)...
§ 23-61-908. Penalties for failure to submit data - (a) Except for state or federal agencies that are submitting...
§ 23-61-909. Data collected under State Health Data Clearinghouse Act - (a) The Department of Health shall submit data collected under...
§ 23-61-910. Data collected regarding hospital discharge and emergency department records - (a) The Department of Health shall submit data collected regarding...
Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Works Act of 2016
§ 23-61-1001. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 23-61-1002. Legislative intent - Notwithstanding any general or specific laws to the contrary, it...
§ 23-61-1003. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Cost-effective” means that the...
§ 23-61-1004. Administration of Arkansas Works Program - (a) (1) The Department of Human Services, in coordination with...
§ 23-61-1005. Requirements for eligible individuals - (a) (1) To promote health, wellness, and healthcare education about...
§ 23-61-1006. Requirements for program participants - (a) A program participant who is twenty-one (21) years of...
§ 23-61-1007. Insurance standards for individual qualified health insurance plans - (a) Insurance coverage for a program participant enrolled in an...
§ 23-61-1009. Sunset - This subchapter shall expire on December 31, 2021.
Subchapter 11 - State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services
§ 23-61-1101. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Burial association” means: (A)...
§ 23-61-1102. Creation — Members - (a) There is created within the State Insurance Department the...
§ 23-61-1103. Powers and duties - (a) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and...
§ 23-61-1104. Executive Secretary of the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary...
§ 23-61-1105. Embalmers and funeral directors - (a) The Insurance Commissioner or a person appointed or employed...
§ 23-61-1106. Inspector of the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services — Funeral directing — Embalming, cremating, or transporting human remains - (a) (1) The Insurance Commissioner may request that the Department...
§ 23-61-1107. Crematoriums - (a) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and...
§ 23-61-1108. Transportation of dead human bodies - (a) In the interest of public health and to ensure...
§ 23-61-1109. Cemeteries and cemetery companies - (a) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and...
§ 23-61-1110. Burial associations - (a) The State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and...
§ 23-61-1111. Duties of State Insurance Department - (a) The State Insurance Department shall assist the State Board...