§ 36-12-1 Definitions
§ 36-12-2 Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits
§ 36-12-2.2 Disabled retired employees – Hospital care and surgical-medical service benefits
§ 36-12-2.3 Health insurance benefits – Administrative services fees for continued coverage requirements of group health plans
§ 36-12-2.4 Health insurance benefits – COBRA
§ 36-12-2.5 Health insurance benefits – Coverage of former spouse
§ 36-12-3 Deductions from pay
§ 36-12-4 Coverage of Non-Medicare-eligible retired employees
§ 36-12-4.1 Coverage of Medicare-eligible retired employees
§ 36-12-5 Annual appropriations
§ 36-12-6 Authority to purchase group life, accidental death, long term health care, and other insurance benefits
§ 36-12-7 Eligibility for benefits
§ 36-12-8 Provisions of insurance contract
§ 36-12-9 Beneficiaries – Payment of benefits
§ 36-12-10 Participation by employees
§ 36-12-11 Deductions from salary – Payments by employers
§ 36-12-12 Termination of insurance
§ 36-12-13 Regulations and effective date of insurance
§ 36-12-14 Severability
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 36-12 - Insurance Benefits

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6