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AR Code § 23-76-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-126. Administrative proceedings

 (a)  (1) If the Insurance Commissioner has cause to believe that grounds for the suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority exist, the commissioner shall:  (A) Notify the health maintenance organization in writing of the grounds for suspension or revocation of the certificate of authority; and  (B) Schedule a hearing on the matter at least twenty (20) days after giving written notice of the hearing.    (2) After the hearing or upon the failure of the health maintenance organization to appear at the hearing, the commissioner shall take appropriate action and mail written findings to the health maintenance organization.    (b)  (1) The action of the commissioner may be appealed to Pulaski County Circuit Court upon the record of the proceedings, hearing, and findings of the commissioner.  (2) The commissioner's decision shall be affirmed if it is supported by the preponderance of the evidence in the record.    (c) The Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., applies to proceedings under this section to the extent it is not in conflict with this section.
AR Code § 23-76-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-127. Fees

 A health maintenance organization subject to this chapter shall pay to the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues the following fees:   (1) For filing and reviewing all documents necessary for issuance of an original certificate of authority, one thousand dollars ($1,000);  (2) For issuance of the original certificate of authority, two hundred dollars ($200);  (3) For annual renewal of the certificate of authority, one hundred dollars ($100);  (4) For filing an annual statement, fifty dollars ($50.00); and  (5) For filing amendments to documents required under § 23-76-107, one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 23-76-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-128. Applications, filings, and reports public

 All applications, filings, and reports required under this chapter shall be treated as public documents.
AR Code § 23-76-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-129. Medical information confidential — Exceptions

 (a) Any data or information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee or applicant obtained from the person or from any provider by any health maintenance organization shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, upon the express consent of the enrollee or applicant, pursuant to statute or court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof or in the event of claim of litigation between the person and the health maintenance organization wherein the data or information is pertinent.  (b) A health maintenance organization shall be entitled to claim any statutory privileges against the disclosure which the provider who furnished the information to the health maintenance organization is entitled to claim.
AR Code § 23-76-130 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-130. Insurance Commissioner's authority to contract

 (a) The Insurance Commissioner may contract with qualified persons to make recommendations concerning the adequacy, network adequacy, or accessibility of healthcare services under a healthcare plan furnished or proposed to be furnished by a health maintenance organization.  (b) The commissioner may accept all or part of the recommendations.
AR Code § 23-76-131 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-131. Tax on premiums and copayments

 (a)  (1)  (A)  (i) Each health maintenance organization shall pay a tax on the premiums for coverages provided during the calendar year.  (ii) The tax shall be paid on an annual basis and on a quarterly estimate basis as prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner and reconciled at the time of filing the annual statement.    (B) The taxes due from licensed health maintenance organizations under this section shall be computed on net direct written premiums at the rate described in this section and in §§ 26-57-603 and 26-57-604.  (C)  (i) Further, the premium taxes at the same rate due under this section for health maintenance organization copayments shall only be computed, reported, and paid on the copayments actually received and collected by the health maintenance organization.  (ii) Copayments paid by the patient directly to the doctor, hospital, or other medical providers shall not be subject to taxation.      (2)  (A) The tax shall be paid to the Treasurer of State through the commissioner as a tax imposed for the privilege of transacting business in this state.  (B) The tax shall be computed at the rate of two and one-half percent (2½%), except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.    (3)  (A) The taxes shall be paid on a quarterly estimate basis as prescribed by the commissioner and reconciled annually at the time of filing the annual statement.  (B) In his or her discretion, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of any health maintenance organization that fails to pay the tax levied under this section on the date due or during any reasonable extension of time therefor which may have been expressly granted by the commissioner for good cause upon the health maintenance organization's request.      (b)  (1) For health maintenance organizations maintaining a home office or a regional office in this state, the tax shall be computed at the rate of two and one-half percent (2½%), except for the credit as provided in § 26-57-604. For purposes of this subsection, any office in this state shall be deemed a health maintenance organization's home or regional office if the office performs substantially the following functions in this state:  (A) Underwriting;  (B) Medical;  (C) Legal;  (D) Issuance of certificates or contracts;  (E) Claims servicing, information, and service;  (F) Advertising and publications;  (G) Public relations; and  (H) Hiring, testing, and training of sales or service forces.    (2) On or before March 1 of each year, any health maintenance organization desiring to qualify an office in this state as a home or regional office shall furnish to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner proof that it is operating a home or regional office in this state.    (c) The commissioner shall deposit all taxes collected under this section into the State Treasury as general revenues.
AR Code § 23-76-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 76 - Health Maintenance Organizations|§ 23-76-132. College students

