Arkansas § 20-77-1509 Community-based health cooperative deemed not to be public utility or regulated industry

Arkansas Statutes

§ 20-77-1509 — Community-based health cooperative deemed not to be public utility or regulated industry

Arkansas § 20-77-1509

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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-1509 (2026).

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(a)(1) Community-based health cooperatives shall not be considered or regulated as any type of entity governed by Title 23 of the Arkansas Code.

(2)No program offered by a community-based health cooperative shall be subject to regulation under Title 23 of the Arkansas Code.

(b)An entity subject to regulation under Title 23 of the Arkansas Code that contracts with a community-based health cooperative to provide or to arrange for the provision of secondary or tertiary services to client members of a community-based healthcare access program may not be required to comply with any provision of Title 23 of the Arkansas Code that mandates the provision of certain benefits, mandates the provision of a certain level of benefits, or both, regarding client members of a program. The exemption from

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(a) (1) Community-based health cooperatives shall not be considered or regulated as any type of entity governed by Title 23 of the Arkansas Code. (2) No program offered by a community-based health cooperative shall be subject to regulation under Title 23 of the Arkansas Code. (b) An entity subject to regulation under Title 23 of the Arkansas Code that contracts with a community-based health cooperative to provide or to arrange for the provision of secondary or tertiary services to client members of a community-based healthcare access program may not be required to comply with any provision of Title 23 of the Arkansas Code that mandates the provision of certain benefits, mandates the provision of a certain level of benefits, or both, regarding client members of a program. The exemption from regulation under Title 23 of the Arkansas Code shall apply only to the entity's contracts with or services provided to the community-based health cooperative, and in all other instances, the entity is subject to the provisions of Title 23 of the Arkansas Code.