Rhode Island § 27-18.1-2 § 27-18.1-2. Definitions.

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§ 27-18.1-2 — § 27-18.1-2. Definitions.

Rhode Island § 27-18.1-2

Title 27Insurance

Ch. 27-18.1Compliance of Health Benefit Contracts and Medical Assistance Program with Federal Law

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-18.1-2 (2026).

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§ 27-18.1-2. Definitions.
(a) "Blanket or group policy of insuranceâ€� means any accident and sickness insurance policy
            made exempt from the provisions of chapter 18 of this title by the operation of § 27-18-19(3).
         
(b) "Contract providing a health benefit or benefitsâ€� means a policy of accident and health
            insurance which provides a health benefit or that part of a policy, which provides
            other benefits in addition to health benefits, which does provide health benefits.
            It also means a subscriber contract offered by a health maintenance organization or
            by any nonprofit service corporation, whether or not th

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§ 27-18.1-2. Definitions.

(a) "Blanket or group policy of insuranceâ€� means any accident and sickness insurance policy made exempt from the provisions of chapter 18 of this title by the operation of § 27-18-19(3).

(b) "Contract providing a health benefit or benefitsâ€� means a policy of accident and health insurance which provides a health benefit or that part of a policy, which provides other benefits in addition to health benefits, which does provide health benefits. It also means a subscriber contract offered by a health maintenance organization or by any nonprofit service corporation, whether or not the contract is described as providing health maintenance organization benefits.

(c) "Health benefitâ€� means benefit or health benefit as defined in § 42-62-4.

(d) "Health maintenance organizationâ€� means a "qualified health maintenance organizationâ€� as referred to in § 42-62-9.

(e) "Insurance companyâ€� means a domestic insurance company incorporated by the general assembly and subject to chapter 1 of this title, or a foreign insurance company licensed to do business in Rhode Island and subject to chapter 2 of this title.

(f) "Nonprofit service corporationâ€� means a nonprofit hospital service corporation as defined in chapter 19 of this title, a nonprofit medical service corporation as defined in chapter 20 of this title, a nonprofit dental service corporation as defined in chapter 20.1 of this title, or a nonprofit optometric service corporation as defined in chapter 20.2 of this title.

(g) "Policy of accident and sickness insuranceâ€� means a policy of accident and sickness insurance as defined in chapter 18 of this title, and, in addition, means any blanket or group policy of insurance, as defined in subsection (a) of this section.