 If a health maintenance organization requires the selection or assignment of a primary care physician, the health maintenance organization shall provide an enrollee who is a student enrolled at a postsecondary institution one (1) of the following options:   (1) To select two (2) primary care physicians, one (1) located near the enrollee's domicile and one (1) located near the postsecondary institution, provided both primary care physicians have provider contracts with the health maintenance organization; or  (2) To select a primary care physician when the enrollee resides near the enrollee's domicile and then change primary care physicians when the enrollee attends the postsecondary institution, the effective date of the change to be the first of the month following notification, provided both primary care physicians have provider contracts with the health maintenance organization.
AR Code § 23-77-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-102. Exclusive authority of chapter

 (a) This chapter shall be deemed and held exclusive authority for the organization and operation of automobile clubs or associations within this state, and the automobile clubs or associations shall not be subject to any other laws respecting insurance companies of any class, kind, or character, except as to the conduct of hearings by the Insurance Commissioner and appeals therefrom.  (b) However, this chapter shall not affect the validity of any membership certificate of any automobile club or association issued and outstanding prior to March 24, 1955.
AR Code § 23-77-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-103. Penalty

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization to organize, operate, or in any way solicit members for an automobile club or association or offer any of the motor club services as defined in § 23-77-101, except in the manner provided in this chapter and under the rules promulgated by the Insurance Commissioner.  (b) Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 23-77-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-104. Automobile clubs or associations under authority, supervision, and control of Insurance Commissioner

 All automobile clubs or associations organized and operating in the State of Arkansas shall be under the authority, supervision, and control of the Insurance Commissioner.
AR Code § 23-77-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-105. Authority of Insurance Commissioner to grant certificates of authority and conduct hearings

 (a)  (1) The Insurance Commissioner shall have full and complete authority to grant certificates of authority to automobile clubs or associations, to revoke the certificates, and to prescribe such rules as are reasonably necessary for the conduct of the business of the automobile clubs or associations within the state and for carrying out the objects and purposes of this chapter.  (2) In determining if a certificate of authority shall be issued, the commissioner shall take into consideration, along with all other factors, the name of the automobile club or association. If the name will interfere with the transactions of an automobile club or association already doing business in this state or is so similar to one already appropriated as to confuse or likely to mislead the public in any respect, the commissioner shall refuse to issue a certificate of authority.    (b) The commissioner shall also have authority to conduct hearings as now provided under the insurance laws of the state.
AR Code § 23-77-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-107. Certificate of authority — Suspension and revocation

 (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of an automobile club or association:  (1) If the action is required by any provision of this section or § 23-77-101, § 23-77-106, or § 23-77-108;  (2) If the automobile club or association no longer meets the requirements for the authority originally granted due to a deficiency in the deposit required by § 23-77-106(d)(1)(A) or the failure to maintain a deposit of securities or other assets acceptable to the commissioner in the amount prescribed by § 23-77-106(d)(1)(A); or  (3) If the automobile club or association is using such methods or practices in the conduct of its business as to render its further operation in Arkansas hazardous or injurious to the public.    (b) The commissioner shall give the automobile club or association at least ten (10) days' written notice in advance of any suspension or revocation under this section.  (c) The automobile club or association may request a hearing thereon within the ten (10) days.
AR Code § 23-77-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-108. Agent or representative license required — Application and issuance

 (a) Before any agent or representative shall or may represent any automobile club or association in this state, he or she shall first apply to the Insurance Commissioner for a license, and the commissioner shall have full power and authority to issue the license upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner that the person is capable of soliciting automobile club or association memberships and is of good moral character and recommended by the automobile club or association in behalf of which the membership solicitations are to be made.  (b) No license shall be issued by the commissioner until the applicant has paid to the commissioner ten dollars ($10.00) as an annual license fee.  (c) The commissioner may reject the application of any person who does not meet the requirements set out in this section.
AR Code § 23-77-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 77 - Automobile Clubs Or Associations|§ 23-77-109. Annual reports and other information

