{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-79-2402","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-79-2402","heading":"Coverage for birth mother screening for depression","body":"(a) A healthcare insurer that offers, issues, or renews a health benefit plan in this state shall provide coverage for screening for depression of the birth mother by a healthcare professional within the first six (6) weeks of the birth mother's having given birth on or after January 1, 2024. (b) The coverage for screening for depression of the birth mother under this section: (1) Is not subject to policy deductibles or copayment requirements; and (2) Does not diminish or limit benefits otherwise allowable under a health benefit plan. (c) Coverage provided for screening under subsection (a) of this section for a government self-insured plan is subject to any health benefit plan provisions that apply to other services covered by the health benefit plan. Added by Act 2023, No. 316,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.\n\n(a) A healthcare insurer that offers, issues, or renews a health benefit plan in this state shall provide coverage for screening for depression of the birth mother by a healthcare professional within the first six (6) weeks of the birth mother's having given birth on or after January 1, 2024.\n\n(b) The coverage for screening for depression of the birth mother under this section: (1) Is not subject to policy deductibles or copayment requirements; and (2) Does not diminish or limit benefits otherwise allowable under a health benefit plan.\n\n(1) Is not subject to policy deductibles or copayment requirements; and\n\n(2) Does not diminish or limit benefits otherwise allowable under a health benefit plan.\n\n(c) Coverage provided for screening under subsection (a) of this section for a government self-insured plan is subject to any health benefit plan provisions that apply to other services covered by the health benefit plan.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 79","Subchapter 24"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"19b6592c78637eabc6a51556be78eb0c96e29404cb87a65e0aa4cbe8e6e7d9a5","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-79-2401","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-79-2501","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}