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ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE BILLS
House Bill No.7015
An Act Relating to Insurance – Accident and Sickness Insurance
Policies
Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Malik, Corveses, and Palumbo
Referred To: House Corporations
Summary: This act would prohibit health care insurers, nonprofit
medical and hospital service corporations, and health maintenance
organizations from requiring their subscribers to obtain prescriptions
for double strength medication. This act would take effect upon
passage.
House Bill No.7057
An Act Relating To Insurance – Health Insurance –
Copayments
Introduced By: Representatives Lewiss, Shanley, Kennedy,
Picard, McNamara
Referred To: House Corporations
Summary: This act would require health insurance carriers
to reimburse hospitals for certain uncollected member copayments
and deductibles. It would also place conditions upon the variation
of adjusted community rates applied by small employer carriers.
This act would take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7181
An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government –
Fair Share Healthcare Fund
Introduced By: Rice, Gallison, Handy, Ajello, Diaz
Referred To: House Labor
Summary: This act would establish the Fair Share Health
Care Report and would require employers of 1,000 employees or more
to file annual reports relating to the portion of total employees
health care costs paid by the employer. This act would take effect
upon passage.
House Bill No.7203
An Act Relating to Insurance – Consumer Protection
at Rate Hearings
Introduced By: Representatives Kennedy, Lewiss, Naughton,
E Codere, Kilmartin
Referred To: House Finance
Summary: This act would require insurance companies to
pay the costs of expert fees incurred by the attorney general's
office in conducting insurance rate reviews on behalf of the public.
This act would take effect on July 1, 2008.
House Bill No.7239
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Representatives Ajello, Giannini, Rice,
Walsh, Naughton
Referred To: House Corporations
Summary: This act would provide insurance coverage for
treatment of infertility for unmarried, as well as married, persons.
This act would take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7399
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to Insurance - Accident and Sickness Insurance Policies
Introduced By: Representatives E Coderre, Naughton, Kennedy,
and McNamara
Date Introduced: February 12, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
Summary: This act would amend the definition of a dependent
on health insurance polices. It would not require that a child between
19 and 25 be a student to be considered a dependent. This act would
take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7409
An Act Relating to Business and Professions - The Rhode
Island Health Information Exchange Act of 2008
Introduced By: Representatives Kilmartin, and Sullivan
Date Introduced: February 12, 2008
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare
Summary: This act would establish safeguards and confidentiality
protection for health information exchange. This act would take
effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7442
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Life Settlements Act
Introduced By: Representatives Kennedy, Naughton, E Coderre,
Pacheco, and Lewiss
Date Introduced: February 13, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
Summary: This chapter would create comprehensive standards
in the establishment and administration of life settlements contracts.
This chapter would take effect upon passage.
House Resolution No.7466
(Lieutenant Governor)
Joint Resolution Creating a Joint Task Force to Study All
Aspects of Health Care Reform Relating to the Healthy Rhode Island
Reform Act of 2008 - Part VIII
Introduced By: Representatives Lewiss, Church, Ferri, Gemma,
and Slater
Date Introduced: February 13, 2008
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare
House Bill No.7508
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Representatives Lewiss, Kennedy, E Coderre,
McNamara, and Shanley
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would provide that health providers, when treating a non-resident,
be reimbursed at a rate which is the greater of the rate established
by the health insurer in Rhode Island or by health insurers in the
state of the non-resident. This act would also provide that health
providers, when treating a resident of the state, be reimbursed
at a rate which is the greater of the rate established by the health
insurer in Rhode Island or by health insurers doing business one
contiguous or adjacent county over from the policyholder's residence.
House Resolution No.7510
Joint Resolution in Opposition to the National Insurance
Act of 2007
Introduced By: Representatives Kennedy, Lewiss, Shanley,
Church, and Picard
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
House Bill No.7515
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Mandated Benefits Review
Act
Introduced By: Representatives Menard, Ucci, Fellela, and
Winfield
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would create an independent committee to review the cost
effectiveness, medical efficacy and social need for mandated health
insurance benefits. This act would take effect on July 1, 2008.
