Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-86-502. Definitions

(1) “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner;

(2) “Eligible employee” means an employee or individual who is a full-time employee of an eligible employer and is qualified to enroll in a health benefit plan offered through a health insurance purchasing group;

(3) “Eligible employer” means an employer employing no more than one hundred ninety-nine (199) eligible employees;

(5) “Full time” means employees working at least thirty (30) hours per week for an eligible employer;

(6) “Health benefits plan” means a group plan, group policy, or group contract for healthcare services, issued or delivered by a health insurance purchasing group health carrier, excluding plans, policies, or contracts providing healthcare benefits or healthcare services pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq., and the no-fault medical and hospital benefit requirements under § 23-89-202;

(7) “Health insurance purchasing group” means a health insurance purchasing group meeting the requirements of this subchapter;

(8) “Health insurance purchasing group health carrier” means a health insurer, health maintenance organization, or hospital and medical service organization;

(9) “Health insurer” means an insurer licensed to transact group accident and health insurance in this state;

(10) “Health maintenance organization” means a health maintenance organization as defined in § 23-76-102 that is licensed to transact business in this state as a health maintenance organization under § 23-76-107;

(11) “Hospital and medical service corporation” means a hospital and medical service corporation as defined in § 23-75-101 that is licensed to transact business in this state as a hospital and medical service corporation under § 23-75-107;

(12) “Large group” means a combination of two (2) or more eligible employers belonging to a health insurance purchasing group;

(13) “Member” means an individual enrolled for health benefits coverage in a health insurance purchasing group;

(14) “Purchaser” means an eligible employer that has contracted with a health insurance purchasing group for the purchase of health benefits coverage;

(16) “Total eligible employees” means five hundred (500) or more eligible employees.