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AR HB2209
Bill
Status
5/1/2017
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Gray
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AI Summary
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Adds Subchapter 12 to Arkansas Code Title 23, Chapter 99 to regulate all-products clauses in healthcare provider contracts
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Establishes legislative findings that all-products clauses are anticompetitive tactics allowing healthcare insurers to require provider participation in multiple networks or plans without provider negotiation rights
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Defines key terms including "all-products clause," "healthcare insurer," "healthcare provider," "health benefit plan," and "provider network"
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Permits healthcare providers to opt out of provider contracts containing all-products clauses
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Applies to provider contracts delivered, issued, reissued, extended, or modified on or after the effective date of the act
Legislative Description
To Clarify The Use Of An All-products Clause In A Healthcare Provider Contract.
Last Action
Died in House Committee at Sine Die Adjournment
5/1/2017