Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

Outreach. The exchange, in consultation with the office of the health insurance commissioner and the division of taxation, is authorized to engage in coordinated outreach efforts to educate Rhode Island residents about the importance of health insurance coverage; their responsibi…

The exchange may promulgate regulations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(a) In general. The exchange may establish a special enrollment period that allows for the enrollment of a pregnant individual at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy. If established, coverage shall be effective as of the first of the month in which the pregnant indiv…

As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates another or different meaning or intent: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of administration. (2) “Federal act” means the federal Patient Protec…

(a) The exchange shall make qualified health plans available to qualified individuals and qualified employers. The exchange shall not make available any health benefit plan that has not been certified by the exchange as a qualified health plan in accordance with federal law. (b) …

(a) The department is authorized to assess insurers offering qualified health plans and qualified dental plans. To support the functions of the exchange, insurers offering qualified health plans and qualified dental plans must remit an assessment to the exchange each month, in a …

To take advantage of economies of scale and to lower costs, the exchange is hereby authorized to pursue opportunities to jointly negotiate, procure, or otherwise purchase exchange services with or partner with another state or multiple states and to pursue a Federal Affordable Ca…

(a) As small business owners and sole proprietors are the life blood of this state’s economy, a recent change in the federal Affordable Care Act effective on January 1, 2016, has caused irreparable harm to the economic well-being of small business owners and sole proprietors by r…

(a) Annually, the exchange shall cause to have a financial and/or performance audit of its functions and operations performed in compliance with the generally accepted governmental auditing standards and conducted by the state office of internal audit and program integrity or a c…

The exchange shall maintain an advisory board which shall be appointed by the director. The director shall consider the expertise of the members of the board and make appointments so that the board’s composition reflects a range and diversity of skills, backgrounds, and stakehold…

HealthSource RI shall provide a monthly report to the chairpersons of the house finance committee and the senate finance committee by the fifteenth day of each month beginning in July 2015. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: actual enrollm…

Nothing in this chapter, and no action taken by the exchange pursuant to this chapter. shall be construed to preempt or supersede the authority of the health insurance commissioner to regulate the business of insurance within this state, the director of the department of health t…