Title 36, Title 36 Officers and Employees

Subject to the provisions of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14, the director is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to give effect to the intent and purposes of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, …

The provisions of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14 are hereby declared to be severable, and in case any part, section, or provision of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14 is held void by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts, sections, and provisions of §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14 shall not,…

(a) Employees of the state of Rhode Island shall receive, in addition to wages, salaries, and any other remuneration or benefits, hospital care and surgical-medical services, rights, and benefits purchased by the director of administration pursuant to § 36-12-6, with the specific…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, an employee of the state of Rhode Island who retires under the provisions of title 36 of the Rhode Island general laws with a disability pension benefit shall receive only the following state-sponsored health care an…

In accordance with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-514), amending § 162(k) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 162(k), in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), 42 U.S.C. § 403, a general revenue receipt account is created to be used…

For purposes of fulfilling any employer obligations under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), 42 U.S.C. § 403 et seq., a domestic partner shall be deemed a dependent of an employee as defined herein.

Commencing January 1, 2014, a state employee’s family health plan shall not provide coverage to a former spouse unless the former spouse was covered by said plan in accordance with § 27-20.4-1 as of December 31, 2013.

Payments for hospital care and surgical-medical services, rights, and benefits of dependents of employees may be deducted from the state payroll as provided in §§ 36-6-12 and 36-6-13. Payments for surgical-medical services, rights, and benefits of all persons in the service of th…

(a) Non-Medicare-eligible retired employees who retired on or before September 30, 2008. Any retired employee who retired on or before September 30, 2008, shall be entitled, until attaining Medicare eligibility, to be covered under §§ 36-12-1 — 36-12-5 for himself and herself and…

(a) The director of the department of administration shall ensure retired employees access to Medicare-eligible retiree healthcare insurance. Under this program, the state will establish a health reimbursement account (HRA) funded by state contributions for each Medicare-eligible…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of §§ 36-12-1—36-12-5. The state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum, or so much thereof as may be r…

(a) The director of administration, or any employee of the department of administration designated by the director as his or her agent, is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to contract with one or more insurance companies duly licensed by this state for the purchase of o…

(a) All persons in the service of the state on and after July 1, 1960, whether elected, appointed or employed, who elect to participate in an insurance contract or contracts shall be eligible to participate therein. The director, however, with the consent of the insurance company…

(a) The director is hereby authorized and directed to establish a life insurance plan for employees of the state as herein provided, which, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in §§ 36-12-6 — 36-12-14, and in the regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority v…

(a) The policy or policies issued hereunder shall include a provision prescribing the conditions under which an insured employee may designate and change the beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive insurance payable upon the death of the employee. (b) If, at the death of any empl…