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AR HB1595

Bill

Status

Passed

3/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Trey Steimel

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Origin

House of Representatives

95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Insurance Commissioner may delegate responsibility for the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan, with plan administrators required to be adequately staffed to provide delegated services rather than maintaining a physical office in Arkansas

  • Extends attorney's bond requirement for reciprocal insurers to apply to both domestic and foreign insurers filing declarations with the Insurance Commissioner

  • Changes examination frequency for hospital and medical service corporations from every 3 years to every 5 years

  • Updates service of process rules for domestic insurers to reference Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure instead of the outdated statutory citation § 16-58-124

  • Repeals the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act (Arkansas Code Title 23, Chapter 79, Subchapter 5), which established a state high-risk health insurance pool that ceased operations after the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014

Legislative Description

To Enact The State Insurance Department's General Omnibus Amendment Of Arkansas Insurance Code.

Last Action

Notification that HB1595 is now Act 349

3/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Insurance & Commerce3/6/2025
Insurance and Commerce2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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