Rhode Island General Laws 27-69-3. Deductibles and other cost sharing
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any mandated benefit law, no mandated benefit law shall be construed to forbid inclusion in any health plan of a provision for any deductible and/or other cost-sharing provisions suitable to qualify a health plan, which may be purchased for use with health savings accounts for a tax preference, as a high deductible health plan or any other similar federal or state tax preference available now or in the future; provided, however, that this section shall not exempt high deductible health plans from any other provision of applicable mandated benefit laws. The commissioner shall retain jurisdiction to approve policies, rates, and forms for all high deductible health plans pursuant to the provisions of this title and title 42.
History of Section.
P.L. 2005, ch. 97, § 5; P.L. 2005, ch. 99, § 5.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-69-3
- Commissioner: shall mean the director of the department of business regulation or the health insurance commissioner, as appropriate. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-69-2
- Health plan: shall mean "health insurance coverage" as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 27-69-2
- 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.
- Mandated benefit law: shall mean any law of this state that requires provision of health insurance coverage for a specified service or payment to a specified type of healthcare provider, including, but not limited to, the benefits or services mandated in §Rhode Island General Laws 27-69-2