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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MANDATED BENEFITS

     Introduced By: Representatives Menard, MacBeth, Dickinson, Flaherty, and Winfield

     Date Introduced: February 02, 2012

     Referred To: House Corporations

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 27-69 of the General Laws entitled "Mandated Benefits" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     27-69-4.1. Mandated benefit review. – (a) Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the

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contrary, the health insurance commissioner shall conduct a review of the impact of each

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proposed state benefit mandate proposed by the general assembly after January 1, 2013. Each

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review shall be contingent upon the agreement by the health care insurers authorized to do

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business in this state to pay the cost of the review.

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     (b) Nothing in this section shall exempt health care plans from any mandated benefit

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enacted prior to or subsequent to the enactment of this section.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO INSURANCE -- MANDATED BENEFITS

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     This act would require a mandated benefit review by the health insurance commissioner

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of any mandated benefit introduced after January 1, 2013, contingent on the review being paid for

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by health care providers authorized to do business in this state.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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