Public Hearing — One Commerce Way, Little Rock, Arkansas

NOTICE OF
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
The Arkansas Insurance Department will host a Public Hearing on June 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the Diamond Mine Hearing Room in the Arkansas Department of Commerce Building, One Commerce Way, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202. The Arkansas Insurance Commissioner is considering additional revisions to proposed amended Rule 23 CAR pt 142, “Vision Care Plan Coverage,” to comply with Act 142 of 2025.
Under the new revisions, a reimbursement paid by an insurer, vision benefit manager, vision care plan, or vision care discount plan to a vision care provider for covered services shall not be less than the current calendar year Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate. The new amendments also describe the applicable Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rate. Finally, the new changes provide that if there is no corresponding reimbursement rate in the current year's published Medical Physician Fee Schedule for a covered service, reimbursement that is greater than or equal to