House Bill No.7553
An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government -- Health
Care Reform Act of 2004
Introduced By: Representatives Ferri, Ajello, Almeida,
Segal, and Rice
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Finance
This act would add to the purpose of the Rhode Island health care
reform act of 2004. This act would take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7561
An Act Relating to Health and Safety -- Department of Health
Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Mumford, Corvese, and Kilmartin
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Finance
This act would establish the Rhode Island patient safety and quality
improvement act of 2008. The goals of this act would be to promote
patient safety, reduce medical errors, and encourage better reporting
of medical errors and related
incidents. This act would take effect upon passage.
House Resolution No.7571
Joint Resolution Creating a Special Legislative Commission to Study
and Establish Health Care Reform Models to Expand Health Care Coverage
and to Decrease Health Care Costs for Rhode Island Residents
Introduced By: Representatives Dennigan, Church, Fox, Ajello, and
Slater
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare
House Bill No.7724
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Long Term Care Insurance
Introduced By: Representative Susan A. Story
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would limit benefits for long term care insurance to benefits
specified in this chapter only. This act would take effect upon
passage.
House Bill No.7849
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Taxation of Insurance Companies
Introduced By: Representatives Sullivan, Slater, Winfield,
Gallison, and Dennigan
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Finance
This act would increase percentages relative to companies required
to file for payment of taxes and retaliatory rates and would allow
for the annual taxes collected from health maintenance organizations
to be deposited in the "insurer
premium tax fund" to be used exclusively by the department
of human services. This act would take effect on January 1, 2009.
House Bill No.7865
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Representatives Slater, Diaz, Almeida, Williams,
and Dennigan
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would provide for mandatory coverage of smoking cessation
drugs, commonly known as Chantix or its generic substitute. This
act would take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7876
An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government - Health Care Regulatory
Resources
Introduced By: Representative Edwin R. Pacheco
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Finance
This act would allow the health insurance commissioner to assess
health insurers for the cost necessary for travel, equipment, education
and training for personnel performing the required functions of
the office of health insurance
commissioner. Revenue received would be deposited in the general
fund. This act would take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7910
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government
Introduced By: Representatives Fox, Slater, Rice, Ferri, and Corvese
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would create the Rhode Island Health Insurance Access Hub
Act of 2008 to facilitate the purchase of affordable health care
to eligible persons and groups. This act would be take effect upon
passage.
House Bill No.7914
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Small Employer Health Insurance
Availability Act
Introduced By: Representatives Pacheco, Segal, Gablinske, and Serpa
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would allow small employer carriers to use employer group
size as a rating factor. This act would also eliminated the use
of "health status" as a rating factor. This act would
take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.7920
An Act Relating to Medical Assistance -- Community Health Centers
-- Care for Uninsured
Introduced By: Representative Eileen S. Naughton
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Finance
This act would provide funds to community health centers to enable
them to continue to deliver primary care services to the uninsured.
This act would take effect on July 1, 2008.
House Bill No.7947
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Accident and Sickness Insurance
Policies
Introduced By: Representative Peter L. Lewiss
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would require that the office of the health insurance commissioner
promulgate regulations establishing a uniform statewide reimbursement
rate for diagnostic tests performed by or on behalf of a hospital.
This act would take effect upon passage.
House Bill No.8073
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Representatives Ucci, Dennigan, Menard, Fellela,
and McNamara
Date Introduced: March 26, 2008
Referred To: House Corporations
This act would prohibit health insurance companies from collecting
non-refundable application fees for health insurance.
RHODE ISLAND SENATE BILLS
Senate Bill No.2068
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Senator Bates
Referred To: Senate Corporations
Summary: This act would require life insurance policies delivered
or issued in the state on or after January 1, 2008 to contain certain
standard provisions relating to return polices and grace periods.
