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AR Code § 23-61-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-702. State Insurance Department Trust Fund — Creation

 (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the State Insurance Department Trust Fund to be used to:  (1) Defray the expenses of the State Insurance Department in the discharge of its administrative and regulatory powers and duties as prescribed by law;  (2) Defray the administrative expenses and losses incurred by the Arkansas Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool or its successor; and  (3) Fund capital expenditures and training for fire departments certified by the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.    (b) No money is to be appropriated from this fund for any purpose except:  (1) As provided in subsection (a) of this section;  (2) For the personal services and operating expenses, maintenance and operations, and support of and improvements to the State Insurance Department; or  (3) At the direction of the Insurance Commissioner for the use, benefit, and support of the State Insurance Department.    (c) The fund established pursuant to this section shall be administered, disbursed, and invested under the direction of the commissioner and the Treasurer of State.  (d) All income derived through grants, refunds, and gifts to the fund shall be credited as income to the fund and deposited therein.  (e) Further, all moneys deposited to the fund shall not be subject to any deduction, tax, levy, or any other type of assessment except as may be provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 23-61-703 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-703. Insurers' administrative and financial regulation fees

 (a) Notwithstanding § 26-57-602 and other provisions of Arkansas law, all licensed insurers, including without limitation all licensed stock and mutual insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, fraternal benefit societies, hospital and medical service corporations, stipulated premium insurers, reinsurers, and farmers' mutual aid associations annually in the manner prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner shall pay to the State Insurance Department Trust Fund a nonrefundable administrative and financial regulation fee no later than:  (1) June 1; or  (2) A date or dates established by rule of the commissioner.    (b)  (1) This fee shall be based upon the insurer's direct premiums and copayments written in the State of Arkansas during the preceding calendar year, as evidenced by the insurer's annual statement filed March 1 annually with the State Insurance Department pursuant to the Arkansas Insurance Code.  (2) Insurers and reinsurers with no annual direct written Arkansas premiums shall pay the minimum fee of five hundred dollars ($500).    (c) Such administrative and financial regulation fees shall be paid in the following amounts based upon the following schedule:  (d) In no event shall the annual financial regulation fee imposed in this section and assessed to support the maintenance and operation of the department exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for any one (1) insurer or reinsurer in any one (1) year.    ARKANSAS DIRECT WRITTEN ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE PREMIUMS AND COPAY- AND FINANCIAL REGULA- MENTS OF INSURERS, HMO'S, TION FEE DUE STATE OF FMAA'S, AND OTHERS (total for ARKANSAS preceding calendar year) $0 $ 500 01-499,999 750 500,000-2,499,999 1,000 2,500,000-4,999,999 2,500 5,000,000-7,499,999 5,000 7,500,000-9,999,999 7,500 10,000,000-19,999,999 10,000 20,000,000-29,999,999 12,000 30,000,000-49,999,999 15,000 50,000,000-74,999,999 17,500 75,000,000-99,999,999 20,000 100,000,000 AND UP 25,000   Click to view table.
AR Code § 23-61-704 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-704. Insurers' payment extensions — Penalties for noncompliance — Commissioner's waiver for impaired or insolvent insurers

 (a)  (1) The Insurance Commissioner may grant any licensed insurer an extension for reporting and payment of the annual administrative and financial regulation fee for good cause shown upon the written application of the licensed insurer received at the State Insurance Department on or before each annual due date.  (2) Absent the commissioner's approval of such time extensions for good cause, licensed insurers failing timely to report or pay the administrative and financial regulation fee shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day of delinquency, payable to the State Insurance Department Trust Fund.  (3)  (A) The commissioner may pursue any appropriate legal remedies on behalf of the State Insurance Department Trust Fund to collect the administrative and financial regulation fees and penalties due and unpaid from any delinquent insurer.  (B) Further, the commissioner may in his or her discretion order suspension of the delinquent insurer's Arkansas certificate of authority after notice and hearing until payment of all such fees and penalties is remitted to the State Insurance Department Trust Fund.    (4) Absent a grant of his or her waiver for good cause shown, the commissioner may revoke the Arkansas certificate of authority of any delinquent insurer consistently refusing and failing without good cause to remit payment of those fees and penalties to the fund pursuant to this subchapter.    (b)  (1) The commissioner may in his or her discretion waive all or any part of the administrative and financial regulation fee due annually from a licensed insurer upon the suspension or revocation of the insurer's Arkansas certificate of authority, or upon issuance of a court order placing the company into conservation, rehabilitation, or liquidation in any state, or upon the commissioner's finding that the insurer is impaired or insolvent, or that its operations are hazardous to the insurance-buying public of this state.  (2) Upon the reinstatement or activation of the insurer's Arkansas certificate of authority in good standing, the commissioner's waiver automatically terminates and the insurer shall be liable for payment of the administrative and financial regulation fee on the next succeeding March 1 without retroactive reimbursement for the amount of the fees which would normally have accrued during the waiver period.
AR Code § 23-61-705 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-705. Insurers' regulation fees — Deposit into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues

