AR HB1034

Requires healthcare insurers in Arkansas to reimburse healthcare professionals for vaginal births at the same rate as Cesarean section births under health benefit plans.

Defines "health benefit plan" to include indemnity and managed care plans, nonfederal governmental plans, but excludes disability, credit, supplemental liability, accident-only, dental-only, vision-only, and long-term-care-only plans.

Establishes legislative findings that approximately one-third of the 10,000 daily births in the United States are Cesarean sections and that healthcare professionals are generally paid more for Cesarean deliveries than vaginal births.

Defines key terms including "birth" (vaginal delivery or Cesarean section), "healthcare insurer" (entities providing health insurance coverage), and "reimbursement rate" (amount paid based on Current Procedural Terminology codes or Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes).