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AR SB641

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2017

Primary Sponsor

Jason Rapert

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly (2017 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Adds new section 23-79-161 to Arkansas Code Title 23, Chapter 79, requiring health insurers and health benefit plans to cover medical services, products, and devices that Medicare covers.

  • Prohibits insurers from denying coverage or payment based on experimental or investigational status if the federal Medicare program covers the same service, product, or device for the same medical purposes, conditions, diseases, or treatments.

  • Applies to healthcare insurers and health benefit plans operating in Arkansas.

Legislative Description

To Require A Health Insurer To Reimburse For Medical Services And Medical Devices That The Federal Medicare Program Has Determined Are No Longer Experimental Or Investigational In Nature.

Last Action

Sine Die adjournment

5/1/2017

Committee Referrals

Public Health, Welfare And Labor3/6/2017

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