(1)

(A) "Health benefit plan" means an individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered by a healthcare insurer in this state.

(B) "Health benefit plan" includes:

(i) Indemnity and managed care plans; and

(ii) Governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as it existed on January 1, 2009.

(C) "Health benefit plan" does not include:

(i) Accidental injury insurance plans;

(ii) Dental insurance plans;

(iii) Vision insurance plans;

(iv) Specified disease insurance plans;

(v) Disability income plans;

(vi) Credit insurance plans;

(vii) Insurance coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance;

(viii) Medical payments under automobile or homeowners' insurance plans;

(ix) Health benefit plans provided under Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 32, the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq., and the Public Employee Workers' Compensation Act, § 21-5-601 et seq.;

(x) Insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and the benefits that are statutorily required to be contained in any liability policy or equivalent self-insurance; and

(xi) Plans that provide only indemnity for hospital confinement; and

(2) "Hearing aid" means an instrument or device, including repair and replacement parts, that:

(A) Is designed and offered for the purpose of aiding persons with or compensating for impaired hearing;

(B) Is worn in or on the body; and

(C) Is generally not useful to a person in the absence of a hearing impairment.