§ 23-92-413 - Nondisclosure of proprietary information. - Arkansas Statutes

23-92-413. Nondisclosure of proprietary information.

(a) (1) Professional employer organizations and professional employer organization groups are required under this subchapter to file with the Insurance Commissioner certain proprietary material, including financial records and financial information and client lists, the disclosure of which would give advantage to competitors.

(2) (A) The commissioner shall not consider proprietary material under this subchapter to be subject to mandatory disclosure under 25-19-105(b)(9)(A).

(B) If litigation or any other proceedings are instituted to compel disclosure, the total expense of the proceedings shall be paid by the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group whose proprietary material is being sought.

(C) The commissioner shall give notice in writing to any professional employer organization or professional employer organization group whose client lists or other material that the commissioner deems to be proprietary are being sought under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, 25-19-101 et seq.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section or any other law governing disclosure of confidential information, the commissioner, the Director of the Arkansas Employment Security Department, and the Workers' Compensation Commission may exchange information among themselves for the purposes of regulating professional employer organizations.