Specifications include, but are not limited to: The duties of the Marketplace that could be undertaken by a vendor are codified in Ark. Code Ann. § 23-61-804, which could include: 1) Provide for the operation of a toll-free telephone hotline to respond to requests for assistance. 2) Establish a small business health options program through which qualified employers may access coverage for their employees if a carrier makes such a plan available. 3) The small business health options program, without limitation, shall enable a qualified employer to specify a level of coverage so that any of its employees may enroll in a qualified health plan offered through the program at the specified level of coverage if a carrier makes such a plan available. 4) Select entities qualified to serve as navigators and award grants to enable navigators to: a. Conduct public education activities to raise awareness of the availability of qualified health plans. b. Distribute fair and impartial information concerning enrollment in qualified health plans and the availability of premium tax credits under. 26 U.S.C. § 36B, as existing on April 23, 2013, and cost-sharing reductions under section 1402 of the federal act c. Facilitate enrollment in qualified health plans.
