(a)  Every health insurance plan providing coverage for a dependent or minor child, other than school policies, shall include benefits for pediatric preventive care. All benefits shall be reimbursed in accordance with the reimbursement policies and procedure of each health insurer.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-38.1-2

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Pediatric preventive care: means those services recommended by the committee on practice and ambulatory medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics when delivered, supervised, prescribed, or recommended by a physician and rendered to a child from birth through age nineteen (19). See Rhode Island General Laws 27-38.1-1

(b)  Every health insurer shall provide benefits for pediatric preventive care or make that care available to its enrolled participants. Benefits do not need to be provided pursuant to this section for pediatric preventive care services that are paid for or offered free of charge by the state of Rhode Island. Benefits do not need to be provided for the cost of biologicals used for vaccinations.

History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 488, § 1.