Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-99-1502. Definitions

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

(B) “Health benefit plan” includes:

(C) “Health benefit plan” does not include:

(3)(A) “Healthcare payor” means:

(B) “Healthcare payor” does not include an entity that provides only dental benefits or eye and vision care benefits;

(A) Advanced practice nurses;

(B) Athletic trainers;

(C) Audiologists;

(D) Certified behavioral health providers;

(E) Certified orthotists;

(F) Chiropractors;

(G) Community mental health centers or clinics;

(H) Dentists;

(I) Home health care;

(J) Hospice care;

(K) Hospital-based services;

(L) Hospitals;

(M) Licensed ambulatory surgery centers;

(N) Licensed certified social workers;

(O) Licensed dieticians;

(P) Licensed intellectual and developmental disabilities service providers;

(Q) Licensed professional counselors;

(R) Licensed psychological examiners;

(S) Long-term care facilities;

(T) Occupational therapists;

(U) Optometrists;

(V) Pharmacists;

(W) Physical therapists;

(X) Physicians and surgeons (M.D. and D.O.);

(Y) Podiatrists;

(Z) Prosthetists;

(AA) Psychologists;

(BB) Respiratory therapists;

(CC) Rural health clinics; and

(DD) Speech pathologists;