Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-86-509. HIPG operations and coordination

(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as preventing one (1) or more health insurance purchasing groups serving different areas, whether or not contiguous, from providing for some or all of the following through a single administrative organization or otherwise:

(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as precluding a health insurance purchasing group from providing for adjustments in amounts distributed among the health insurance purchasing group health carrier offering a health benefits plan through the health insurance purchasing group, based on factors such as the relative healthcare risk of members enrolled under the coverage offered by the different issuers.

(c) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as precluding a health insurance purchasing group from establishing minimum participation and contribution rules for eligible employers that apply to become purchasers in the health insurance purchasing group, so long as the rules are applied uniformly for all health insurance purchasing group health carriers.