Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-73. Prohibition on discrimination in organ transplants
Pursuant to chapter 95 of Title 23, any nonprofit medical service corporation that provides for anatomical gifts, organ transplants, or related treatment and services shall not:
(1) Deny coverage to a covered person solely on the basis of the person’s disability;
(2) Deny to a patient eligibility, or continued eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under the terms of the health benefit plan, solely for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of this section;
(3) Penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the reimbursement of an attending provider, or provide monetary or nonmonetary incentives to an attending provider, to induce the provider to provide care to an insured or enrollee in a manner inconsistent with this section; or
(4) Reduce or limit coverage benefits to a patient for the medical services or other services related to organ transplantation performed pursuant to this section as determined in consultation with the attending physician and patient.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 109, § 5, effective June 30, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 133, § 5, effective June 30, 2021.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-73
- 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.
- health benefit plan: means health insurance coverage and a group health plan, including coverage provided through an association plan if it covers Rhode Island residents. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-1
- Medical services: means those professional services rendered by persons duly licensed under the laws of this state to practice medicine, surgery, chiropractic, podiatry, and other professional services rendered by a licensed midwife, certified registered nurse practitioners, and psychiatric and mental health nurse clinical specialists, and appliances, drugs, medicines, supplies, and nursing care necessary in connection with the services, or the expense indemnity for the services, appliances, drugs, medicines, supplies, and care, as may be specified in any nonprofit medical service plan. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-1
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- provider: means a healthcare professional or a healthcare facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-20-1