This act would also allow insurance policies delivered or issued
after January 1, 2008 to contain suicide exclusion periods. This
act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2161
An Act Relating to Insurance - Acupuncture
Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Doyle, McBurney
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would mandate acupuncture coverage in health
insurance policies. This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2188
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Senators Miller, Walaska, Alvers, Ruggerio, Goodwin
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would limit the percentage amount that
certain contracts for health insurance would be allowed to increase
annually. This act would take effect on January 1, 2009.
Senate Bill No.2189
An Act Relating to Insurance – Coverage for Mental Illness
and Substance Abuse
Introduced By: Senators Perry, Sosnowski, Miller, C Levesque, Goodwin
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would specify that reimbursement for professional
providers for mental illness coverage shall be comparable to the
amount paid for similar medical services. This act would take effect
upon passage.
Senate Resolution No.2222
(Lieutenant Governor)
Joint Resolution Creating a Joint Task Force to Study All
Aspects of Health Care Reform Relating to the Healthy Rhode Island
Reform Act Of 2008 - Part VIII
Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Perry, Paiva-Weed, and J Montalbano
Date Introduced: February 06, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Senate Bill No.2225
An Act Relating to Insurance - Health Insurance Coverage for Dependents
Introduced By: Senators Miller, Pichardo, C Levesque, Perry, and
Issa
Date Introduced: February 06, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would provide that health care coverage
terminating for a dependent at a specified age would give the insured
the opportunity to continue the coverage as long as he or she is
under the age of thirty and has no dependents of his or her own
provided an additional premium may be charged. This act would take
effect on January 1, 2009.
Senate Bill No.2279
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Senator Leo R. Blais
Date Introduced: February 07, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would create an independent committee to
review the costeffectiveness, medical efficacy and social need for
mandated health insurance benefits. This act would take effect on
January 1, 2009.
Senate Bill No.2285
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Senators Perry, Miller, Pichardo, Sosnowski, and
C Levesque
Date Introduced: February 07, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would provide insurance coverage for treatment
of infertility for unmarried, as well as married, persons. This
act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.M2286
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Health Insurance Market
Expansion
Introduced By: Senators Sheehan, Perry, Sosnowski, Paiva-Weed, and
Walaska
Date Introduced: February 07, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would establish a regional health insurance
market between Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. This
act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2353
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Senator C Levesque
Date Introduced: February 07, 2008
Referred To: Senate Finance
Summary: This act would amend various statutes in order to
provide affordable health care in Rhode Island. Among other changes
this act would limit proposals government officials may consider
to those insurance carriers that participate in the Affordable Health
Plan Reinsurance Program, and it would establish an Affordable Health
Plan Reinsurance Account. This act would take effect on January
1, 2009.
Senate Bill No.2404
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Long Term Care Insurance
Introduced By: Senator Leo R. Blais
Date Introduced: February 12, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would limit benefits for long term care
insurance to benefits specified in this chapter only. This act would
take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2414
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Health Insurance -- Copayments
Introduced By: Senators Alves, Algiere, Goodwin, Paiva-Weed, and
C Levesque
Date Introduced: February 12, 2008
Referred To: Senate Finance
Summary: This act would require health insurance carriers
to reimburse hospitals for certain uncollected member copayments
and deductibles. It would also place conditions upon the variation
of adjusted community rates applied by small employer carriers.
