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AR HB1296

Bill

Status

Passed

4/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Lee Johnson

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Healthcare insurers must provide coverage for healthcare services delivered in mobile units (premanufactured structures, trailers, or self-propelled units on wheels) when the service would otherwise be covered at another location

  • Cost-sharing requirements (deductibles, copayments, coinsurance) for services in mobile units cannot be higher than for the same services provided at traditional healthcare facilities

  • Applies to individual, blanket, and group health plans, as well as Arkansas Medicaid and the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Program

  • Mobile units must conform to Department of Health rules and be billed using the designated place-of-service code for mobile units

  • Excludes workers' compensation plans from the coverage mandate

Legislative Description

To Mandate Coverage For Healthcare Services Provided In Mobile Units.

Last Action

Notification that HB1296 is now Act 556

4/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Insurance & Commerce3/31/2025
Insurance and Commerce1/29/2025

Full Bill Text

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