Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-99-408. Continuity of care

(1) Ensure that when a new patient is enrolled in a health benefit plan and is being treated by a nonparticipating provider for a current episode of an acute condition, the patient may continue to receive treatment as an in-network benefit from that provider until the current episode of treatment ends or until the end of ninety (90) days, whichever occurs first;

(2) Ensure that when a provider's participation is terminated, his or her patients under the health benefit plan may continue to receive care from that provider as an in-network benefit until a current episode of treatment for an acute condition is completed or until the end of ninety (90) days, whichever occurs first; and

(3) Explain how the covered person may request to continue services under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section.