 (a) Each licensed automobile club or association shall annually on or before April 1, or within any extension of time therefor which the Insurance Commissioner for good cause may have granted, file with the commissioner a full and true statement of its financial condition, transactions, and affairs as of the December 31 preceding. The statement shall be in a general form and context as required or not disapproved by the commissioner.  (b) It shall be the duty of each licensed automobile club or association to provide any other information which the commissioner may request from time to time.
AR Code § 23-78-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Association” or “burial association” means:  (A) Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization which, from and after February 18, 1953:  (i) Undertakes for consideration paid by or on behalf of its members to defray all or a part of the funeral expenses of the members;  (ii) Furnishes or undertakes to furnish merchandise, supplies, and services or any other character of burial benefits to the members; or  (iii) Issues a certificate which provides for the payment of funeral benefits to the members in services, merchandise, or supplies, including the services of funeral directors and embalmers; and    (B) Every person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, or company which, prior to February 18, 1953, has:  (i) Undertaken for a consideration to pay money to its contributors for the purposes of defraying all or part of the funeral expenses of a deceased person;  (ii) Furnished or has undertaken to furnish supplies and services or any other character of burial benefits to the contributing person or to his or her beneficiaries or members of his or her family; or  (iii) Issued any form of contract or certificate which, under its terms, provides for the payment of funeral benefits in money, services, or supplies, including the services of undertakers or embalmers; and      (2) [Repealed.]
AR Code § 23-78-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-102. Applicability

 (a)  (1) All burial associations organized or operating in the State of Arkansas as of February 18, 1953, shall be deemed in all respects to be organized or operating exclusively under the provisions of this chapter, and to have authority from the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services to engage in their business.  (2) A burial association under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be subject to the supervision, authority, and control of the board and subject to all the provisions of this chapter.    (b) All burial associations organized in this state from and after February 18, 1953, shall organize exclusively under the provisions of this chapter and shall be subject to the authority, control, and supervision of the board and to all of the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 23-78-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-103. Chapter exclusive authority

 (a) This chapter shall be deemed and held exclusive authority for the organization and operation of burial associations within this state, and the associations shall not be subject to any other laws respecting insurance companies of any class, kind, or character.  (b) However, this chapter shall not affect the validity of any membership certificate of any burial association issued and outstanding under the provisions of any prior law.
AR Code § 23-78-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-104. Penalty

 (a) A person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization shall not organize, operate, or in any way solicit members for a burial association, or for participation in any plan, scheme, or device similar to burial associations, except in the manner provided by this chapter and the rules promulgated by the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.  (b) Any person, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, company, or other organization violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 23-78-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-109. Burial associations under authority, supervision, and control of board

 All burial associations organized or operating in the State of Arkansas are under the authority, supervision, and control of the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services.
AR Code § 23-78-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-110. Certificate of authority

 (a) Applications for a certificate of authority shall be on forms furnished by the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services, and a burial association shall not begin operation until the application has been approved and the certificate of authority has been granted by the board.  (b) The following documents and information shall be filed with the application for a certificate of authority:  (1) Consent to service of process upon the secretary of the applicant;  (2) A copy of the proposed form of membership application, membership certificate, bylaws, and contracts for service, merchandise, supplies, and any other data requested by the board;  (3) References as to character, ability, and integrity of the organizers and of any funeral director or embalmer with whom the applicant proposes to contract;  (4) An application fee as determined by rule of the board; and  (5)  (A) Proof of a deposit to the association's mortuary funds in an amount determined by rule of the board.  (B) The deposit required under subdivision (b)(5)(A) of this section shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).      (c) If the board is satisfied that the applicant is qualified and meets the requirements of this chapter, the board shall issue to the applicant a certificate of authority.
AR Code § 23-78-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-111. Fees — Oath at payment

 (a)  (1) In order to meet the expense of supervision and of carrying out the other provisions of this chapter, the State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services may set license fees for burial associations subject to its jurisdiction as set forth in § 23-78-109.  (2) The board shall collect the annual license fee from each burial association that is operating and in good standing on or before February 15 of the year in which the license fee is payable.    (b)  (1) The fee shall be due and payable to the board not later than February 1 of each year, and upon payment of the fee, the board shall issue to each burial association a license that shall entitle the association to do business in the State of Arkansas during the calendar year for which the license is issued.  (2) If the license fee for any year is not paid within thirty (30) days from the date upon which it is due, the board may revoke and cancel the authorization of the delinquent burial association to transact business in the State of Arkansas.    (c) It shall be the duty of every burial association to certify under oath at the time of the payment of the license fee the true and correct membership of the burial association on January 1 of the applicable year.  (d) If any officer or agent of any burial association knowingly makes any false statement with respect to the information required by this section to be furnished, he or she shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (e) The board shall have and is given the power and authority to reduce or increase, temporarily or permanently, the fees set forth in subsection (a) of this section if the board deems such an action advisable.
AR Code § 23-78-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 78 - Burial Associations|§ 23-78-112. Certificate for benefits — Issuance

 (a) No burial association shall issue a certificate for benefits for any member in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and no certificate shall provide for free service, merchandise, or supplies in addition to the amount of benefits set forth in the certificate.  (b) If other than the contract funeral home performs the funeral service, the benefit shall be paid to that licensed funeral home on the basis of one hundred percent (100%) of the face amount of the certificate, in cash.