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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Adjusted RBC report” means an RBC report that has been adjusted by the Insurance Commissioner in accordance with § 23-63-1502(d);
(2) “Corrective order” means an order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective actions that the commissioner has determined are required;
(3) “Domestic health organization” means:
(A) A health maintenance organization domiciled in this state, as established under § 23-76-107; or
(B) A hospital and medical service corporation as defined in § 23-75-101;
(4) “Foreign health organization” means a health organization licensed to do business in this state but is not domiciled in this state;
(5)(A) “Health organization” means a health maintenance organization, hospital and medical service corporation, limited health service organization, dental or vision plan, hospital, or a medical and dental indemnity or service corporation.
(B) “Health organization” does not include:
(i) An organization that is licensed as either a life and health insurer; or
(ii) A property and casualty insurer that is subject to the life or property and casualty RBC requirements;
(6) “NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners;
(7) “RBC instructions” means the RBC report, including risk-based capital instructions adopted by the NAIC, as these RBC instructions may be amended by the NAIC according to the procedures adopted by the NAIC;
(8) “RBC level” means a health organization's company action level RBC, regulatory action level RBC, authorized control level RBC, or mandatory control level RBC when:
(A) “Authorized control level RBC” means the number determined under the risk-based capital formula according to the RBC instructions;
(B) “Company action level RBC” means, with respect to a health organization, the product of two (2) and its authorized control level RBC;
(C) “Mandatory control level RBC” means the product of seven-tenths (0.7) and the authorized control level RBC; and
(D) “Regulatory action level RBC” means the product of one and five-tenths (1.5) and its authorized control level RBC;
(9) “RBC plan” means a comprehensive financial plan containing the elements specified in § 23-63-1503(b). If the commissioner rejects the RBC plan and it is revised by the health organization with or without the commissioner's recommendation, the plan shall be called the “revised RBC plan”;
(10) “RBC report” means the report required in § 23-63-1502; and
(11) “Total adjusted capital” means the sum of:
(A) A health organization's statutory capital and surplus, such as net worth, as determined according to the statutory accounting applicable to the annual financial statements required to be filed; and
(B) Other items that the RBC instructions may provide.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-63-1501. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-23-public-utilities-and-regulated-industries/ar-code-sect-23-63-1501/
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