Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-76-109. Health maintenance organizations--Powers and duties

(1) The purchase, lease, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of hospitals, medical facilities, or both, and their ancillary equipment, and the property as may reasonably be required for its principal office or for other purposes as may be necessary in the transaction of the business of the health maintenance organization;

(2) The making of loans to a medical group under contract with it in furtherance of its program or the making of loans to a corporation or corporations under its control for the purpose of acquiring or constructing medical facilities and hospitals or in furtherance of a program providing healthcare services to enrollees;

(3) The furnishing of healthcare services through providers which are under contract with the health maintenance organization;

(4) The contracting with any person for the performance on its behalf of certain functions such as marketing, enrollment, and administration;

(5) The contracting with an insurance company licensed in this state, or with a hospital or medical service corporation authorized to do business in this state, for the provision of insurance, indemnity, or reimbursement against the cost of healthcare services provided by the health maintenance organization;

(6) The offering, in addition to basic healthcare services, of:

(7) The contracting with providers located out of state who are properly licensed to render medical care in the jurisdiction in which such a provider is located.

(2) The commissioner may promulgate rules exempting from the filing requirement of subdivision (b)(1) of this section those activities having a de minimis effect.