This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2415
An Act Relating to Insurance
Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Alves, DaPonte, Felag, and Ruggerio
Date Introduced: February 12, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
This act would include coverage for preimplantation genetic diagnosis
(PGD) in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF) for a married
couple where at least one spouse has a balanced translocation. This
act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2472
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government
Introduced By: Senators Miller, Paiva-Weed, Perry, Gibbs, and Felag
Date Introduced: February 13, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would create the Rhode Island Health Insurance
Access Hub Act of 2008 to facilitate the purchase of affordable
health care to eligible persons and groups. This act would take
effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2481
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to Health and Safety -- Health Care Quality
Program
Introduced By: Senators C Levesque, Perry, Gibbs, Sosnowski, and
Gallo
Date Introduced: February 13, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would create a health care quality and
value database. This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2484
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to the Health And Safety - Healthy Rhode
Island Reform Act of 2008
Introduced By: Senators Pichardo, Jabour, Gallo, Perry, and Paiva-Weed
Date Introduced: February 13, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would establish the healthy Rhode Island
strategic plan and chronic care management program. This act would
take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2577
An Act Relating to Businesses and Professions -- Confidentiality
of Health Care Communications and Information Act
Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Perry, C Levesque,
and Goodwin
Date Introduced: February 13, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would prevent disclosure of a patient's
health care information through ex parte contacts with a health
care provider by persons other than the patient or his or her legal
representative. This act would take effect upon
passage.
Senate Bill No.2603
An Act Relating to Insurance -- Life Settlements Act
Introduced By: Senators Walaska, and Bates
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Corporations
This chapter would create comprehensive standards in the establishment
and administration of life settlements contracts. This chapter would
take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2640
An Act Relating to Taxation - Personal Income Tax
Introduced By: Senators Perry, Tassoni, Pichardo, Sosnowski, and
Miller
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Finance
This act would amend various provisions of law relative to the requirement
of certain persons to maintain qualified coverage under this chapter.
This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2644
An Act Relating to Taxation
Introduced By: Senators Miller, Perry, Gallo, C Levesque, and McCaffrey
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Finance
This act would amend various statutes in order to establish a fund
to expand coverage for the uninsured through the RiteCare program.
This act would take effect on January 1, 2009.
Senate Bill No.2671
An Act Relating to Taxation -- Personal Income Tax
Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Maselli, McCaffrey, Walaska, and
Blais
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
This act would provide for a modification to the state personal
income tax for medical savings accounts. This act would take effect
upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2677
An Act Relating to Health and Safety -- Department of Health
Introduced By: Senators Perry, Goodwin, Pichardo, Miller, and Sosnowski
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
This act would establish the Rhode Island patient safety and quality
improvement act of 2008. The goals of this act would be to promote
patient safety, reduce medical errors, and encourage better reporting
of medical errors and related
incidents. This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2682
An Act Relating to Taxation - Personal Income Tax
Introduced By: Senator Joshua Miller
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
This act would amend various provisions of law relative to the requirement
of certain persons to maintain qualified coverage under this chapter.
This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2686
(Lieutenant Governor)
An Act Relating to Taxation -- The Healthy Rhode Island
Reform Act of 2008 - Part V--Expanding Healthcare Coverage
Introduced By: Senators Perry, Tassoni, Pichardo, Sosnowski, and
Miller
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
This act would mandate that individuals over 18 years of age whose
AGI is 400% of the federal poverty level obtain and maintain health
coverage and indicate so on his/her income tax. If he/she has no
coverage, a loss of one personal exemption will be imposed. This
act would take effect upon July 1, 2009.
Senate Bill No.2799
An Act Relating to Insurance - Health Insurance - Copayments
Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Alves, Gallo, Perry, and Goodwin
Date Introduced: March 05, 2008
Referred To: Senate Finance
This act would require health insurance companies to promptly pay
bills for ambulance services when submitted. This act would take
effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2801
An Act Relating to Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Introduced By: Senator William A. Walaska
Date Introduced: March 05, 2008
Referred To: Senate Finance
This act would increase various secretary of state filing fees.
This act would take effect upon passage.
Senate Bill No.2888
RELATING TO INSURANCE -- NONPROFIT HOSPITAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS
Introduced By: Senator C Levesque
Date Introduced: March 25, 2008
Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services
Summary: This act would offer guidance to the health insurance
commissioner in approving producer compensation plans and would
extend authority of approval of such plans from nonprofit medical
and hospital service corporation to also include health maintenance
organizations and nonprofit dental services
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