 The Insurance Commissioner shall deposit all administrative and financial regulation fees and any penalties assessed under this subchapter directly into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues.
AR Code § 23-61-707 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-707. Fees payable by agents on inactive license status

 (a) Effective on and after July 1, 1999, the Insurance Commissioner shall collect in advance the following fees and miscellaneous charges:  (1) Facsimile copies, per page $0.50  (2) Hard copy printout of one microfiche page 1.00  (3) Electronic copies, per page 0.25    (b) The commissioner shall deposit all such fees required by this section directly into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues.
AR Code § 23-61-709 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-709. Insurance Commissioner's authority, powers, and duties

 (a) The Insurance Commissioner shall be duly authorized to promulgate rules necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.  (b) Upon his or her determination and finding that State Insurance Department appropriations or funding is insufficient to operate the department efficiently or to allow the commissioner to perform all of his or her statutorily mandated duties and tasks, the commissioner may, in his or her discretion, by rule following notice and a public hearing, increase the amounts of the fees, license fees, fines, penalties, and revenues as provided in this subchapter for deposit into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues.  (c)  (1) Further, in his or her discretion the commissioner may establish and collect as special revenues additional or increased fees and penalties not otherwise specified in this subchapter, for direct deposit into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund as special revenues if the fees and revenues provided by this subchapter are insufficient, in connection with all other revenues appropriated to and funded for the department, to defray all the expenses of the department in the efficient discharge of its administrative and regulatory powers and duties as prescribed by law.  (2) Any special revenues and fees established by the commissioner by the authority of this section shall be classified in and meet the criteria of the Category A fees or Category B fees specified by § 23-61-708.  (3) Upon collection by the commissioner, these funds shall be deposited as special revenues directly into the State Insurance Department Trust Fund.  (4) The commissioner may from time to time alter the amounts of the fees specified in the companion rules to this subchapter by amending the rules pursuant to the procedures of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., as necessary to the continued support and operation of the department.
AR Code § 23-61-710 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-710. Trust fund — State Insurance Department vouchers and Auditor of State

 (a) All fees, license fees, and additional or increased license or registration fees, fines, penalties, and revenues provided for in this subchapter received as special revenues for the State Insurance Department Trust Fund and deposited therein shall be deemed for all purposes revenues of the State Insurance Department Trust Fund and of the State Insurance Department for the sole support, operation, and maintenance of the department, and, when paid into the State Treasury by the Insurance Commissioner, shall be maintained by the State Treasury as the State Insurance Department Trust Fund, separate from all other funds, and available only for the payment of the expenses of the department pursuant to the appropriations therefor.  (b) The Auditor of State shall, upon proper voucher from the commissioner, issue his or her warrant on the Treasurer of State in payment of all salaries and other expenses incurred in the administration of this subchapter.  (c) The commissioner shall at the end of each biennium period cause to be transferred into the General Revenue Fund Account of the State Apportionment Fund the excess of the State Insurance Department Trust Fund moneys over an amount equal to one (1) fiscal-year budget for the department.
AR Code § 23-61-711 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 7 - State Insurance Department Trust Fund Act|§ 23-61-711. Fees additional to all others currently payable — Exception

 The fees assessed or imposed by this subchapter upon insurers, as defined or referenced in § 23-61-703, and the fees assessed or imposed in § 17-19-301 and §§ 23-61-706 — 23-61-709 upon professional bail bond companies, insurers, insurance agents, brokers, and other licensees or registrants are imposed in addition to all other fees, assessments, premium and privilege taxes, penalties, and other such payments such licensees or registrants pay the State of Arkansas through the State Insurance Department or other state or governmental agencies pursuant to applicable Arkansas laws, except that insurers' payments of these administrative and financial regulation fees in § 23-61-703 are expressly and in pertinent part to be paid in lieu of payment of department examiners' salaries, wages, and compensation due at or after each examination conducted on the insurer by the department's examiners pursuant to the provisions of § 23-61-201 et seq., and, in particular, § 23-61-206. Therefore, insurers shall still be liable for payment of and shall pay department examiners' expenses for food, lodging, and travel as directed under § 23-61-201 et seq.
AR Code § 23-61-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Act|§ 23-61-801. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Act”.
AR Code § 23-61-805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Act|§ 23-61-805. Funding — Publication of costs

