Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-79-2002. Definitions

(1)(A) “Health benefit plan” means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by a healthcare payor in this state.

(B) “Health benefit plan” does not include workers' compensation plans, Medicaid, or a plan that provides only dental benefits or eye and vision care benefits;

(2)(A) “Healthcare payor” means an entity or individual that contracts, pays, or arranges for payment, in whole or in part, for the delivery of healthcare services or products that are covered by a health benefit plan administered, issued, or delivered by the entity or individual.

(B) “Healthcare payor” includes a health insurance company, a health maintenance organization, a hospital and medical services corporation, and an entity that provides or administers a self-funded health benefit plan, including a governmental plan;