Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 268 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1309 3
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By: Representatives Rose, L. Johnson 5
By: Senator Irvin 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COVERAGE OF 9
EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER; TO CLARIFY THE COST -10
SHARING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST 11
CANCER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COVERAGE OF 16
EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER; AND TO 17
CLARIFY THE COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS 18
FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR BREAST CANCER. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 23 -79-140(c), concerning mammographies 23
performed in an unaccredited facility, is amended to read as follows: 24
(c)(1) A healthcare insurer shall not pay for mammographies performed 25
in an unaccredited facility after January 1, 1990 . 26
(2) This section applies to a credentialed or accredited place 27
of service in which the service is provided. 28
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SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 23 -79-140(e), concerning copayments and 30
deductibles under a health benefit plan for examinations for breast cancer, 31
is amended to read as follows: 32
(e)(1) Benefits under this section are subject to any health benefit 33
plan provisions that apply to other services covered by the health benefit 34
plan, except that a health benefit plan shall not impose a copayment or 35
deductible cost-sharing requirement for a screening mammogram , even if: 36 HB1309
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(A) A service is provided on different dates of service; 1
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(B) More than one (1) service is provided on the same date 3
of service. 4
(2) A breast ultrasound shall not be subject to a deductible or 5
any applicable copayment cost-sharing requirement, even if: 6
(A) A service is provided on different dates of service; 7
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(B) More than one (1) service is provided on the same date 9
of service. 10
(3) A healthcare insurer shall ensure that an individual's cost -11
sharing requirement under a health benefit plan that is applicable to a 12
diagnostic examination for breast cancer, including breast magnetic resonance 13
imaging, is no less favorable than the cost -sharing requirement that is 14
applicable to a screening examination for breast cancer. 15
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APPROVED: 3/12/25 18
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