TO CLARIFY ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS AGAINST A HEALTHCARE INSURER; TO RETROACTIVELY APPLY TO A HEALTHCARE CONTRACT FOR THE BENEFIT OF A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Senate Bill 621 aimed to amend Arkansas's Temporary Hospital Facility Act, primarily affecting healthcare insurers and temporary hospital facilities. It would have required healthcare insurers to offer contracts to temporary hospital facilities within 30 days of a request and to reimburse them at the same rate as regularly-licensed hospitals. These contract and reimbursement provisions would have applied retroactively to when a facility became a temporary hospital. The bill also clarified that the Insurance Commissioner would enforce these provisions, utilizing remedies like restitution and damages.