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2005 vol. I bk. 9 9417 (2005)

handle is hein.ssl/ssar0024 and id is 1 raw text is: ACTS OF ARKANSAS

ACT 2221
AN ACT TO ENSURE THAT ARKANSAS DEN-
TISTS RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR DENTAL
SERVICES UNDER ACT 439 OF 2005 FOR
YOUNG CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE GEN-
ERAL ANESTHESIA; TO MAKE A TECHNI-
CAL CORRECTION TO ACT 439 OF 2005;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Subtitle
AN ACT TO ENSURE THAT ARKANSAS DEN-
TISTS RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR DENTAL
SERVICES UNDER ACT 439 OR '2005.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 23-86-121(e), cre-
ated in Act 439 of 2005 and concerning insurance
coverage for anesthesia and hospitalization for dental
procedures, is amended to read as follows:
(e) If a person is covered under both a health
benefit plan that provides dental benefits and a health
benefit plan that provides medical benefits, the health
benefit plan that includes dental benefits is the pri-
mary payer and the health benefits plan that provides
medical benefits is the secondary payer, subject to
subsections (h) and (i) of this section.
SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 23-86-121, created
in Act 439 of 2005 and concerning insurance coverage
for anesthesia and hospitalization for dental proce-
dures, is amended to add a new subsection to read as
follows:
(i) This section does not require a health benefit
plan that does not cover charges for hospital or ambu-
latory surgical facilities generally to cover charges for
1 So in original; probably should read OF.
Additions are indicated by underline; deletions by strikenut

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