TITLE 36
Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 36-12
Insurance Benefits
SECTION 36-12-2
§ 36-12-2 Hospital care and
surgical-medical service benefits.
(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 condition that the
benefits and services provided by the carrier(s) will be substantially
equivalent to those set forth in any collective bargaining agreement(s)
executed between the state of Rhode Island and authorized representatives of
the unions representing state employees or the health care coverage presently
being provided.
(b) The state will work diligently with leadership of
organized labor in order to ensure competitive, cost effective health care
services for all employees of the state who may be eligible for those benefits.
(c) Any new plan must accept pre-existing conditions for
those individuals who will be covered by the new policy.
(d) Part-time employees whose work week is less than twenty
(20) hours a week may purchase the benefits set forth above. The employees
shall pay the same rate for the benefits as the group rate paid by the state
for the benefits. Payments for the benefits may be deducted in accordance with
the provisions of § 36-12-3.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1960, ch. 136, § 2; P.L. 1966, ch. 226, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch.
105, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 310, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 326, §
6.)
