As used in this subchapter:(1)(A) 'Health benefit plan' means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer in this state.(B) 'Health benefit plan' includes:(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and(ii) Governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2009.(C) 'Health benefit plan' does not include: (i) Accidental injury insurance plans;(ii) Dental insurance plans;(iii) Vision insurance plans;(iv) Specified disease insurance plans;(v) Disability income plans;(vi) Credit insurance plans;(vii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;(viii) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners' insurance plans;(ix) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;(x) Insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for able with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement; and(2) 'Hearing aid' means an instrument or device, including repair and replacement parts, that: (A) Is designed and offered for the purpose of aiding persons with or compensating for impaired hearing;(B) Is worn in or on the body; and(C) Is generally not useful to a person in the absence of a hearing impairment.Acts 2009, No. 1179, § 1. As used in this subchapter:(1)(A) 'Health benefit plan' means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer in this state.(B) 'Health benefit plan' includes:(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and(ii) Governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2009.(C) 'Health benefit plan' does not include: (i) Accidental injury insurance plans;(ii) Dental insurance plans;(iii) Vision insurance plans;(iv) Specified disease insurance plans;(v) Disability income plans;(vi) Credit insurance plans;(vii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;(viii) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners' insurance plans;(ix) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;(x) Insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for able with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement; and(2) 'Hearing aid' means an instrument or device, including repair and replacement parts, that: (A) Is designed and offered for the purpose of aiding persons with or compensating for impaired hearing;(B) Is worn in or on the body; and(C) Is generally not useful to a person in the absence of a hearing impairment.Acts 2009, No. 1179, § 1.
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