 (a)  (1) The General Assembly shall establish a reasonable initial assessment or user fee and reasonable increases or decreases in the amount of future assessments or user fees and penalties and interest charges for nonpayment of an assessment or user fee charged to participating health insurers for the efficient operation of the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace.  (2) Annually by October 1, the State Insurance Department shall report to the Legislative Council in the manner and format that the Legislative Council requires the recommendations of the department for the initial assessment or user fee and increases or decreases in the amount of future assessments or user fees and penalties and interest charges for nonpayment of an assessment or user fee charged to participating health insurers.  (3) Annually by December 1, the Legislative Council shall review the recommendations of the department under subdivision (a)(2) of this section and report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives the recommendations of the Legislative Council for the initial assessment or user fee and future increases or decreases in the amount of assessments or user fees and penalties and interest charges for nonpayment of an assessment or user fee charged to participating health insurers.    (b)  (1) All assessments and fees shall be due and payable upon receipt in the matter required by the Insurance Commissioner and shall be delinquent if not paid within thirty (30) days of the receipt of notice of the assessment by the health insurer.  (2)  (A) Failure to timely pay the assessment shall automatically subject the health insurer to a penalty not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the assessment plus interest as established under subsection (a) of this section.  (B) The penalty and interest is due and payable within the next thirty-day period.    (3) The commissioner may enforce the collection of the assessment and penalty and interest in accordance with this subchapter and the Arkansas Insurance Code.  (4) The commissioner may waive the penalty and interest authorized by this subsection if the commissioner determines that compelling circumstances exist that justify a waiver.    (c)  (1) The department shall publish the average costs of licensing, regulatory fees, and any other payments required by the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace and the administrative costs of the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace on an internet website to educate consumers on such costs.  (2) Information published under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall include information on moneys lost to waste, fraud, and abuse.
AR Code § 23-61-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Act|§ 23-61-806. Rules

 (a) The Insurance Commissioner may promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.  (b) Rules promulgated under this section shall not conflict with or prevent the application of regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the federal act.
AR Code § 23-61-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 8 - Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Act|§ 23-61-807. Relation to other laws

 (a) This subchapter is amendatory to the Arkansas Insurance Code.  (b) Provisions of the Arkansas Insurance Code that are not in conflict with this subchapter are applicable to this subchapter.  (c) This subchapter and actions taken by the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace under this subchapter shall not be construed to preempt or supersede the authority of the Insurance Commissioner to regulate the business of insurance within this state.  (d) Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this subchapter, a health insurer offering a qualified health plan in this state shall comply fully with all applicable health insurance laws of this state and rules adopted and orders issued by the commissioner.
AR Code § 23-61-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015|§ 23-61-901. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015”.
AR Code § 23-61-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015|§ 23-61-902. Legislative intent and purpose

 (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to create and maintain an informative source of healthcare information to support consumers, researchers, and policymakers in healthcare decisions within the state, including decisions by the State Insurance Department to regulate the business of insurance in this state.  (b) The purpose of this subchapter is to:  (1) Empower Arkansans to drive, deliver, and seek out value in the healthcare system;  (2) Create the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative;  (3) Establish governance of the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative;  (4) Provide authority to collect healthcare information from insurance carriers and other entities; and  (5) Establish appropriate methods for collecting, maintaining, and reporting healthcare information, including privacy and security safeguards.
AR Code § 23-61-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015|§ 23-61-904. Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative

 (a) The Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative is established with the purpose to create a database, including ongoing all-payer claims database projects funded through the State Insurance Department, that receives and stores data from a submitting entity relating to medical, dental, and pharmaceutical and other insurance claims information, unique identifiers, and geographic and demographic information for covered individuals as permitted in this subchapter, and provider files, for the purposes of this subchapter.  (b) The Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative shall be governed by the department and advised by the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Board.
AR Code § 23-61-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015|§ 23-61-906. Data submission

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, no later than January 1, 2016, and every quarter thereafter, a submitting entity shall submit health and dental claims data, unique identifiers, and geographic and demographic information for covered individuals as permitted in this subchapter, and provider files to the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the State Insurance Department.  (b) Data submitted under this subchapter shall be treated as confidential and are exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., and are not subject to subpoena, except to the extent provided in § 23-61-205.  (c) The collection, storage, and release of data and other information under this section is subject to applicable state and federal data privacy and security law.  (d) No later than July 1, 2015, a submitting entity shall submit health and dental claims data, unique identifiers, and geographic and demographic information for covered individuals as permitted in this subchapter to the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative to support deliberations of the Arkansas Health Reform Legislative Task Force.
AR Code § 23-61-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 3 - Insurance|Chapter 61 - State Insurance Department|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative Act of 2015|§ 23-61-907. Data release

 (a) Data in the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative shall:  (1) To the extent authorized by the State Insurance Department, be available:  (A) When disclosed in a form and manner that ensures the privacy and security of protected health information as required by state and federal laws, as a resource to insurers, employers, purchasers of health care, researchers, state agencies, and healthcare providers to allow for assessment of healthcare utilization, expenditures, and performance in this state, including without limitation as a resource for hospital community health needs assessments; and  (B) To state programs regarding healthcare quality and costs for use in improving health care in the state, subject to rules prescribed by the department conforming to state and federal privacy laws or limiting access to limited-use data sets; and    (2) Not be used to:  (A) Disclose trade secrets of submitting entities;  (B) Reidentify or attempt to reidentify an individual who is the subject of any submitted data without obtaining the individual's consent; or  (C) Create or augment data contained in a national claims database.      (b) Notwithstanding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, or any other provision of law, the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative shall not publicly disclose any data that contains direct personal identifiers.