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AR SB641
Bill
Status
3/6/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jason Rapert
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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